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  • Intro: 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.
    48:09: Elon Musk should not be fathering this many children.
    50:27: We don’t need more citizens, we need more healthy citizens, having kids for the sake of having kids.
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  • Intro: 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.
    44:45: Show Close

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  • Intro: 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, Carcasonne.
    45:05: Evaluating family culture and strategy.
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  • Intro: 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 to argue that the opposite should be true.”
    38:52: A scary outcome: “Don’t be a hero, don’t sacrifice, don’t die.”
    41:00: Dehumanizing the idea of being human.
    45:43: Naturally, the tie to Ecclesiastes
    49:54: We can take it with us: thoughts from The Supper of the Lamb.
    53:24: Forest Bathing is really hunting.
    56:17: The best meals, the best sex, the experience in nature is good for the body and soul.
    1:00:18: Our son, bird flu and a nebulizer
    1:01:30: Show close.

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  • Intro: 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 a vending machine, reality and church hurt.
    45:47: What percentage of political overlap do Molly and JR have with each other?
    52:10: A Christian posture towards knowledge, Ps. 19, Rom. 1: a convincing an argument to be justly condemned by God.
    56:13: Political Israel is not Biblical Israel.
    59:49: Legislating morality.
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  • Intro: 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 legalistic; Mormons and Christians, and we’re hammering our 1-3rd class a church with how to get saved from the effects of our sin!
    44:35: Conversations about war with kids
    48:37: Are we enrolling our girls back into the hybrid classical school?
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  • Intro: 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 diet and reading.
    38:53: Graphic novels and fast food, Tintin and Asterix, and keeping kids’ reading lists full.
    45:22: Deep conspiracy theory stuff, contents of food, boycotts and human nature.
    52:02: How deep do we go and how much should we pay attention to this stuff.
    58:10: There are lines though, let’s talk about the drones.
    1:02:07: Weighting and evaluation of world events.
    1:08:18: A public service announcement about some random SMS messages and the end game of the scam.
    1:12:05: Show Close.

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  • Intro: 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 Ecclesiastes, and Molly’s summary.
    28:20: A sense on mid-life crises.
    31:15: Molly’s reading a Christian tree-hugger book by the host of The Riot and The Dance.
    37:14: Nature under the curse and the creation is not all pristine.
    41:07: A Biblical theology of environmentalism.
    43:53: Molly’s birthday was yesterday and humans changed their diet after the flood
    46:36: The interdependency of all living things and a theology of regenerative farming.
    48:31: The link between true thankfulness and life’s interconnectedness as shown by ungrateful kids with presents.
    51:03: Why we give thanks before meals.
    52:06: Behold The Lamb of God concert
    53:07: Show close

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  • Intro: 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
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  • Intro: 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, epic shoe failure and epic boot fail.
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  • Intro: 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 liberal sway.
    45:37: How did the German christians get hoodwinked so badly?
    50:24: Ecclesiastes and wishing to never have been born is such a big part of our cultural ethos.
    58:43: Show close: Ecclesiasties: Living Life Backward, Candace Owens: Exposing The Shadow Government, and Tucker Carlson and Amaryllis Kennedy

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  • Intro: 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.
    44:38: Are feelings and desire the same thing? What constitutes sin?
    47:54: A sidenote on Jordan Neely
    52:08: Gray situations, nuance and an application in the homosexual community.
    56:58: Molly ties a bow on the conversation.
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  • Intro: 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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  • Intro: 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.
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  • Intro: 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 value of a human person.
    43:00: Casey and Callie Means, nihilism, and how we see the world.
    52:00: Athletic women injure themselves way more during their cycles than not.
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  • Intro: 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 and the revelation of Jesus Christ Bryan Clark Tom Schriener.
    48:50: Show Close and Telegram group update.

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  • 7:15: 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.
    SUBSTACK
    44:56: 3 Sermons on the theme of idols: Stacy Gaylord (ME? A Slave?) Jeff Hamling (Sound of Silence), Bryan Clark (The Fall of the Great Prostitute).
    54:26: A spelling test of the old testament and the root of the word “Proverb.”

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  • Intro: 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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  • Show 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
    35:30: We’re either growing or shrinking and there’s self-esteem to be gained by trying something new: success or failure independent.
    39:30: Alex Honnold, fear responses and building confidence when it doesn’t feel risky to keep doing the same.
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  • Intro: 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 research.
    40:42: A gender clinic researcher gets raided by the FBI.
    43:42: Clinics and orgs that have said, “no way.”
    44:50: Monthly reading groups around natural law and sexual studies.
    50:37: Final thoughts from Molly about times of transition.
    54:28: Your body accelerates your aging twice.
    56:05: JR think his kids don’t know what unknowns really are.
    58:28: Show Close

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