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Nov 15

Daily Dose 27: The Keys 3: Key Shared Priorities

This is the key that provides some much needed balance to all the talk about differing roles for males and females because somewhere along the biblical teaching line, the nuanced balance point that men, women, and children have a long list of mutually compatible responsibilities to fulfill successfully their biblical home mission was lost in the discussion, leaving only the cavernous divide of the differences in outlook and expectation that has served only to make “understanding” one another seemingly impossible.  Read more

Nov 14

En Suite

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

Nov 12

Daily Dose 24: Executive Oversight 3: The Agenda

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

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Daily Dose 23: Executive Oversight 2: The Time

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

Nov 10

Daily Dose 22: Executive Oversight 1: The Need

When I answered the phone one afternoon, the college administrator on the other end began by apologizing for the interruption. “Quite all right,” I responded. “I’m a mother. I never get interrupted, I just change focus a lot.” Truer words were never spoken. Rarely have more helpful words been spoken. Changing focus is what we need. Read more

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