I am happy to share this article of mine, published in First Things, the November print edition, and HERE online.
“Reclaiming the Household”
Stewardship: A Way of Life
“To husband is to use with care, to keep, to save, to make last, to conserve.” Wendell Berry, The Way of Ignorance In this post I want briefly to examine the meaning of stewardship. In two following posts I will examine more specifically how stewardship pertains to...
LifeCraft: The New Bacon from Acorns
“How one should order one's own affairs is not clear and needs inquiry.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics I am happy to announce today significant new offerings at this website. Bacon from Acorns has been my effort to share what I am blessed to call my...
The Beauty of a Wedding Anniversary
“My soul takes pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men; agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.” Sirach Among these three beautiful things, the third perhaps...
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John, thank you for your continued insights into the nature of household. They provide a helpful orientation toward what is true, and, simultaneously, practical. I look forward to each Wednesday morning to see what you have waiting for us.
Anthony, I am honored and very pleased to be tilling the row alongside you. Thanks for these words.
I believe our strong household has been the key to the success of our family.
My husband and I own a business together. The majority of our work can be done from home. My husband is away to teach classes only 2 days/week for about 4 hours.
We workout together at home (often with our daughter).
We homeschool our daughter.
We travel as a family for work.
We go to doctors’ and dentist’s appointments as a family. We go to the bank as a family. We are very rarely not together and we enjoy our times together so much.