Too Busy to Flush
By: JR & Molly
Language: en
Categories: Kids, Family, Parenting, Society, Culture, Relationships
One couple's slightly irreverent musings on faith, family, food and...marriage www.toobusytoflush.com
Episodes
Ep. 209: Christmas Reads, Deconstruction, & Certainty That Leads Others Astray
Jan 09, 2026Intro: Christmas break, board gaming.
14:06: Books J.R. read over Christmas
19:10: Mission Impossible series over the break
21:31: Molly’s 1st time LOTR reading
29:07: Lili’s reading the entire Jane Austin series and Austin’s tongue-in-cheek humor
34:37: Brief note about getting sick over the holidays.
37:35: The Witch Trials of JK Rowling and questions of certainty
40:47: Rachel Held Evans and her ideals are alive and well today.
44:53: Molly took some socials off her phone, then put it back on and whoo boy.
46:40: What is God...
Duration: 01:19:00Ep. 208: When Transgenderism Faces Your Kids & Take Heed Lest You Stumble
Dec 05, 2025Intro: Elk hunting, elk tallow hand lotion, raw dog food, processing wild game.
16:32: Nashville trip for Behold The Lamb of God live. A new recipe for jerky we’re going to try.
23:00: Bone Broth, Costco Next.
28:05: Giving Molly props for making a fresh, homemade, pizza for Titus’ lunch.
31:37: Our girl’s first orchestral concert.
35:40: All the music brings a big cultural shift in the family.
37:18: A discussion letting our girls use the bathroom at the same time as a transgender person in our world.
43:15: Setting bounda...
Duration: 01:18:09Ep. 207: Tom Bombadil, Being vs. Doing, & The Power of Community
Nov 14, 2025Ep. 207:
Intro: Show premise, violin practice, candles, local vintage markets.
9:33: Tom Bombadil in The Culturist.
16:54: As a mom: creating an environment of contented being.
19:06: Contented being vs. laziness.
21:06: The dangers of not having any drive or draw to anything.
23:26: A pattern of doing and being.
26:25: Ecclesiastes 5! (Not Ephesians).
29:57: Challenges to homeschooling, homemaking requires the making.
34:32: For those that don’t enjoy the work and honoring the Sabbath.
37:03: The power of delight in the good things God has given us.
Ep. 206: Parenting, Elk, & Everything We Do is Theological
Nov 07, 2025Intro: We harvested chickens, daylight savings.
11:27: Titus takes a bull.
14:13: Molly’s musing: The hunting culture and healthy rights of passage.
18:06: JR’s response: Fatherhood, sons leveling up.
21:55: Age ranges for parenting and windows of opportunity.
24:40: Passing the mantle and raising kids up In competence.
26:38: To what end do raise our kids? Becoming who God created us to be and the fullness of glorifying God.
31:45: The Courage of Sarah Noble and a house that has no love in it.
37:03: Daughter passes out and terri...
Duration: 01:12:30Ep. 205: DEI, Trust and Freedom in Christ
Oct 24, 2025Intro: Hunting season, memes about the Louvre robbery, Coldplay family fallout.
6:45: DEI and being hired for something other than merit.
12:09: Molly’s belief on women in the military and law enforcement
14:00: Origins of DEI, affirmative action, feminism and transgenderism.
17:59: What makes inhaling house fire smoke so bad for you.
19:20: The truth or false bias of new information on the internet.
21:50: A video about how England really is.
24:23: What it does to our souls when we base all our education on the internet.
26:15: Fevers are...
Duration: 00:55:15Ep. 204: Dogs vs. Chickens, Paranormal Convos with Kids, & Actually Health Safe Spaces
Oct 17, 2025Intro: Dog attacks chickens! Product referral code updates.8:23: JR tries Liquid Death Killer Cola. Sparkling water, and a brief kinda-ad break/explanation of referral codes in the show notes.15:43: Molly updates you on the new milk frother.18:15: A note about Skinwalkers (JR’s reading the book), and words from a Christian Native American.26:32: Our son’s big interest in remote viewing and conversations around the paranormal.30:20: The value and benefit to having these convos with your kids.34:24: Molly’s challenges homeschooling our Freshman son.37:25: AI gives out fake answers, and randomness.39:07: Telegram conversation catchups: Safe Spaces and Slander vs. Critic...
Duration: 00:52:02Dogs vs. Chickens, Paranormal Convos with Kids, & Actually Health Safe Spaces
Oct 17, 2025Intro: Dog attacks chickens! Product referral code updates.
8:23: JR tries Liquid Death Killer Cola. Sparkling water, and a brief kinda-ad break/explanation of referral codes in the show notes.
15:43: Molly updates you on the new milk frother.
18:15: A note about Skinwalkers (JR’s reading the book), and words from a Christian Native American.
26:32: Our son’s big interest in remote viewing and conversations around the paranormal.
30:20: The value and benefit to having these convos with your kids.
34:24: Molly’s challenges homeschooling our Freshman son.
37:25: AI gives out fake answers, and randomness.
39:07: Telegr...
Ep. 203: A Post-Religious Right, Biological Bewilderment, & Tips For A Lasting Marriage
Oct 10, 2025Intro: Broccoli in colder climates, garden updates
6:00: Post-religious right, post-Charlie Kirk right.
10:10: Boldness and the generational attraction.
14:17: Alisa Childers, Derek Webb and those that didn’t deconstruct.
19:07: Okay, one traumatizing youth group game.
21:28: Back to Childers and changing her ministry because of Charlie Kirk.
23:50: Picking up off last week’s end on 1 Timothy.
28:56: A true religion, Dave Rueben, and desires to be more into religion.
30:01: Is there a place for LGBT to worship in a church after they come to church before they’re convicted but after choosing to follow the Lord?<...
Ep. 202: Welcoming the LGBT Community to Church
Oct 03, 20254:00: Life Update: enrolling our girls in the youth orchestra. Putting in the work for the future reward.
12:10: JR’s life update: going out on tour.
18:40: Background: What do you say to LGBT folks who know what the church stands for but feel drawn to the church anyway?
21:39: The Telegram chat discussion: grace and truth, what do you lead with?
23:34: JR’s answer.
26:30: Molly’s answer.
29:40: There is a different call for those that claim the name of Christ and those that don’t.
31:52: We are all under the conviction of sin.
33:23: It is a...
Ep. 201: Schedules, Top 3s, & Apple Butter
Sep 06, 2025Intro: schedules, taglines, girls back at school
4:14: Transhumanism and a 6 minute John Stonestreet Breakpoint episode.
7:40: Molly’s top 3 thoughts of the summer: thought number 1: our oldest two kids are really enjoyable.
11:19: Thought number 2: lower your expectations of people. The Future of Christian Marriage.
22:53: Thought number 3: don’t wait until your 30s to do something interesting. The Definding Decade. Bed and Board.
34:03: Representing “home” forever to a children and husband. The act of sex is something a man does to a woman and being a good guest in her home.
36:30: JR’s three things
36:51...
Ep. 200: Moms vs. Dads When Instilling Confidence In Kids
Apr 11, 2025Intro: Trips, Grand Canyon, Kids’ reports, anticipation dopamine and a guy named John Wesley.
12:18: Going back to the “what to do about judo” question and a tournament recap.
15:35: The one who freaks out actually competed!
19:31: The other kids’ results.
22:35: Dad is not at competitions: an emotional handicap or a blessing?
26:57: Mom’s can’t instill the confidence like a dad can.
32:57: 1st - 3rd grade Hangman.
36:08: We finished the Harry Potter movies and visiting an imaginary world.
41:15: The great worldview of Harry Potter.
45:05: Tolkien’s issue with Disney, and violence against the st...
Ep. 199: Are Our Current Activities Serving Our Family Well?
Apr 04, 2025ntro: Dude Perfect, kids finding new music, behind the scenes on music licensing and coffee consumption.
10:07: Speaking of aging, Bryan Johnson isn’t sharing the negative side effects of being the most measured man on Earth.
12:40: Waxing philosophical about times changing and the benefits of having grandparents around.
18:07: Home is where the wife is and growing up moving a lot.
20:48: Kids and change and judo struggles- some background.
23:38: The current struggle with judo.
