Nov 14
The largest room in the priority stewardship house is the en suite: the private enclave for the woman of the house. Picture a fine lady from years ago, sitting at her morning desk, approving menus and giving special assignments to the housekeeper. Later in the day, quiet reading or needlework would be done in comfortable chairs by the fireplace, with tea service and tasty tidbits close at hand. Fine clothing arrived from side rooms too large to be called closets. Read more
Little has been more studied, ignored, microscoped, broad-brushed, exalted, mocked, perverted and preserved than the “traditional family unit.” As with any truly important concept, everyone wants their slant on the idea to be the right one. Families work best together, when each member respects what the others do and understands how the tasks/roles interact. Listing what the Bible says about family will help us coordinate home processes better. Read more
Nov 13
Home is the oldest of all the social institutions, set in place by the Lord at the creation. Throughout all of man’s existence, virtually every person has had some kind of home experience. That makes for too many opinions about what might be good, bad, unique, or vital about home as a social institution. If our priorities are going to help us oversee our homes well, those priorities need to grow from what is true, not what we think or our cultures declare, not what we or our nations experience. Read more
Almost every complaint I have had with myself about not having adequate time to do whatever I thought needed doing, has been resolved by the spiritual impact of the Lord’s Day on my wrong thinking, and by the practical impact of my Executive Oversight time to puzzle through to a solution of how to do what must be done in the time available.
So many wonderful things happen on Sunday, I don’t like to “waste” any of it, even for a regular nap. Of course, I have both enjoyed and needed an occasional Sunday nap, but draw the line at laundry, mopping floors, or even routinely cooking big fancy dinners. Read more
Nov 11
Did you know that during the French Revolution the social reformers did away with Sunday and the week as we know it? They tried to implement a 10 day week with no Sundays or Christian holidays. We think we live in a deeply secularized society, but very few social designs have been as stridently secularist as the French Revolution. Read more
Priority Stewardship 