We would all be better off if fewer of us went to college, and more of us read our Bibles and Plutarch instead, and then became conversant with one another about what both can teach us.More
Category Archives: Family
Whether the American Church Really Idolizes Marriage and Motherhood
Is motherhood a woman’s highest calling? It is, according to someone Jen Oshman – author of Cultural Counterfeits – encountered at a baby shower a few years ago. More
‘The Histories of Polybius,’ Watching ‘300’ with my Sons, and Mark O’Leary Gives Advice
Polybius being a Greek in Rome, his going to such lengths to chronicle the rise of Rome and the fall of the Greeks itself tells how important these things were to both peoples.More
The Means and Ends of Success and What It Profits a Man to Gain the Whole World
Answering what the goal of the podcast is, and how talking about my new desk or vasectomies relates, the admonition our Lord gives in the gospels is at the fore of my attentions.More
Women as Wives, Mothers, Sisters, and Widows
Besides defining men and women, what is a man or woman supposed to do and be about? Answer that, and you will get a lot closer to understanding what a man or woman is. More
Loving God With Everything You’ve Got, and Your Neighbor as Yourself
Given the importance of relationships to a happy, healthy, holy life, we do well to grapple with what to do when various relationships in life present competing claims.More
If Our Fourth Son Daniel Had Never Been Born…
I would not trade our son Daniel for all the world, much less a little more comfort and the appearance of security in it. Being uncomfortable, as it turned out, pushed as to grow.More
What It Means to be Good Men
Maybe what it means to be good men is that we turn our back on the frivolous, unscrupulous naysayers and walk away from them. Tune them out. They’re not really listening anyway.More
Swiping Left on the Dating Scene
A Paul Washer sermon was recently sent to me on the topic of dating and marriage. I’m writing a book on marriage, so I was keen to give a listen and consider what he has to say. More
Homeschool Dances, Hiking in the Mountains, and Burke On Beauty
Some Billie Jean and Rick Astley combined with perhaps too much lemonade, but made their telling of the whole business pure comedic gold, and their mother and I laughed until we cried.More