Renewing life today must start in the home. This seems obvious, but it is much more demanding than it seems. Forging a homelife that answers to the richness of God’s plan requires an extraordinary, intentional effort. And this effort must be rooted in a clear understanding of principles and a prudent discernment of how to enact them in today’s bewildering context.

My new book The Intentional Household: Living as If People Matter is the fruit of many years of research, teaching, and discussion, and of real-time trial and error. It is tailored to be a life-changing and life-giving resource for anyone concerned with the main issue of our age.

I do not purport to have all the answers. Yet this accessible synthesis uniquely applies a timeless wisdom to the practical concerns that should be at the forefront of our consideration.

To those already acquainted with LifeCraft—whether through our Wednesday posts, podcasts, online courses, videos, or in-person events—this book will bring together in an utterly unique way the big picture of the richness of the life we seek. I sincerely ask you to get the book and to share it. It will deepen your conviction and confidence as it feeds your mind with principles and practical applications.

For those not familiar or even skeptical about the beauty and importance of taking a radically new approach to life in the home—regardless of our age or life situation—this book is a gentle, reasoned plea to reconsider, to look anew. And to set our sights on something better.

Here are a few things I ask you to consider doing to help this book make the biggest positive impact:
1. Order it today. It is at Ignatius, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble right now. It is scheduled to be delivered within a few weeks. Pre-orders have a uniquely positive effect on the distribution of a book.
2. Think of people you can gift it to or recommend it to today.
3. What else? You can recommend it to book-clubs and reading groups, or to social organizations and religious groups to which you belong. You can also share the podcast (below) which introduces the book. More information and the links to purchase and share can be found HERE. 

Thank you very much in advance for joining us in this crucial effort to encourage and guide people in rediscovering and enacting the ever-amazing gift of God’s plan for our life in this world. See below for an excerpt from the Introduction to the book. ~ ~ ~

LATEST PODCAST INTRODUCES THE BOOK: Sofia and I discuss the key insights of the book, showing why it will give new direction and confidence for anyone concerned about the central issue of our age.

From the Introduction to The Intentional Household:
“At issue now is building something for which the know-how and the plans have been progressively lost to the mainstream. Those who desire to create a household might feel isolated and confused, if not also rejected, ridiculed, and opposed.

But the plans have not been destroyed. They cannot be, since their outline is etched in the very stone of human existence, historical and present. The key to the outline is that it is always about persons and their relationships, and how they live together as embodied spirits every day. The basic features of the project are discernable in history and more importantly in the human heart. We do not need to reinvent the wheel; we simply need to rediscover how to shape a good one and then give it a uniquely contemporary spin…

The challenge of the intentional household-maker is precisely to discern and craft such a context today, even as many around us continue their flight from the home. I cannot think of anything more pressing, challenging, and worthwhile…

In examining and reflecting on the reality of the household, I quote from a diverse cast of people, many of them ancient, some of them philosophers, all of them astute observers of human life. None of these thinkers understood things perfectly or were always right, yet they are powerful guides, bearing testimony to millennia of human experience and insight. They can prove invaluable in helping us step back and see the challenge and the gift that stands before us. To forge an intentional household today.”

John Cuddeback

Husband, father, and professor of Philosophy. LifeCraft springs from one conviction: there is an ancient wisdom about how to live the good life in our homes, with our families; and it is worth our time to hearken to it. Let’s rediscover it together. Learn more.