Too Busy to Flush

Intro: Our rabbit loses his tail, loud chickens, making the kids upset. 8:27: The hardest parts about J.R. being gone, Molly bags up and tosses a bunch of Faith’s clothes. 12:18 JR’s clock and evening phone habits, our dog takes my place on the bed when I’m gone. 15:50: Looksmaxxing: an overreaction to trans-ideologies? 23:33: Humanity is like a drunk person on a horse- Insights from Carl Trueman...

Intro: Music mixing, emotional manipulation of music, worship music, secular music, composition and considerations. 13:50: We’ve changed over 6 years of podcasting and Angel Studios’ David movie shows a bit of this. 19:00: Peeing into a watering can. 19:58: Back to David… 21:52: Sending kids to youth group at a different church and in-breeding. 25:52: Christian liberty and soft and hard lines. 34:...

Intro: Sickness over the holiday weekend, I stink at archery (hunting). 6:45: Brocasts, Ancient Nashville , conspiracy theories and parental moderating. 11:25: Humility vs. skepticism when it comes to what we understand about history. 14:52: The waves of feminism. A new take on first wave feminism. R achel Wilson and Joe Rogan and women voting. 19:00: Men and women: Carrying each other’s burdens,...

Intro: coffee for fun, end of school, small talk,  6:00: Garden, chicken coop and huge new builds, sprinkler systems killed it. 18:53: Do we need to take Furries seriously? Virtual reality, the loneliness epidemic, and lack of interpersonal skills. 24:45: A chicken rabbit trail. 31:04: It is much easier to turn in a relationship to an animal vs. another human. What does it mean to be human? V ice...

Intro: Life updates: touring, gardens, chickens, JR’s bald again, update on injured house chicken. 13:35: Ben Sasse’s podcast, Not Dead Yet 20:54: AI and degradation of humanity, The Way of Medicine , and conversations around difficult conversations. 24:20: Observations on difficult conversations with those of other generations. 28:00: Everyone has to wrestle with what it means to be human. 33:01:...

Intro: Spirit week, Guinness chocolate sourdough bread, making Turkish Delight was not fun and Lemon Angel Pie. 14:24: New garden plans, a new chicken coop, new chicks, and another injured chicken. 23:53: A definition of faith: longing for a better city, and when your kids do things of the Lord unbidden. Abiding City - YouTube Adorning the Dark 30:43: New World Watch feature and the importance of...

ntro: Jesus-y sayings, studies in Revelation, Brian’s sermon series in Revelation. 12:15: Recap from JR’s first arena mix in San Antonio with Terri Clark . 20:00: Molly recaps her substitute teaching on Monday and all the first graders fall apart about death. 22:30: Molly finishes Sense and Sensibility and loves how great Jane Austen writes. 29:53: Olympics, paedo-president’s day rant. 33:22: Horm...

Intro: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Mardi Gras. 17:04: An update on AI since last week and Cheney’s commentary. 21:05: AI crushes a medical diagnosis. 26:47: The average person’s Door Dash budget and the short line between Door Dash and collapse of civilization. 32:46: Humanity wants the bare minimum, and adapting to new circumstances. 36:57: We went skiing and had forced disconnect time. 41:10: Food...

Intro: The basics and some comments on our very early history during COVID. 3:30: Molly’s afternoon substituting for a sick teacher at the girls’ school, what a daughter was supposed to be doing last year, a student tries to run things, and boredom for an hour. 12:30:Jesus to the elite, Isaiah 2 and Molly’s Epstein file dump reaction. 17:20: J.R.’s reaction and The Hittite Warrior and the Christia...

Intro: Tea, coffee, bone broth, and driver’s ed tests 5:48: Conflict in marriage Canavox session development. 10:20: The Forever Factor : qualities of a partner. Molly lobs new stuff for J.R. To react to… 13:05: The importance of emotional resiliency in a relationship. 17:34: The solar sales guy, financial pressures, and enjoying the joys. 21:05: The most negative person in the house is the thermo...

Ep. 210 Intro: Molly’s sourdough hustle, a desire for a blind cc text solution, shout out to me for repairing things when we got back from vacation. 15:26: Sourdough is so great; great bacteria in the colon sent to the baby through breast milk. 20:03: JR’s highlight from our vacation to the Dominican Republic. 22:10: Screaming toddlers on planes, a tales of our woe from our NYC trip years ago. 26:...

Intro: Christmas break, board gaming. 14:06: Books J.R. read over Christmas 19:10: Mission Impossible series over the break 21:31: Molly’s 1st time LOTR reading 29:07: Lili’s reading the entire Jane Austin series and Austin’s tongue-in-cheek humor 34:37: Brief note about getting sick over the holidays. 37:35: The Witch Trials of JK Rowling and questions of certainty 40:47: Rachel Held Evans and he...

