Category: Families and Culture
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The Gift of Life
This is how my given-up daughter found me in 2025. https://faithlife.com/posts/2145005
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Spinning Yarn=The Christian Life
I spin yarn. I’ve spun a lot of yarn. I’ve sheared alpacas, combed the down from dogs and rabbits, carded or combed whole fleeces to spin silk, sheep, angora goat, cotton, synthetic Tencel, llama, alpaca, four varieties of dog, and Angora rabbits on drop spindles and spinning wheels. I’ve spun fat yarn and fine yarn,…
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The High Demand Wife
(Based off of the work of Kevin Samuels) Things that are in high demand are usually in short supply. “A virtuous woman, who can find? Her worth is far above rubies.” Men do not seek to lock down a woman who is not in high demand. A lot of women think that because a man…
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The Oldest of Old-Fashioned Lessons–Read Great Books!
A liberal education where one is exposed to all manner of views should confirm whatever is right and good. In college, studying Plato confirmed my faith because it lined up in its arguments with the Bible. Studying the Buddhist scriptures confirmed my Christian faith because it seemed very far-fetched that a real man would…
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3 Ways to Get It All Done
What must get done, will get done. We know that. Kids get fed, husbands get clean socks, the mortgage gets paid because these things must be done. But, when you’ve had a crazy day, have not sat down till after lunch, have been beset from all sides, put out fires, making sure those necessary things…