I was at a restaurant with my family celebrating a birthday a few days ago. I was looking around at all the people there, whose conversations seemed to be on frivolous things. The gospel is something that is always on my mind. Jesus is always on my mind. And as I sat there looking around…
Embracing Life: A Common Theme in Women I Admire
I notice things. I pay attention to patterns, to people’s character, to common threads of virtue and godliness and things I want to emulate. I’ve noticed a very common thread about women who I admire—those women who just exude joy and trust in the Lord, who I look at and think “I want to be…
Choosing a Wife In This Modern Age
“An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.” (Proverbs 31:10) I recently finished reading the brilliant novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck. There are a number of moral lessons and philosophical insights that could be discussed from this masterpiece, and this isn’t even a main element that I think…
The War On Virtue
There is a war on virtue in our society, yes even among our Christian culture, which seems to be more and more accepted and celebrated rather than rejected. We might also call this the war on excellence. They go hand in hand. A few examples: I read Proverbs 31 and I see a godly, hard-working…
Men Need Sex (And That’s Not Bad)
Contrary to popular female opinion, men do need sex. Their physical bodies are not wired like a woman’s. Feminists have shamed men for decades, calling them dogs and other belittling names for their natural desire to have sex. But it’s more than just a desire, it’s an actual need. And this need is not a…
Some Thoughts On Homeschooling, Homemaking, and Being a Wife
I LOVE homeschooling. I can’t speak well enough about it. All the silly criticisms simply aren’t true… “They won’t be well-socialized”… Honestly now, who wants their children socialized at public school? Sitting at a desk for the majority of the day, around peers who don’t know anything more than you and only want to discuss…
No Greater Joy: Mothers of the Saints and Their Great Reward
Never downplay your role as a mother who pours herself into raising up children in Christ. I have noticed a very common theme in many of our beloved church fathers of the past who grew up to profoundly love the Lord—many attributed their faith to their mother’s selfless and loving devotion to them when they…
Dear Mothers,
Dear mothers, Don’t be discouraged if the world thinks that “all you’re doing” is raising children. It is this discouragement that sets into the minds of far too many women that they are not doing enough in pouring themselves into their children. It is this discouragement that drives far too many women away from their…
Just Like Men?
Over the past few years I have written a bit on the damage feminism has caused women, men, children, families, church, and society as a whole. As time has gone on, I am more firm in my pro-patriarchal views than I ever was. The Scriptural teaching of patriarchy (a positive reality) is clear as day…
On Difficulty, And Other Good Things
Just something I was thinking about this morning… It seems women always want to emphasize the difficulty of motherhood. But here’s what I think… It’s not that motherhood is difficult; it’s that life is difficult. I remember hearing Jordan Peterson state that the baseline of human existence is difficulty. That is on the mark. It…
