Podcast Episodes

Gratitude Makes You Productive

Episode 63

Why do we do what we do?

Sometimes, an end result can look the same even when the motivations behind the action are opposite.

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Convivial Means Keeping in Fellowship

Episode 62

Keeping short accounts leaves no room for resentment, no room for bitterness. It also means that even in the midst of argument, I am more careful in how I express myself, or where I let myself go — b…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Frustrated No Longer

Episode 61

I set the timer for fifteen minutes.

Surely in fifteen minutes, I thought, I can make a difference in this room.

The room was mine. The mess was an assortment of laundry, books, accumulated junk, out-o…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Convivial Home: The Dare

Episode 60

When the Bible says things like “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”

God means it…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Realistic Expectations

Episode 59

What happens when we organize something?

It gets messed up. Inevitably.

We catch up on the laundry, but more clothes hit the hamper within hours.

We wash the dishes and clear the counters, then dinner i…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Convivial Means Choosing Your Attitude

Episode 58

I don’t feel guilty for not doing the things that I have to do, I feel persecuted that I have things to do.

The pesky homekeeping tasks should just all evaporate and leave me be, leave me to do whatev…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

How to Organize Your Attitude

Episode 57

My tagline is “organize your attitude,” because I think our own mindset as moms is crucial in our homes. This theme fits well here, too, because an organized attitude is at the root of having a convi…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Convivial Means Lighten Up

Episode 56

Sometimes “purposeful” and “intentional” can turn into “taking oneself too seriously.” Anything that doesn’t go as planned (and isn’t that usually most things?) is a temptation to discouragement or a…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Dreaming of Perfect Systems

Episode 55

We really must begin with organizing our attitude before we organize anything else.

We might think that making a plan and working a plan is all about the planner, the app, the method, but the truth is…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

A Convivial Home: Enjoying Life, Children, and God

Episode 54

I wanted answers, a formula, a guarantee. Do this. That works. This will guarantee results. I thought it was a dichotomy. Either what I do as a parent will guarantee certain results or how I parent d…

Published on 8 years, 8 months ago