28:13: Musing aloud about, life changes and uncertainties, family purpose, goals and benefits of current sporting activities.
33:50: Is this burnout or...
Ep. 198: Cycles of Life, Growing in Experience, & Wrecking A Garage Door
Mar 28, 2025Intro: Month days on your knuckles, black chicken, and pterodactyls had feathers.
8:05: Mercury retrograde, systems we don’t understand at work around us, and eating seasonally.
13:08: The Bethlehem star and astrology.
15:38: Molly started listening to the Allie Stuckey, Nicole Shanahan interview.
19:19: Affliction and being drawn to God and when you love Jesus but it’s not overflowing.
23:08: New convert the enthusiasm, cycles of life, and real world relationship with Christ.
26:12: Molly’s reflections on some old blog posts.
28:28: Titus wrecks a garage door, stepping up and growing responsibility in a fallen world.
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Ep. 197: Chickens, Dancing & A Reawakening of Religiosity
Mar 21, 2025Intro: More chickens, God’s ordained order for the world, scouting and prepping chicken deliveries.
14:09: Still talking about chickens lol: chick deaths, early learning experiences, chick show and tell.
25:21: Brief housekeeping on our upcoming show schedule.
26:50: BLVDS shows this weekend, the family attends, Molly’s reflections, JRs thoughts. Growing up dancing, thoughts about jobs that your kids enjoy.
40:15: A takedown of Brian Johnson
49:45: A brief foray into Tesla promotions and political shenanigans.
54:40: A re-awakening of religiosity, love in the 21st century, a couple of podcast episodes Molly is looking forward to.
1:02:37: Pulling the...
Ep. 196: Faith Through Generations, Celebrity Conversions, & Healthy vs. More Citizens
Mar 07, 2025Intro: Skiing, digging holes, judo and kids aren’t like chickens.
15:00: 90s youth group culture, deconstructing
19:55: God is still so much on the move - people whom God has called are encouraging.
22:18: God moving through family generations, Molly’s parents are new, my parents are the result of generations.
25:40: Molly’s Princeton Seminary adventure and family heritage.
27:18: The Roberts Family Pew (Molly) at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian in Philidelphia.
32:58: Molly’s welsh heritage.
34:50: The founder of Wikipedia is now a Christian…so is Nicole Shanahan?!
42:24: Warmed cocoons, grounded obelisks, and celebrity conversions.
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Ep. 195: Don't Shrink Your Brain! & Empathy in Children
Feb 21, 2025Intro: Inexpensive tea and microplastics on cutting boards
5:12: Complaining shrinks your brain
9:40: Characteristics of depression and bad therapy, complaining is contagious.
12:00: What was designed to help us, now makes things works. So much of it is backwards; the internet, technology, etc.
19:00: Mel’s Kitchen Cafe has nothing to gain from a publisher.
23:51: Bypassing gatekeepers, going organic.
27:07: Dude Perfect, platforming others.
30:30: Being a good (judo) partner and working well with others.
35:19: Instilling empathy in our kids for others.
38:52: The teeter-totter example of feeling better about yourself and your sense of righteousness.
Ep. 194: Healthy Relationships Between Parents & Children
Feb 14, 2025Intro: Tea, mold in coffee, Revel Coffee.
10:05: A giant cookie win: double chocolate chip.
14:07: A interesting thought about whey protein and a reflection about God’s design for fossil fuels.
22:08: Conflict with kids, the law of human nature and mom guilt.
26:10: Qualities of relationships that stay together.
29:23: Parenting and the relationship of good experiences vs. bad with kids.
32:11: When kids preface by: “You’ll probably say no but…”
38:18: What’s the long term impression on your kids?
39:39 “Am I the weird one?” in kids’ peer groups.
41:27: Family games: Slapzi, Ticket to Ride, Carcasonn...
Ep. 193: Bryan Johnson, Living Forever, & The Great Deception
Feb 07, 2025Intro: Bitter cold and snow, stupid drivers and having a fun activity during winter months.
10:28: Biology and weather acclimation.
13:12: Leia is not molting and Lewis and Clark are not as exploratory (Chickens).
15:57: Bari Weiss with Bryan Johnson, Blueprint and living forever.
23:23: Where Molly thinks he’s dangerous and modern day Tower of Babel.
25:40: “We are building god in technology and super-intelligence,” and the great deception.
27:52: Biomarkers and background.
31:19: His meaning of “Don’t Die,” “Living for tomorrow and living forever are identical concepts.”
34:41: “As human species we accept our inevitable decay and death. I want...
Ep. 192: Truth of Scripture, Deconstruction, & Political Overlap
Feb 02, 2025Intro: Daughter’s writing struggles and JRs parallel at work.
9:04: The discouragement of varsity level sanctification and God’s mercy.
13:35: Chatter on Telegram about Molly’s frustration with people last week.
15:36: Wesley Huff and how do I know the Bible is true.
18:09: The question as applied to deconstruction.
22:20: The Case for Christ for Kids, Mama Bear Apologetics.
22:49: We live in an upside down world. RFK, health and wellness, politics, and conflicting information.
32:00 A litmus test, profiling people and epistemology.
34:58: Molly asks JR for his opinion on all the things.
38:48: God is not...
Ep. 191: Nonsense, Schmucks and Kids
Jan 24, 2025Intro: reminiscing about the start of TB2F, random bits and pieces.
4:50: Molly’s theme for the day: no capacity for nonsense from people.
15:04: JR’s world was upset too, and not just the water heater!
21:50: Molly determines these OT “heros” are just a bunch of schmucks!
25:53: Molly watched the inauguration and some thoughts on executive actions.
31:38: A peaceful transition of power…except at home and in relationships. Switching gears to a couple trivia items and Tim Sheehy.
35:33: The end of Job is no-nonsense and the light it shines on Romans.
37:12: Kids are really...
Ep. 190: New Year, New Us...not really
Jan 10, 2025Intro: Holidays, winter, skiing, life updates.
Shameless self-promotion: BLVDS music group.
8:43: A skating rink adventure, devotions and Bible reading plans: The Bible Recap,
16:45: Molly’s purging cleanse.
18:45: JR’s Bible reading: Be Thou My Vision.
22:17: JR and Molly’s top books for the year: Dragonfly, Living Life Backward, The Genesis of Gender, The Toxic War on Masculinity, devotion for Christmas
24:07: Kids’ reading lists, some less-than-desirable books that have come through.
27:13: The source and the beauty of a story.
30:49: JR’s thoughts on writing and story.
34:10: Who Knows You Best? A healthy di...
Ep. 189: Shelaborating, Work, & The Interdependency Of All Living Things
Dec 20, 2024Intro: Last show of 2024, what JR’s going to read over the break, a trip for last minute grain.
9:45: Shelaborating.
10:50: David Bahnsen’s Full-Time is less about retirement than it is about a false teaching of sacred and secular distinctions.
13:53: God’s sacred plan for our lives, work and worship are the same throughout scripture.
15:34: Growing up where ministry work had more value than non-ministry work.
19:38: Why Molly is surprised by the premise of the book.
21:55: It’s okay for us to find identity in what we do.
23:48: Full-Time is an outworking of Eccle...
Ep. 188: Kamut, AI, & The Black, White, and Gray of Real Life
Dec 13, 2024Intro: Notes for chores, changing your brain, lockdowns changed teenagers’ brains.
6:15: Becoming more black and white, shared bathrooms.
17:20: Life feels more gray though: a church leadership example.
19:05: Being in relationship with people who seem to be in perpetual brokenness and what God really calls us to with those people.
25:33: A new podcast recommendation.
31:33: Bob Quinn and his Kamut with Jill Winger.
35:57: Fig leaves and an underground greenhouse.
38:35: Some free burn treatment info for you.
42:45: How we use Kamut
47:15: A major technological achievement was made, the glories and terrors of AI
Ep. 187: Death, Wonder, & Guiltless Joy
Dec 06, 2024Intro: Chicken pox, vaccines, related randomness.
9:30: We attended an amazing funeral.
15:58: Having a joy for life that comes from a true understanding of what life is.
17:46: The 30 minute version of Molly’s devotion for the ladies’ Christmas brunch this weekend.
22:58: Obtaining guiltless wonder and joy.
