Mothering, Musings, Studying God

Skipping naptime? Proceed to Hell.

Julie / December 1, 2012

  Mommy, am I going to go to Hell because I didn’t take my nap? –Ellie, age 4 I posted this little quote on Facebook yesterday and it gathered no comments or likes, and I deleted it again after realizing that it probably sounded really stark and silly at a single glance.  What bizarre theology am I teaching her that…

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Mothering, Old Wisdom, Wifehood

Duty of Parents to Children

Julie / November 26, 2012

Part Two of Julie attempting to make the Puritans more accessible to other sleepy mommies. (See Duty to Wives for a much wordier prelude.)  This is another piece from John Bunyan’s Christian Behavior. If you are a parent—a father, or a mother—then you must consider your calling as a believer in light of that fact.  Your children have souls, and…

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Mothering, Old Wisdom, Wifehood

The Duty of Wives

Julie / November 24, 2012

John Bunyan’s Christian Behavior is a marvelously useful little work.  Unfortunately, it is also hundreds of years old and difficult to read.  Here I attempt to modernize the most immediately relevant part, and I hope to continue and add on some of the other parts.  I have had to add phrases here and there and try to simplify some things,…

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