Episodes
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Join us today as we talk about all things homesteading and small farming with Jordyn LaFon!
Joel Salatin, The Marvelous Pigness of PigsCarl Trueman, Rise and Triumph of the Modern SelfWendell Berry, Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food (especially the essay âSanitation and the small farmâ)Charles Dowding â No-till gardening (Instagram)Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World
Jordyn shared with us her familyâs story as they got started with farming, as well as some of the highs and lows of learning on the job when it comes to homesteading.
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Join us as we discuss homemaking, productivity, and motherhood with Mystie Winckler of Simply Convivial.
Itâs tempting to look for a âfix it quick schemeâ or to get out of sorts with our home-making when it is a challenge. But with the right attitude we can look for ways to model a grateful and convivial life with and for our children. We talk about some first steps to getting organized as well as the importance of having an ideal but not making attaining that ideal an immediate expectation or a prerequisite for happiness.
Simply ConvivialSimply convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers PodcastScholé Sisters PodcastBook: The Convivial Homeschool: Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids by Mystie Winckler
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On todayâs episode I had the privilege of interviewing Rebekah Merkle, author of Eve in Exile and the documentary of the same name. Her work challenges cultural feminism as we know it and is an encouragement to Christian women to let the Bible define what femininity is. Check out the documentary on the Canon Plus app, and you can find the book at canonpress.com and Amazon. To enjoy more podcasts from Bekah, check out the What Have You podcast.
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In episode 18 Iâm joined by Courtney Handermann and Anna van den Broek as we discuss strategies for making reading a priority when life is busy. Our discussion includes tips for starting a book group as a way to help us keep up reading momentum. Podcasts like The Literary Life, Close Reads Podcast, and Stories are Soul Food provide inspiration for new titles and encouragement to continue with old favorites. We name drop some favorite book titles, and if you want inspiration for others you can check out Muse and Hearth episode 6 âReading Listsâ.
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We were excited to welcome author Christine Cohen to the podcast. We discussed topics related to her books The Winter King and Sinking City . We asked her what she looks for in a good heroine, why itâs ok for her characters to suffer hardship in a story, and talked about her own omnivorous tastes in reading. Thank you for joining us Christine!
The Winter King, by Christine CohenThe Sinking City, by Christine CohenChristine Cohen's Author Page on Facebook
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Welcome to Muse and Hearth, a podcast for Christian women, cultivating mind, heart, and home. Iâm Lydia Foucachon and Iâm so pleased to be joined today by my pastorâs lovely wife Nancy Wilson! She is a mother, grandma of a whole passel of grandkids, author, and podcaster, as well as a former literature teacher at Logos School. As she put it, chief cook & bottle washer. Nancy thanks so much for speaking with us today.
Weâll be discussing âback to schoolâ for the Christian womanâs heart. A chance to collect ourselves from whatever summer season of life we have just been in and reset the bar of daily faithfulness.
Nancy reminds us that we really want to be making a habit of a reset on things like Bible reading, prayer, keeping short accounts, contentment, control of the tongue on a daily basis.
Nancy Wilsonâs Femina Podcast: Weekly episodes on biblical womanhoodBible Reading Challenge, thousands of women reading âon the same pageâ worldwideLearning Contentment, by Nancy WilsonAll Thing for Good, by Thomas WatsonThe Art of Divine Contentment, by Thomas WatsonThe Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, by Jeremiah BurroughsThe Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit, by Matthew HenryHandbook to Prayer: Praying Scripture Back to God, by Kenneth Boa
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In this episode, Lydia Foucachon is joined by Christiana Hale, author of Deeper Heaven: A Reader's Guide to C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy. Listen in as they discuss common preconceived notions about the Ransom Trilogy and how to approach it for the first time, Lewis's primary purpose in writing the trilogy, as well as his approach to the medieval cosmology.
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Deeper Heaven: A Reader's Guide to C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy - Roman Roads Press book link. Deeper Heaven: A Reader's Guide to C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy - Amazon: Audiobook, Kindle, and Book.The Ransom Trilogy (or The Space Trilogy) by C. S. LewisPlanet Narnia by Dr. Michael WardDiscarded Image by C. S. Lewis Roman Roads Press
Classical Christian curriculum for home and school. "Inherit the Humanities"
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Welcome to Season 2! Lydia and Valerie took a few weeks off to let Valerie settle in with her newest little one, and are excited for a new round of conversations about cultivating our minds and homes. Weâre wrapping up our series on the theology of hospitality and beginning a new series on one of the more practical aspects of hospitality, as well as of daily life: food and drink. Todayâs episode is all about cookbooks! A brief history of cookbooks, the changing uses of cookbooks in a digital age, and the cookbooks that helped us learn to cook.
The Joy of CookingBetter Homes and Gardens New Cookbook Everyday Food: Great Food FastFat Salt Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good CookingSmitten Kitchen Everyday: Triumphant and Unfussy New FavoritesMastering the Art of French CookingOn Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the KitchenJerusalem: A CookbookSimple: A CookbookThe Flavor Bible
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In this episode, we discuss Tim Chesterâs overview of food and feasting in the Bible. A Meal With Jesus emphasizes the importance of our daily ritual of eating (and the weekly eating of the Lordâs Supper as the body of Christ). We discuss the strength of eating together in the context of hospitality and sharing the Gospel as well as the overall encouragement that the tasks surrounding food-gathering, -preparation, -serving, and then the inherent tidying up have a vital importance in Godâs economy.