33:03: JR and Molly’s book recommendations: Living Life Backward, The Supper of The Lamb, Every Moment Holy
34:11: CS Lewis and the temptation to try and escape our created condition.
44:30: Chores vs. paid work, over-scheduling, pressure canning.
50:41: A chocolate truffle cookie recipe.
52:06: Molly’s church dinner failure...
Ep. 186: An Episode to Offend You
Nov 22, 2024Intro: Broccoli in the cold, scheduling,
5:20: Molly’s return trip book recap of Stanley Tucci’s What I Ate in a Year and the theme of death.
13:30: How long until we move to Europe
15:51: Tucci is an example of Ecclesiastes without God.
20:45: If he had the Christian framework about death and eternity, would his experience be that much more enjoyable.
24:10: Molly’s experience at the homeschool conference
29:07: Molly’s thoughts on Bonhoeffer’s biography
34:04: Some parallels of Nazi’s and some American policies
42:25: Rockefeller builds a church to capture the culture with a liber...
Ep. 185: Molly's Bad Day, Moral Clarity, & What Constitutes Sin?
Nov 08, 2024Intro: election recap, the Tuttle Twins on why printing money for the Ukraine causes your grocery bill to go up.
7:55: Molly’s really cold, no good, very bad day
13:22: Kid’s math tests and Halloween Candy
22:00: Kids’ learning styles
24:50: The sermon you must drop everything and listen to right now: phenomenal moral clarity
26:22: Some leaked documents on the Paris boxer
28:53: The pinnacle of creation, The Song of Songs, and sexual desire.
31:34: Envy, the marriage supper of the lamb and earnest desire for fellowship and communion.
38:20: Molly’s 18 hour drive listen list.
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Ep. 184: Vapor & Sandcastles: Thoughts on Ecclesiastes
Nov 01, 2024Intro: Life challenges of growing up, maturing and some things just can’t be fixed.
9:37: Ecclesiastes, Living Life Backward, “Accepting your death is the first step towards living.”
11:05: David Gibson’s Youtube Series.
15:55: Poetic Onomatopoeia
17:30: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and school lunches.
21:18: Pursuing for the sake of the thing, is vapor
25:44: The need for resets in our lives.
30:05: Brushing your teeth while eating an Oreo.
32:53: On the concept of Karma.
39:57: Not much to say about halloween.
48:12: Show Close
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Ep. 183: Weariness & The Joy of a Long LIfe
Oct 25, 2024Intro: Book recommendations, buttery pull-apart bread recommendation!
8:40: 12yo birthday parties and southern-style chili.
14:31: Ecclesiastes: it’s a wonderful [brief] life; contentment = reality - your expectations.
20:48: This music trio is not comprised of spring chickens!
27:30: There is so much beauty of living a long life when aging is taken with redemption.
28:41: Thoughts on weariness and stewarding your children’s souls.
36:56: Jesus answers all the meaningless in Ecclesiastes in the book of Mark!
39:14: You’re Only Human is a modern narrative of Ecclesiastes. Your finitude is a feature, not a bug.
43:19: Show Close
Ep. 182: "Go Touch Some Dirt," Perceptions of Reality, & Cat Purrs
Oct 18, 2024Intro: A new milk frother and ball gowns, health, fasting, and tea.
10:40: The glycemic index level of homemade sourdough bread and the deep impact of metabolic efficiency.
14:20: Parent-teacher meeting results, school lunch ingredients.
19:00: Pumpkin Gingerbread Apple Muffin recipe.
21:40: A TedX from a 7yo girl about parents setting up kids for success in life.
24:14: Some Canavox advice on helping parents with LGBT issues with their kids and the affect of the digital world on our perceptions of reality.
26:35: “Go touch some dirt” and Jonathan Haidt.
28:34: Thoughts on growing old.
36:43: Masculinity and the valu...
Ep. 181: Everything is Fine. The World is Burning but...Everything is Fine.
Oct 11, 2024Intro: Last week’s events, touring.
6:04: Titus’s boot size, lemon trees, indoor plants.
9:44: Composting is wild, peach pits, apple cores and wheelbarrow trees.
14:59: Our chickens are molting and it looks like a pillow fight.
17:53: Monster cookie bars, S’mores Cookie Bars, Mel’s giant chocolate chip cookie and tablespoons of butter.
22:40: Dairy cows, Tillamook Dairy Farm providers, PETA, and all the milk.
30:11: The struggle to prioritize mental headspace, lessons from Little House on The Prairie. The importance of reorienting with daily devotions.
38:01: We’re living in the end times…but that’s not the end a...
Eating Caterpillars, Steven Lawson, & The Spectrum of Sin
Sep 27, 20247:15: Telegram, Praying Mantises, Lady Bug insect kits.
11:20: Molly eats caterpillars for dinner, Molly gets a tension headache.
15:48: Being shocked by someone’s sin and Stephen Lawson
20:25: Idols of the Heart and flattening out the spectrum of sin
22:27: Ed Welch and leftover halloween candy
26:00: The language of “watch yourself lest you too fall into sin.”
27:44: But the sin is actually egregious and Julie Roys took it up.
32:34: Severity of sin and an interesting paradox in Scripture
36:07: A take on RFK and Olivia Nuzzi via House Inhabit.
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44:56: 3 Sermons on the theme...
Molly Returns to a School Board Meeting & Hymns of Glory
Sep 20, 2024Intro: Money spending, electric rates.
6:14: Engines, different perspectives on energy development.
10:45: There’s no money in people being healthy, large companies that feed on each other.
15:41: Molly’s second school board meeting was very eye-opening.
23:30: Dark and oppressive feelings, spiritual battles and hymns of glory. Petra Phil Wickham
31:02 “I’m with Him” vs. “He’s with me” and the object vs. strength of faith.
36:37 A model of the Lord’s Prayer without it becoming rote 3 Reasons NOT to Pray the Lord's Prayer
44:10: Incorporating the Lord’s Prayer into the home.
53:00: Show Close
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Duration: 00:55:10Serving Your Family & Conquering Fear
Sep 06, 2024Show Open
6:25: The first week of school! A recap of why we put three of our kids in a hybrid school.
11:00 Titus’ curriculum this year.
12:35: The girls’ first week so far (including Molly)…
16:00: Winding up the cats.
18:00: Moving to in to new models and philosophies
20:00: Making decisions and being so married to things you can’t be flexible when life circumstances changes. You’re Only Human (link)
23:00: A balance pivoting and serving the family well
26:53: Foraging and activities at the cabin
38:37: Further adventures of building mental fortitude and resilience in the kids
Molly Goes To A School Board Meeting
Aug 23, 2024Intro: Sheep, goats, and Molly hitting them in the head with apples.
5:30: Molly gives testimony at a school board meeting about prurient books in school libraries.
14:30: [Story Pause] Some info about pornography that Molly learned while prepping.
18:11: Creating an on ramp addiction and fueling anxiety.
20:40: Hijacking your ability to set goals and shutting of the pre-frontal cortex.
24:51: Relational consequences of pornography and the problem with crafting a sexual harassment policy.
29:03: [Back to the Story]
30:13: Two in the midst of a mass
34:45: How to be equipped to engage like this?
39:10: “Queering” the...
Eye Health, Public Testimony, & The Intersexed
Aug 16, 2024Show open: Cousins are in town, phone/watch usage for kids, eyeglasses.
13:27: Feeling the onset of age through eyes and considering regular health checks
17:45: Eye exercises and muscular eye health
26:48: Less controversial: theological contemplations on death to sin so don’t sin and three metaphors.
36:20: More controversial: Olympic lookalikes, Arcadian Wild, impressive performances and God opens a pathway.
42:27: Acappella gospel hymns at Olympic press conferences
45:55: Being a light and the balance of doing a good job and being an overt witness.
49:40: Jesus T Shirts and balancing evangelism vs. reality
52:53: Male boxers in...
Ep. 175: Intuition, Deceitfulness of the Heart, & a New Favorite Book
Aug 09, 2024Intro: Drinking glassware quirks, open house happy hours, updates from the last three weeks.
8:45 Jesus juking, waves of exhausting heat, and Faith is outraged at Rapunzel’s hair cutting in Tangled.
