The fourth installment in a series about what it means (or perhaps more accurately what it does not mean) when I say I am “raising a homemaker.” This particular post focuses on the need for “marketable skills.”
Custom, Ceremony, and Tradition…
Custom, ceremony, and tradition have fallen on hard times.  There is a tendency to dispense with the tried-and-proven ways of doing things and to innovate.  We look for spontaneity, newness, the “unstructured,” sometimes thinking that we are on Jesus’ side by so doing, for did He not condemn the Pharisees for clinging to tradition?  It was their clinging to tradition to the …
Friday Favorites
Some recommended reading for the weekend: Matters of Tone, by my friend Jules, of Everyday Mommy – a good reminder that “that truth is [not] the trump card, that truth is [not] our free-pass to unrestrained, ungodly commentary.” A Kind and Painful Bruising, by C.J. Mahaney – “…criticism wounds the sin that has not been mortified.” And, for pastor’s wives: The Pastor’s …
By Comparison
“What does it signify that we are more moral than ‘other men?’ Â We are all vile and imperfect in the sight of God. ‘If we contend with Him,we cannot answer Him one in a thousand.’ (Job 9:3) Â Let us remember this. Â In all our self examination let us not try ourselves by comparison with the standard of men. Â Let us …
Standard of Living
“The Christian standard of living is different from that of the world. As believers we are to be salt and light in a decaying and dark society. God calls us to be different. Unfortunately, that isn’t easy when we become victims of society. Sometimes, we become so deeply engulfed in the world’s system that even though God’s Word speaks clearly …