A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission around the Table, by Tim Chester Food for thought: Resurrecting the art of eating, by Robert Farrar Capon Bed and Board: Plain Talk About Marriage, by Robert Farrar Capon Femina Podcast, by Nancy Wilson
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In time for Advent and Christmastide gift giving, we took a brief hiatus from our hospitality topic to talk about childrenâs books! We got so excited to share about our favorite titles and authors that we ran out of time! Weâre planning a part two at some point, but this will be enough to hopefully add a title or two to your lists, and weâd LOVE to hear from you what titles we should add to OUR lists!
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The Little House, Virginia Lee Burton Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton One Morning in Maine, Robert McCloskey The Mitten, Jan Brett Sing a Song of Seasons: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year, edited by Fiona Waters Saint George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges The Church History ABCs: Augustine and 25 other Heroes of the Faith, Stephen J Nichols and Ned Bustard I Believe: The Nicene Creed, illustrated by Pauline Baynes Favorite Parables from the Bible: Stories Jesus Told, Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale, Martin Waddell and Jason Cockcroft The Twelve Days of Christmas, Laurel Long -
Valerie and Lydia delve deeper into Robert Caponâs thoughts on hospitality (Is formal hospitality the same as âentertaining?â How has the cult of authenticity shaped our approach as hostesses?) and shaping taste in our children.
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Delighting in food and creation is our theme in this episode! Lydia and Valerie explore the classic, mid-century theological culinary reflections of Robert Capon, pastor and amateur of all things delightful in the kitchen. How can we learn what it means to love a thing like God does, to delight in creation not for its "usefulness," but because God called it good? We love Capon so much we decided to spread his book over two episodes, so tune in to the next episode as we go more in-depth on specific passages that may cause a stir!
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Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection, by Robert Capon A Perpetual Feast #9: On Hospitality, Tradition, and Trave -
Weâre excited to launch a short series of episodes on the topic of hospitality, beginning with a discussion of Babetteâs Feast, the moving novella (and its film adaptation) by Isak Dinesen. What can Babetteâs Feast teach us about the nature of grace in hospitality, and the giving of oneself? How do we apply this to how we show hospitality to our own families?
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Babette's Feast, A Film by Gabriel Axel Babette's Feast and Other Stories, by Isak Dinesen -
Persuasion is not the most popular of Austenâs works, but we think itâs a hidden gem. Can a passive heroine be an agent of change? Is there a hint of Danteâs Beatrice in Anne Elliot? And is Persuasion a âfollow your heartâ story?
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Lydia and Valerie have strong feelings about Austen. Especially modern re-interpretations of Austen. We wonât give too much away, but we had LOTS of thoughts on Autumn DeWildeâs 2020 film adaptation of Emma. Is Austen rolling over in her grave?
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Emma, by Jane Austen Emma, 2020 movie Emma, BBC mini-series Busyman's Honeymoon, by Dorothy Sayers Miniatures and Morals, by Peter J. Leithart -
âWords, words, words!â Get ready to add some titles to your reading list, and be sure to let us know what your favorite or current reads are! We need more to add to our lists...which is to say we already have more than we can read, but since when has that stopped us? We also discuss audiobooks vs physical texts, and building reading habits, both in Bible reading and literature reading!
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The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser Emma, Jane Austen Song of Roland, Tr. Dorothy Sayers 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson Christ Church Bible Reading Challenge Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, by Samin Nosrat Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett The Cozy, Minimalist Home, by Myquillyn Smith Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating, by Norman Wirzba Ghost Soldiers, by Hampton Sides The Clicking of Cuthbert, by P. G. Wodhouse Meet Mr. Mulliner, by P. G. Wodehouse Jill the Reckless, by P. G. Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith, by P. G. Wodehouse Norms and Nobility, by David Hicks Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey Supper of the Lamb, Robert Farrar Capon Poetry & Prose in the 16th Century, by C. S. Lewis Whose Body?: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery, by Dorothy Sayers Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan Churchill Factor, by Boris Johnson The Longest Day, by Cornelius Ryan Band of Brothers, by Stephen E. Ambrose On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace, by Donald Kagan The Winter King, by Christine Cohen Hannah Coulter, by Wendell Berry -
Welcome to our eclectic COVD-inspired episode on our favorite cooking tips and recipes, including broth and stock, and of course sourdough.
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King Arthur Baking Company Sourdough Chocolate Cake Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn -
Once upon a time, C. S. Lewis gave one of his best lectures ever. It was called âDe Descriptione Temporum,â and everyoneâyes, you tooâshould read it. We were joined in this episode by Daniel Foucachon, Lydiaâs husband and the founder of Roman Roads Press and Kepler Education. We talk about watershed moments in history, pre-Christian and post-modern man, why we should keep the âclean sea breezeâ of old books flowing through our minds. In the second half, we also discuss the difference between The Great Books and the great books, and the importance of knowing âyourâ people.
You can read C. S. Lewisâ lecture here.
Learn more about Old Western Culture.
Roman Roads Press
Classical Christian curriculum for home and school. "Inherit the Humanities"
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In todayâs episode, Lydia and Valerie discuss Thomas Howardâs book, Hallowed be This House. We chat about seeing the glory in the âeverydayâ things, the anchoring power of ritual in the home, especially during a pandemic, and how our work reveals the mystery of charity in the daily âmy life for yours.â
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We recorded this episode during the Coronavirus pandemic shutdowns in March/April. Lots of time at home got us to thinking about home decor, making inviting spaces, and interior design. We discuss two of Myquillyn Smithâs books The Nesting Place and The Cozy Minimalist Home. Smithâs books encourage jumping in and not waiting for the perfect time or materials to make your home more inviting. She helps point us toward gratitude for âthe space Iâm in now.â
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"The Nesting Place" by Myquillyn Smith
"The Cozy Minimalist Home" by Myquillyn Smith
The Nester Blog
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