14:02: The verses Molly’s been working on with the kids and a philosophy of intuition
17:03: JR finds the DC Talk lyrics
18:40: Our experience with a sexual predator. Abuse Prevention
22:25: the paradox: don’t follow your heart but also, the intuition…
26:20: Where the heart is deceitful. The 77’s song.
30:52: Being weird and a convo with Titus about goat milk.
35:55: What cholesterol is and wha...
Parenting Dilemmas: Sheltering vs. Exposure & Discussion
Jul 12, 2024Show open, Delicious recipes like these cinnamon knots!
5:09: Roasted cauliflower, chicken shwarma.
7:55: A recipe Molly did NOT like.
15:41: Simple syrup disaster.
18:38: More Disney things.
21:01: Molly’s parenting moral crises.
29:28: Parenting wisdom: sheltering vs. exposing and discussing.
35:37: Disconnects in the movies.
40:43: Adult movies with kids vs. kids movies with kids
45:13: Show Close
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Duration: 00:48:19More Than or Less Than...What?
Jun 28, 2024Intro: Gauging how you’re doing, resilience and banjos at church.
8:06: Product Rec: Cooking From Scratch for Teens, and completely vapid Disney movies with our girls.
15:19: Titus bakes himself a pizza and meatball subs.
19:04: Making yourself less when feel more and more when feeling less.
24:00: Taking self-introspection too far.
25:18: Everything hinges on your heart motivation and finding rightness and righteousness in God.
28:25: A prick on the conscience and calls to action when someone is “more than you.”
31:06: Being faithful and standing before a holy and righteous God and grumbling.
32:50: Two holy respon...
Building Kids' Resilience, The Breath of Life, & Vale of Tears
Jun 21, 2024Intro: Juneteenth, Salem Witch Trials.
6:55: Family camping trip recap.
11:25: Farragut State Park's (Idaho) WW2 history.
13:44: Almost destroyed SUPs.
17:21: Reflections on things going wrong in life as a kid.
23:22: A gross story about mice and farm life and bats.
26:32: The Hillbilly Thomists, “The Power and The Glory.”
32:28: Resilience, Bad Therapy and Socio-Emotional Learning damage in schools.
36:44: Vale of Tears: Our default state is not feeling like we’re doing well.
39:08: How scripture speaks into our state.
41:28: The problem of sending kids going through puberty to therapy and pharmaceuticals and The Anxiou...
Weird Kids, Being Overwhelmed, & A Good Debate
Jun 01, 2024Intro
2:30: TB2F community comments, free books from Barnes & Noble, corporate puking on June 1.
6:13: AI phones and doctors.
10:30: The challenge of good medical care
13:30: Why is Ai going after creative jobs?
15:30: Creating a 15 minute city without walls.
17:43: Barnes and Noble summer reading club and their giveaways.
21:00 The Tuttle Twins TV, weird watching habits and the Classical school assessments.
22:15: A new curriculum for our oldest.
24:55: Faith interrupts.
26:37: Molly makes a confession about Andor.
28:24: Kids and weird music habits.
30:41: What else do you do when you feel overwhelmed? You...
Checking Cakes, Israel, & Life Together
May 24, 2024Intro: JR got some audiobook work, Molly’s baking a cake.
3:40: Molly needs a cake break.
3:53:JR’s audiobook adventures.
11:23: The girls’ academic assessment for the new school.
15:26: Commercial Break while Molly checks the cake.
17:50: Breathe review.
1:02:52: Commercial break while Molly checks the cake 2.
23:42: A couple other books: Bennett Coles, Splendid and the Vile, Virtuous Liberty.
26:14: Conservative is not synonymous with Christian, Christian views on Israel and ignorance of the people.
31:23: An analogy on JR’s Biblical belief of today’s Israel.
34:52: Geo-political considerations, 1948, and just war theory.
44:20: Bonhoeffer...
This is Not The Way, Life Changes, & Breathing
May 17, 2024Intro
2:35: Nomadic lifestyles. This is the way…or maybe not.
6:18: Nomadic families that have pivoted to homes but…it was the way.
11:04: The crunchy IG accounts that were the way…no, not the way anymore.
13:59: Conveying “Follow me as I follow Christ.”
17:05: Our life pivot. The nature of homeschool mom is you can’t push the kids as hard as you want to and feelings of deep inadequacy.
20:02: Pride and academic assessments.
23:07: 13yo boys and knives and thriving on alternative education like The Outdoor Boys and conspiracy theories.
30:57: A straight-up product recommendati...
Deconstruction, A Warning for Women, & A Mandate for Men
May 10, 2024Show Open: Caedmon’s Call, Deconstruction, Mr. Red Pen, and Derek Webb.
8:41: Molly’s experience in seminary with intellectual superiority.
10:20: Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett, The Deconstruction of Christianity and an encouragement to doubt your faith and a fear of losing salvation.
18:30: Hyper intellectualism and fear of losing your faith are both gnosticism.
20:25: Paul’s warning against deceitful intellectuals and the application to women and Instagram and internet things.
21:07: A super-rich mormon intellectual cosplay or real? Good or bad? Is this a Godly woman or not? What really matters?
26:10: 2 Timothy is a talking about...
Genuine Care for Others & Seeing Growth in Your Kids
May 03, 2024Show Open
2:44: More chickens, more eggs, money-making jobs for the kids
12:38: Lili wants to learn French, Chicken prices, eating out of the freezer
15:26: WW2 resources; Masters of the Air, The Bloody 100th, Victory at Sea, unauthorized WW2 podcast, Number The Stars, Titus really likes a biography about Brother Andrew
26:00: JR and Molly enjoy a listening room experience with Jenna Greenwell, Jess Arndt, Zechariah Peabody and Bailey Mattson
32:20: Self-righteousness and being genuinely enthusiastic about the good or capability of other people and not feeling threatened.
40:35: The helping nature of artistic communities and encouraging that...
Marital Conflict: Building Kids' Mental Fortitude
Apr 26, 2024Intro
4:13: Property, neighbors, covenants.
7:35: Molly has a soft spot for dead tires.
8:39: A trailer park, a dirty magazine and the level of “parents don’t know.”
10:02: Repeat sexual predation on Snapchat, and swapping texts with friends.
13:55 For the love of what is good and holy, don’t let your kids download stuff on their own - a funny story about our kids and devices.
19:28: Marital conflict: What to do about building mental fortitude in our kids- JR’s case.
26:58: Molly’s perspective.
32:11: What is the ultimate goal for our kids and physical str...
The Power of Real World Accomplishments
Apr 19, 2024Intro: Coffee substitutes, cortisol levels and protein intake.
7:38: One way to tell if you’re healthy via your fingernails.
10:10: Molly’s milk frother died!
10:36: If you’d invested in Apple with iPhone money you’d have how much?”
11:56: Creo brew coffee substitutes, price per serving and the cost of Starbucks.
16:45: Moody’s analytics and the last year’s inflation numbers and saving money at the grocery store. Organic Shell Pasta.
21:43: Finances, young couples owning a home and reasons to get married.
26:15: One of the reasons people aren’t having kids.
28:03: Do your kids a favo...
Calvin & Hobbes, Doomsday Cults, & Great TV
Apr 12, 2024Intro: Trying to get back into the swing of things.
3:30: JR’s shoulder recovery- tremendously better
8:27: Molly got sick, her parents had surgery, and
9:38: Some recent TV Shows and our kids’ American history books
14:48: JR’s other things happening, TV shows he’s watching
19:04: Molly started Dear Mr. Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes and some interesting facts about that.
25:41: Molly gets sucked into a doomsday cult - Gloriavale
34:24: What does it mean to say, “I believe it’s the Lord’s will to X.”
40:03: How do you see through lies? Courage to opt out of a system...
The Roots of Real Relationship
Mar 14, 2024Show Open
2:02: Molly’s weekend trip to a homeschool conference speaking on Canavox.
5:28: A Youth Leader spot a People are Weird and Hard sticker.
7:38: Katy Faust’s foundational topic at the conference- The Seven Loves and building relationships.
12:10: A case against “bromance”, “man crush” and sexualizing things that aren’t inherently sexual.
15:47: The most popular MB personality type of gay men is…
19:25: The punchline: Family love.