Intro: Elk hunting, elk tallow hand lotion, raw dog food, processing wild game. 16:32: Nashville trip for Behold The Lamb of God live. A new recipe for jerky we’re going to try. 23:00: Bone Broth , Costco Next. 28:05: Giving Molly props for making a fresh, homemade, pizza for Titus’ lunch. 31:37: Our girl’s first orchestral concert. 35:40: All the music brings a big cultural shift in the family. 3...

Ep. 207:  Intro: Show premise, violin practice, candles, local vintage markets. 9:33: Tom Bombadil in The Culturist. 16:54: As a mom: creating an environment of contented being. 19:06: Contented being vs. laziness. 21:06: The dangers of not having any drive or draw to anything.  23:26: A pattern of doing and being. 26:25: Ecclesiastes 5! (Not Ephesians). 29:57: Challenges to homeschooling, homemak...

Intro: We harvested chickens, daylight savings. 11:27: Titus takes a bull. 14:13: Molly’s musing: The hunting culture and healthy rights of passage. 18:06: JR’s response: Fatherhood, sons leveling up. 21:55: Age ranges for parenting and windows of opportunity. 24:40: Passing the mantle and raising kids up In competence. 26:38: To what end do raise our kids? Becoming who God created us to be and th...

Intro: Hunting season, memes about the Louvre robbery, Coldplay family fallout. 6:45: DEI and being hired for something other than merit.  12:09: Molly’s belief on women in the military and law enforcement 14:00: Origins of DEI, affirmative action, feminism and transgenderism. 17:59: What makes inhaling house fire smoke so bad for you. 19:20: The truth or false bias of new information on the inter...

Intro: Dog attacks chickens! Product referral code updates.8:23: JR tries Liquid Death Killer Cola. Sparkling water, and a brief kinda-ad break/explanation of referral codes in the show notes.15:43: Molly updates you on the new milk frother.18:15: A note about Skinwalkers (JR’s reading the book), and words from a Christian Native American.26:32: Our son’s big interest in remote viewing and convers...

Intro: Broccoli in colder climates, garden updates 6:00: Post-religious right, post-Charlie Kirk right. 10:10: Boldness and the generational attraction. 14:17: Alisa Childers, Derek Webb and those that didn’t deconstruct. 19:07: Okay, one traumatizing youth group game. 21:28: Back to Childers and changing her ministry because of Charlie Kirk. 23:50: Picking up off last week’s end on 1 Timothy. 28:...

4:00: Life Update: enrolling our girls in the youth orchestra. Putting in the work for the future reward. 12:10: JR’s life update: going out on tour. 18:40: Background: What do you say to LGBT folks who know what the church stands for but feel drawn to the church anyway? 21:39: The Telegram chat discussion: grace and truth, what do you lead with? 23:34: JR’s answer. 26:30: Molly’s answer. 29:40: T...

Intro: schedules, taglines, girls back at school 4:14: Transhumanism and a 6 minute John Stonestreet Breakpoint episode . 7:40: Molly’s top 3 thoughts of the summer: thought number 1: our oldest two kids are really enjoyable. 11:19: Thought number 2: lower your expectations of people. The Future of Christian Marriage. 22:53: Thought number 3: don’t wait until your 30s to do something interesting....

Intro: Trips, Grand Canyon, Kids’ reports, anticipation dopamine and a guy named John Wesley. 12:18: Going back to the “what to do about judo” question and a tournament recap. 15:35: The one who freaks out actually competed! 19:31: The other kids’ results. 22:35: Dad is not at competitions: an emotional handicap or a blessing? 26:57: Mom’s can’t instill the confidence like a dad can. 32:57: 1st -...

ntro: Dude Perfect, kids finding new music, behind the scenes on music licensing and coffee consumption. 10:07: Speaking of aging, Bryan Johnson isn’t sharing the negative side effects of being the most measured man on Earth. 12:40: Waxing philosophical about times changing and the benefits of having grandparents around. 18:07: Home is where the wife is and growing up moving a lot. 20:48: Kids and...

Intro: Month days on your knuckles, black chicken, and pterodactyls had feathers. 8:05: Mercury retrograde, systems we don’t understand at work around us, and eating seasonally. 13:08: The Bethlehem star and astrology. 15:38: Molly started listening to the Allie Stuckey, Nicole Shanahan interview. 19:19: Affliction and being drawn to God and when you love Jesus but it’s not overflowing. 23:08: New...

Intro: More chickens, God’s ordained order for the world, scouting and prepping chicken deliveries. 14:09: Still talking about chickens lol: chick deaths, early learning experiences, chick show and tell. 25:21: Brief housekeeping on our upcoming show schedule. 26:50: BLVDS shows this weekend, the family attends, Molly’s reflections, JRs thoughts. Growing up dancing, thoughts about jobs that your k...

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 Fami...