22:17: Molly’s session on hookup culture.
23:14: Vanity Fair article and modern bar culture.
25:46: New challenges and dynamics to today’s dating world.
27:21: The Dating Project (we’r...
Mayonnaise, AI Worship Music, & Hookup Culture Cats
Mar 08, 2024Intro: Kid’s favorite salmon recipe, homemade mayonnaise, seed oils.
9:38: Explaining the stock market to a kid.
12:16: The Roarin’ 20’s, prohibition and the creation of finger food.
14:54: The origin of the Caesar Salad.
17:48: Telegram discussions, global warming and just being a good steward
21:19: AI, music and human connection
28:39: Molly muses on live music and AI with worship music, and replacing worship leaders
32:24: An assignment for the savvy: a ChatGPT worship song.
37:30: Human achievement and you shall be like God
43:31: Cats bringing [live] kills into the house.
49:58: Molly tries out a cat...
Christian Nationalism, Moral Failings, & Deepfakes
Mar 01, 2024Intro: JR’s shoulder update. ACL surgery recap, the brilliance of the human body.
7:56: Surgery during COVID, and the month of madness with sick kids.
11:47: First ever family destination ski vacation! 75mph + winds
15:22: Molly’s current homeschool studies. Children’s dustbowl era literature anyone?
16:52: Mahatma Ghandi: and meaning of “Mahatma” and the work still happens even if the worker morally failed.
19:36: “Christian Nationalism.”
23:28: Gandhi and India’s independence
25:57: A deep hypocrisy and we can honestly say the Declaration of Independence is true AND the authors were not acting in accord with their beliefs.
28...
Hope, False Comparisons, & Sticking Your Neck Out
Feb 22, 2024Intro: Ginger beer, kid stress, another chicken death and a nightmare week.
14:35: Recap on my short trip Ft. Benton.
19:07: Molly and I had a date and saw The Lucky Valentines live and a discussion about complicated relationships with Christianity. Josephine OEO
24:03: The world is a dark and scary place, Carlson/Weinstein Interview, orienting our hearts and our kids amidst the fear and uncertainty.
32:00: We are the new singles ministry.
33:25: Potions for joint health and MRI results.
37:24: Amazing home Chicken Drumsticks (just like wings).
40:29: Homemade Nilla wafers.
42:40: JR switched back to green...
Marriage Metrics, Mandie Books, & WW1
Feb 08, 2024Intro: More dogs, sick kids, and another chicken down.
10:08: Growing your own loofahs.
14:47: Other new garden plans, update on bees.
23:05: Having an ecosystem on our property and thoughts on regenerative farming.
27:30: Molly’s brain is mush, a WW1 study with the kids and book reviews on the topics, They Shall Not Grow Old.
30:08: Why we have poppies on Veteran’s Day, In Flander’s Fields
32:37: Molly found some new, great bread baking forms Ebay forms.
37:56: Who’s still reading the Mandie books?
45:05: Every metric for a man’s quality of life goes up if...
Righteousness, Guilt, & Granola Bars
Jan 24, 2024Intro: Righteousness vs. sanctification.
4:37: Jackie Hill Perry comes out against the enneagram.
7:24: Preston Perry invites some LDS in and records the convo, and it applies to Muslim evangelism.
9:09: Conversations with kids about guilt and Tales of Persia.
11:43: Pervasiveness of Islam everywhere except Billings.
13:15: How do you get on Allah’s good side? The distinction of Christianity.
15:56: Distinctions from every other religion in the world.
17:51: Explaining Proverbs to kids.
19:23: being a part of the body of Christ, partaking in the Lord’s Supper in a worthy manner.
21:47: The weekly Laura Ingalls Wild...
God's Grace is Bigger Than Your Best
Jan 20, 2024Intro
1:48: Homemade beef sticks, 13yo boys and protein needs.
4:40: Bitter cold and ground pork.
7:48: Beef squeezed out of frosting tip instead of a jerky gun and the recipe.
10:27: A mouse in the van.
16:02: A chicken in the house.
21:00: Hollow tubed hair and God’s neat designs for animals.
23:58: Women’s ice cold feet.
26:58: A chicken of the day.
37:00: The cheese is perfect.
32:57: Cracking down on schooling.
35:57: Circling back on the dad convo; no such thing as quality without quantity.
39:07: COVID showed parents the benefit of being home with...
Parenting: Relational Warmth and Quantity, not quality time.
Jan 13, 2024Intro: New studio, JR’s a bit distracted by some new gear.
6:03: Things got spicy on Telegram this week, Anthony Bradley Threads on fatherhood.
10:40: God is relational warm to us as well as a law-giver and a teacher.
12:48: Relational warmth has to do with quantity of time.
13:13: Quality does not equate to quantity time as a parents.
15:13: Podcast with Erica Komisar and Lila Rose.
16:13: A cascade of kids with a huge amount of mental health problems and moms not being present.
17:50: Maternity leave is shockingly short.
20:27: Every time you’re away from...
Gold, Goals, & Grounding
Jan 08, 2024Intro: Savings, investing and gold
7:23: Not being obsessed with the future or placing trust in prepping
9:03: Living in a state of by faith
12:36: Living in a fallen world
15:13: Mueller and people
19:04: Childbearing, faith, and health consequences
22:49: A young kid just screaming at Hobby Lobby
24:10: Faith builds a fort for the night and a cocoon of pillows
26:45: Back to the lady at Hobby Lobby and being
29:52: Big events for a 3rd born birthday…right after Christmas; mercies in planning
38:22: Atomic Habits; goals vs. resolutions
42:40: Molly reflects on goal settings an...
Broadway, Biology, & Being
Dec 23, 2023Intro: Telegram, pre-Christmas madness, crazy warm weather, parents of a teenager.
6:45 A symphony trip for the kids.. are
9:06: Hope…or lack thereof from Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.
12:31: The contrast of cheer and family and depressing Christmases.
14:40: Meaningful secular Christmas lyrics, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written by a victim of bullying.
16:34: Inspiration for Christmas songs from non-Christians.
18:12: Christian Christmas songs address the human condition.
19:43: Difficulty in sharing Christian Christmas songs’ source of hope.
25:16: We “muddle through” with our ever present help in trouble.
22:06: Even we have to wait until we...
Being a Kind, not Gnostic, Christian Materialist
Dec 06, 2023Show Open: Christmas Tree update, seasonal hecticness and family random notes.
9:18: One more thought on self-care: living faithfully within our finitude.
15:28 We’re such dependent creatures (food).
16:43 Incorporating the Lord’s prayer.
21:07: Doug Wilson on celebrating the materiality of Christmas.
25:54 Robert Farrar Capon and cottage cheese.
27:41: Christians living in a material world.
29:01: The feasts and the festivals.
30:42: Christian gnosticism confused with holiness.
33:10 “Kind” is a Biblical category, “nice” is not.
35:35: Dr. Jon Money and the precursor to modern transgenderism.
39:04: Cultural expectations and being kind to those in sin.
43:06: C...
Being "Winsome," Limited, & Living By Design
Nov 29, 20234:12: “Winsome,” Doug Wilson, Kevin DeYoung and engaging culture.
7:32: GK Chesterton on war.
8:28: Our huge Christmas tree might fall over.
13:36: Titus’ hunting success!
17:46: Why Molly is stressed about the tree.
19:35: Back to winsomeness and getting back to Biblical language.
21:27: “Self-care” last week brought the noise!
22:55: Men vs. Women, recreational habits and the necessity of moms in the first three years and psychological and emotional ties to children.
28:39: The lot the good Lord has placed us in regards to self-care.
39:36: Can we reframe the conversation around self-care in a Biblical understanding.
30:54: Kelly Kapi...
Shelving, Satisfaction, & Self-Care
Nov 22, 2023Show Open: Birthdays, tea and coffee, the differences between.
5:28: Titus, a game night, and his chocolate chip cookie.
7:04: A new recipe for Thanksgiving, chocolate cookie pies and chess pie.
9:46: Chess pie, vinegar pies, Momofuku.
15:29: A running theme: kids’ room shuffling, Ikea hacks, and new shelving ideas.
19:31: Joy and satisfaction in working with your hands, teaching your son to be a man.
22:57: Doing things with your hands for mental health and a sense of doing what you’re created to do.
26:19: Molly tees up J.R. On Ecclesiastes.
33:47 Molly responds with some Hebr...
Eating Scrolls & Baking Rolls
Nov 17, 2023A week of normal week, and daylight savings time.
3:19: Timezone history and statistics.
9:26: The electrifying of America.
13:33: The Gray Haven’s new hymn record is fantastic and listening to music over and over again.
17:11: Molly’s 3rd grade snack win, trying trying to find a link on our website like this Revelation sermon.
23:20: Molly’s takeaways from said sermon: a pastor tones down his teaching on God’s wrath; there is no cosmic justice; Hilter, Stalin, Mao didn’t get what’s coming to them
27:51: What it means to “eat this scroll”; alarming stats on Christi...
The Joy of Experience & No Sad Funerals
Nov 11, 20233:40: Birthdays, growing kids, and judo tournament recap.
10:54: Not seeing things in your kids and marveling at the joy of experience and gifting.
18:XX: Excelling at craftsmanship.
21:XX: Camille Paglia and there are no female Mozart’s or female Jack the Rippers.
23:30: Driving your kids to do the thing and being a person that finishes things.
27:19: A super-interesting conversation with the kids about choosing songs for funerals.
29:30: There are no sad hymns at Christian funerals.
39:40: A huge hymn at a Lutheran church we’ll never forget but don’t remember anything about.
43:04: Sausag...
Determination, Discouragement, & Doomscrolling
Oct 26, 2023Show Open
1:10: Winter is here and with it comes prep.
4:10: Character qualities of hunters and athletes, getting butts kicked by those better than us
11:45: Way off-topic volleyball rule changes
13:19: “I don’t know why the other team doesn’t just give up”
14:43: Titus leans some character building at the range and elk camp.
23:03: Instant Pot Pumpkin Chili
24:21: Zechariah and requiring the same evidence as non-believer.
28:09: Reasons we’re discouraged and despising the day of small things.
31:40: Don’t move into the scintillating and despise the little ways God is working.
34:22: “...
Dentists, Israel and the Church, & Rethinking Taylor Swift
Oct 19, 2023Show Open
3:00: Lots of money spent on dental, reactive vs proactive dentistry, root canals, jaw alignment, long term problems.
11:59: Body talk basics and talking to your kids about health and puberty.
13:23 The stakes are incredibly high for ignoring joy in our sexed bodies and a sale code!
17:28: Molly’s online Canavox group on masculinity (philosophical and natural law).
20:30: Douglas Murray is an interesting character. The War on The West and his Joe Rogan conversation.
23:05: Ponderings on Israel and Palestine, Zionism and Biblical Prophecy
28:55: The kids thumbed up The Tuttle Twins.
29:43 Let’s be...
Taylor Swift, Leech Guy, & Kids’ Cultural Engagement
Oct 14, 2023Show Open
3:00: The Gospel Coalition, Taylor Swift, and a stretch at best, idolatry at worst.
16:14: “Reformed Mum” and convening coven’s on stage, other writers’ opinions
21:35: Nate Burnham’s “Firebird”
23:23: One thing Molly likes about Dude Perfect and they have a trustworthy app.
26:23: JR’s closing thoughts and “Echoes of Eden”
29:08: Natasha Crain, (Ep: 32), living counter-culturally and raising kids who don’t resent Christianity
32:22: Leech on the Beach Guy, and being so right about something so bad.
36:11: Engaging kids about culture without ruining a thing
37:34: Raising Conservatives Kids in a Woke City- Katy Faust<...
Generational Differences, Not Fitting In, & Waiting on God
Oct 06, 2023Show Open: Lili’s birthday, bear rugs, failed birthday present orders.
07:53: Is asking for devices to be left at home or in a car a sign of disrespect to millennials? Generational differences with technology.
14:43 : Are we ever going to fit into the culture at our church? Parasites and disregulated nervous system.
19:00: Sandra McCracken’s “Abiding City.” Constant death and the persistent breaking down of life and being a sinful monster.
26:01: Walker Family Goods…wearing trending bags and interesting realities for brands.
28:35: Sandra McCraken’s “Patient Kingdom”, Derek Webb’s deconstruction. Is that a Gen X thing? Is Gen X...
Middle-Age Metabolism, Concert Kids, & Small Groups
Sep 28, 2023Show Open
2:47: Middle-aged metabolism, sausage bite recipe, reflections on modern machinery
11:42: Women’s hormones, eating protein in the morning and managing blood sugar and metabolism
13:25: Protein deficiencies, diet discussions and maybe it’s a first world problem
23:38: The kids go to their second concert, Rend Collective and it wasn’t as great as they were hoping; concerts with kids
30:42: The Tophouse live experience was great, and encores.
38:31: A few brief thoughts on last week’s Sabbath episode; Serious Sabbath; Remember the Sabbath;
40:28: Are small groups artificial attempts at organic connection in a disconnec...
Sabbath Rests, Self-Righteousness, & Getting Your Arm Ripped Off
Sep 20, 2023Show Open
1:40: Late night vs. early morning, weekend recap, Tophouse, we’re failing at consistently running now, creative focus, focused work time, latest food preservations
14:12: Planning and discipline necessary for harvesting and sabbath rests
19:05: Kamut muffins and Uncle Vernon’s latest, the big difference in what we’re able to grow.
20:01: Sabbath views: Cultural considerations, making other people work by going out to eat. Westminster Standards, Qs 114-121
33:27: Self-righteousness that comes from taking Christian liberty or holding to strict adherence. Where is your heart? Keeping things in their place.
36:58: The kids’ current hymn study: S...
Political Ponderings, Life Recap, & Creating Good Habits
Sep 11, 2023Open
2:55: Molly’s did a reformed history trip with Ligonier Ministries European Tour, government monopolies on utilities
6:12: Mr. Beast and Joe Rogan
9:48: RFK, Jr., and being so far beyond what the founders intended
13:09: 3-Letter Agency overstep
18:19: Worldviews, public policies and political action
20:37: Molly would consider voting for a Kennedy, should big issues like abortions be the issue of the day for a particular election?
25:58: Should we trust Vivik?
26:42: A recap of our lives of the last three weeks or so 😆, Molly and Titus preps the van for a trip by themselves, Titus...
Healthy Living, Sovereignty over Free Will, & Trauma as Identity
Aug 18, 2023Show Open
2:00: Lymphatic system, underwire bras, and natural living
3:42: Natural fiber underwear and increased fertility
6:43: Orthorexia and decreasing your toxic load
9:31: Men’s merino wool benefits
11:58: Girls bralettes and growing kids
16:33: Pickleball!!
17:47: How Pickleball ended up on our radar
19:29: One of the big weaknesses in homeschooling
21:10: The story of Pickleball continues
26:03: Rules that make Pickleball relaxed
28:48: Investments for family activity hopes
33:34: God Reforms Hearts, and the tension of God’s sovereignty and human freedom comfort in the crucifixion
46:30: Molly reviews “Rules of Civility” by Amor Towles
54:2...
Doing Hard Things, Depressing Things, & Making Good Decisions
Aug 09, 2023Show Open
3:45: Family running!
6:40: Completing something difficult creates new neural pathways
7:37: A sandbar disaster
9:35: Your brain gets better by doing hard things
12:30: The Spartan Race founder and brain pathways
16:35: Molly’s new health kick and American shoes, Anya’s reviews and barefoot running.
22:15: Kids’ fitness levels are tied to mom’s level, not dad’s
24:19: Cat door and mouse update
29:18: The most depressing thing we’ve ever done
34:58: Podcast/Media appropriate for the day comments
35:54: Molly’s thoughts on a failed garage sale
39:06: An interesting time in culture
44...
Aliens, Amazon, & Men Not Wanting to Work
Jul 29, 2023Open: Life delays, music mixing technology
6:00: UFO congressional hearings
9:48: Kids playing violin
11:58: Takeaways from the the hearings, did God create other lifeforms?
13:28: End times, bad movies, and God letting his people suffer
18:09: Don’t you dare say God won’t let his people suffer and don’t you dare lose hope.
18:58: JR’s opinions
20:13: Could God creating another being in the image of God in a different way?
24:16: Skeptical at the end of the day and ultimate takeaway
27:40: Molly’s Canavox weekend recap
29:50: Amazon controls all.
39:24: Efforts to distance y...
Rainbow Flags & Rubik's cubes
Jun 21, 2023Show Open: Mouse Problems and a cat door
11:15: Kids still doing school, restarting catechism
14:06: Molly’s theological musing…or failing for the week- Faith can’t explain what a rainbow means. Failing to teach the younger kids
18:00: Two things about the rainbow from the story of now Noah
22:50: Pride rainbow flag discussion, variations and some history
25:29: The ark and the small remanent of the faithful
33:22: Rubik's cube documentary, Max Park's 3x3 world record, cube culture, autism and one of the nicest guys ever.
Warren Hood: Songwriters Across Texas
47:02: Titus signs up for hi...
Reunion Recap, Random Food Things, & Heart vs. Circumstancesq
Jun 16, 2023Show Open: Kombucha vs. ginger beer, sun brewed tea vs. not sun brewed tea.
4:20: Mayo jar discovery
6:42: Reunion Recap, camper crowd and butter (roll recipe here)
12:29: Molly’s grandpa and guessing how many pounds of butter is in his fridge
17:51: Molly’s uncle butchers his own cows, Steak and USDA guidelines
20:28: Statistic on cold vs. hot tea consumed in the US
22:43: Mini composition notebooks
24:01: JR wrecks Elese’s toy and Molly’s shares the blender roll recipe
27:06: “My Worth is Not in What I Own” - The Gray Haven
30:50: I am dust but...
Life is Weird and Hard
Jun 09, 2023Intro: Spray dye, teeth extraction, cereal growing up.
14:23: Girl Interrupting, cheap dessert snacks at VBS, and discovering good food.
15:03: Laramie trip, mixing ideologies when family gets together.
24:17: Response to Telegram listener: Heroes of the faith are Re-reading OT in redemptive terms in the NT.
29:19: The modern fascination with the anti-hero, Biblical storylines, craving for resolution.
35:42: Molly’s God-related thoughts for the week: God’s goodness and navigating hard things.
39:54: Knowing history brings us delight in the midst of it.
46:43: Considering growth in the midst of little joys.
50:10: Titus solves the Rubik’s cube...
Life Catch Up, New Entertainment, & The Indwelling of the Spirit
Jun 01, 2023Show Open
1:50: Sleep issues…again
3:27: The life catch up
7:34: Levels of hell comments (last episode)
9:40 Faith turned 5…and everyone got sick
15:00 Lili’s ER visit
21:43: Ninja Kidz and dumb Youtube shows
24:43: JR didn’t get sick and attributes it to all the Pique Tea he’s been drinking 😁
26:24: ER visit cost quiz
28:18: Molly gets in a wreck
31:55: Our awesome friend Marshall
36:17: Something happened with our chickens
37:15: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was really good
40:30: Owl City’s new record is phenomenal
45:15: Metal heads, Project 86’s new record is I...
Coronations, Levels of Hell, & Locusts
May 07, 2023Show Open
4:00: Molly got too ambitious with her seedlings
8:31: Building a shop
10:18: Are there levels of hell requisite for levels of sin
12:41: Watching the coronation with Grammy.
16:08: Magna Carta and the end of Monarchy power
20:07: Prime Ministers and doing away with Kings
22:44: The difference between Canada and America
28:51: America is not a Democracy
29:58: Will punishment in hell be worse for some than others
35:44: Jesus’ pre-existent being vs. post resurrected being
37:12: Bad Christian pickup line
37:42: Experience of Heaven as a someone saved from a lot vs. someone who wa...
Strength Through Adversity & The Eradication of Masculinity
Apr 28, 2023Show Open
1:50: A chicken update.
5:00: Clark’s Fork, short history of Pompey’s Pillar and Lewis and Clark.
7:40: Recap of Nat Geo’s special on Lewis and Clark.
9:35: Recap of Chicken People documentary.
12:50: We’re back and the Little Green Clean machine.
15:30: Incoherency and seedlings and growing plants.
18:57: Adversity stimulates growth and a study in James.
20:33: JR’s shoulder injury, resistance and strength training.
23:03: God designed us to make us strong through resistance.
24:38: Violin recitals, kid failures, and mom differences.
27:30ish: How hard do we push our kids?
27:50...
No God, No Passport, No Problem?!
Apr 14, 20232:03: All-inclusive resorts are a perverted reflection of eternal paradise.
3:53: True rest poem - John Sullivan Dwight.
8:10: Leaving God out and the affect of luxury on the heart.
11:35: Tower of Babel, weird things people people read, and dandelion wine.
17:38: What happens when you don’t have your passport.
28:00: Meanwhile, back in Minneapolis…
34:08: Kids are sinners and Faith is going through some things.
38:00: Homemade chicken fingers recipe.
40:30: JR’s still nerding out on steak and beef, and wants his own cow.
45:12: Garden Update.
47:09: Philosophy of gardening- Ruth Stout and her method of pla...
Reality Podcasting with a Redemptive Twist
Mar 24, 20231:48: Green Tea facts.
5:06: Last show for probably three weeks.
6:00: Molly’s running around like a chicken with her head cut-off.
7:27: Our lives are kind of in seasons with work and things.
9:30: Gardening plans and managing a greenhouse.
11:08: Our kids love basil.
13:12: Going non-stop, some housekeeping and our Telegram group.
14:07: Snow conditions.
16:04: Ski Patrol spring evac and a gnarly day.
23:10: JR’s personal bible study/devotional - Be Thou My Vision.
28:32: Molly’s personal bible study/devotional.
34:24: Going slowly through Philippians and seeing it’s reality.
37:03: Kids’ friendship update, 5t...
Fulfilling Relationships & Satisfaction in God Alone
Mar 20, 2023Show Open: Molly’s discombobulated, 4yo woes.
3:53 Titus makes breakfast sausage and our recipe/process.
7:48: Breakfast sandwich eggs differences.
9:25: Telegram group and show updates.
11:00: One pot pasta dinner from last night.
13:02: Nifty facts about pasta.
14:10: Chicken update, ideas about feeding them, fertilizer.
17:28: SNL references, casts, Chris Farley died at the age JR and Molly are now.
21:25: Judo complications with one of our girls, character development, taking’s seasons off.
28:13 Molly shocks J.R. by watching someone else’s kids!
32:06: Conversations with our girls about friendships- mankind is built for relati...
Chickens, Cats, & Dealing with Deliberately Mean People
Mar 05, 2023Show Open
3:30: Murdered chicken update, general baby chicks update.
12:30: And this week our cats almost died.
13:10: A fresh loaf of bread and a dead mouse.
14:38: Back to the cats…
22:21: Back to the chicks and processing guilt and shame. Issue of discipleship of the kids.
23:28: Stories of hiding things from our parents.
27:35: A kid comes forth.
30:14: God works in our lives with themes, ours seems to be “handling the fact that I meant [the bad thing] I said or did.”
32:00: A friend’s kid kicked another kid on the bus.
33:47: How do y...
Guilt, Fear, & Freedom to Live
Feb 26, 2023Open: Phone issues, Visible, and saving money.
4:00: A kid interrupts.
6:39: We got chicks! But we’re missing one. Did a kid murder one?
11:07: Browser tabs and marital humor.
14:14: Being faced with a tremendous about of guilt.
15:18: A question for Islam: What do you do with your guilt?
18:18: How’s that anger working out for you?
19:45: Wanting our kids to find out the sin early so we can guide to repentance and love.
18:50: Responding to our kids when we know someone is guilty.
21:34: Training our children in confession and receiving forgiveness and...
Growing Sprouts & Growing Relationships
Feb 17, 2023Intro, winter road travel.
05:16: An appropriate view of animals vs. humans.
07:30: Elese is outraged at the vet having scantily-clad women in the window.
08:52: A child’s joy in her body and tankinis.
10:27: Planning for chickens.
12:36: Growing broccoli sprouts.
15:24: Kid’s valentine boxes and an easy puff pastry snack, and another snack idea.
17:56: Molly’s gardening heritage and what drove her from not wanting to garden to having a garden.
20:59: Back to broccoli sprouts.
22:08: Counter-cultural Spanish language lessons.
24:51: The absurdity of gender fluidity and an Arkansas “woman.”
26:28: A good friend is...
Sourdough Crackers & Seeing the World Accurately
Feb 11, 2023:36: Canavox weekend recap.
4:04: Introductions.
7:19: Reality TV, a MILF reality TV show.
9:10: People who listen from overseas and VPNs.
13:19: Kids bring a lot of drama and Molly has no capacity for extra drama.
11:50: Deemphasizing vegetables and adding more fruit to our diet.
14:08: Trying to adapt palettes and grocery budgets.
15:06: Crackers and cheese and food and crackers.
17:04: Sourdough cracker recipe and preferred chip and cracker flavors
20:46: Karl Barth and adulterous relationships
23:45: Does it matter to his work as a theologian?
25:55: An appropriate application of the Beatitudes?
30:30: Does an impure...
Tales from You
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Frosting, Vaping, & Encouraging Others
Jan 30, 2023Open and some random updates.
6:54: New chocolate cake recipe and 7 minute frosting.
11:40: Titus chocolate chip cookie as a roll.
14:03: Vaping health issues.
17:51: Is vaping sin?
23:36: Too dangerous sports?
24:44: When you die is in God’s hands but also…
26:53: A show idea for J.R. without Molly
27:46: The parents don’t care.
29:01 American culture is so stressed filled and pharmaceuticals for mental health issues.
30:47: The Magic of Tidying Up lady now has kids.
32:10: Commending parents for engaging with their kids.
33:20: The opposite happened after Covid, people are doing more.<...
Predestination, Prayer, & Really Good Beef
Jan 19, 20232:00: Last minute elk opportunities.
3:34: Schatzker, The End of Craving, and The Model Health Show.
5:28: Molly giggles every time she fills her car with gas.
6:40: End of a Model Health podcast with Schatzker, the Dorito effect and tricking your tastebuds.
9:06: Mark Schatzker’s “Steak” recap so far.
14:10: Steakbites recipe.
16:37: Cows, feedlots, and finishing beef 🥩
22:39: Predestination and does it matter.
24:37: The origins of Methodists.
26:37: George Whitfield’s approach.
28:07: Being humble enough to recognize we’re on the same team but have deep theological differences.
32:24: Back to why predestination matters.
33:54: Suffering as...
Repentance, Confession, & Using the Gospel As Law
Jan 14, 20231:48: Ski Patrol training and tree wells
6:07: Mixing shows and Star Wars
7:20: Bacon fig jam
9:30: Bible Project’s Introductory to the Psalms
12:00: More struggles with our daughter
16:01: Repentance and specificity
19:48: There is truth in confessing more but…
22:30: Depression and confession [Spiritual Depression, Martin Lloyd-Jones]
25:50: Using the gospel as law and Jesus Juking
28:03: What you must do to experience fulfillment
30:54: Lecturing kids and the law
33:41: Why does James call the NT law perfect but then calls it Liberty
35:23: The importance of leaning in to God’s perfect law as people...
What To Do When You Can't Do Anything
Jan 07, 2023Open: Elese Birthday, Stories from kids about dead cats
5:03: neutering and spaying animals and puberty blockers
7:05: Cats reproductive systems
8:31: Pete and Kim’s dogs
10:27: Snowflakes and being so severed from reality
12:06: Apocalyptic Politics; Carl Trueman article
15:02: The real world experience vs. virtual and being increasingly marginalized in the public sphere
19:06: China’s covid policy reversal
20:53: Molly and JR bicker
22:00: Ukraine, all the whys, and real suffering
25:28: Reflections on Psalm 2 and the Jump to Jesus.
29:37: Kings are never referred to as “Son of God”
31:08: What is our posture towards...
Responding Well When You Don't Have Control
Dec 12, 2022Intro & Housekeeping,
2:14: Thorns in the flesh, David and Saul, pride.
4:50: Behold the Lamb of God.
6:49: Parenting struggles with our 4 year old.
8:52: Forgetting bad things with your kids, the struggle with our human nature, why health and wealth. seems so appealing.
10:51: Community Comments on the news, anxiety and hopelessness.
12:28: Our desire to know and control, be omniscient like God, and our finite capacity to do so.
14:43: Embracing the life God gives us and just rolling with it.
15:50: Great Christmas books: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever; The Family Under the Bridge, Great Joy.<...
Human vs. Animal, & The Desecration of the Imago Dei
Dec 05, 20222:06: Homemade marshmallows. Molly talks about current life madness, marshmallow making (blog link)
7:54: Cats wants to eat the rabbit, rabbit wants to hump the cats
12:17: The lion shall lie down with the lamb. The cat shall lie down with the bunny. What did cats before the fall?
15:50: Dogs don’t have a soul, humans are special and conveying that to kids
18:56: Extreme life-saving measures with pets and Our friend’s convo with kids about the violent death of an animal
22:54: Our cultural value on animals vs. humans
25:29: The abolition of man, winsomeness, Carl Trueman and...
Molly is More Intellectually and Spiritual Lazy Than Everyone Thought
Nov 29, 20221:58: community feedback on modesty discussion
6:46- Kids are full on Christmas decorating, Old Navy Gender Neutral Christmas PJ line/ gender dysphoria and race (Irreversible Damage, Abigail Schrier)
12:54: Molly’s gut instinct on gender dysphoria and demographics. [Canavox PDF with Substack Article URL]
17:20: JRs thoughts on genderless clothes and bathrooms
20:39: Molly just doesn’t care- homeschoolers, paganism and Christmas Trees
24:28: Growing in Christian maturity softens opinions in many ways- the real focus
25:19: Example: Alcohol and Christianity, Sermon on Sunday
27:55: History of the World in 6 Glasses
30:27: Figure out your core values but be fill...
Counteracting an Unnatural Sexual Ethic
Nov 23, 20221:02: Nick Cannon, EDM Twitter and perverted sexual ethics
4:55: How we talk to our children about being wise in the world
7:32: Comments from a sex crimes prosecutor
8:32: Helping our girls grow in wisdom and not be victims, the natural science behind attraction
13:11: Mutual men and women's responsibility to protect themselves
17:13: How to make girls feel valued by not making themselves a sex object
19:10: Beauty is a good thing - mothers need to communicate these things
20:48: We will never fix the broken hookup culture with education and consent
21:50: Canavox resources on Hookup culture...
Does it Taste Good, or is it Good For You? Both And.
Nov 16, 20223:20: Quiz: What percentage of the world’s animals do you think are invertebrates? Why do we think this number is lower than it is?
8:59 The Founding of Georgia, colonies and charters and founding of states
15:15: Hunting inspires thoughts on OT eating laws, Peter’s vision and what the sheet represented
20:16: Holiness and Cleanness, God’s ethics and the physical manifestation of Holiness, Rachel steals idols.
22:12: Jesus undoes the uncleanness, He defines holiness and spread them to others
23:16: Article discussion: “You Are What (Animal) You Eat"(The Gospel Coalition) Deeper reasons f...
Duration: 00:55:09Sanctification, Elk Hunting, & Rabbits
Nov 12, 2022Show Open: thoughts on the show and more intentional on the podcast
4:47: Thoughts on normalcy prompted by a FB post. comments regarding a stressed homeschool mom: needing alongsidedness vs. advice. Just being a friend and listening.
9:53: Housekeeping on the show, ideas
11:45 Super busy week. Squeezed in a failed recording, request for Listener calls
15::48 Update on sleepless Lili: it’s a food issue!! Sourced via BodyTalkBasics
25:20: The uniqueness of sourdough bacteria and blood sugar spikes
27:42: The Great Majestic oven and cooking off-grid
34:08: Albus Dumblehare our gray li...
Duration: 01:07:29Singleness, Sexuality, & Being Sexed
Oct 30, 2022Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
God Made Boys and Girls: Helping Children Understand the Gift of Gender (God Made Me), Marty Machowski
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Oct 20, 2022Trial and Triump: Stories from Church History, Richard M. Hannula (Amazon)
Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, Robert J. Morgan (Amazon)
Now Thank We All Are God - Reawaken Hymns (YouTube)
Psalm 42 (I Will Praise Him Again) - CityAlight (YouTube)
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