Too Busy to Flush

Intro: Inexpensive tea and microplastics on cutting boards 5:12: Complaining shrinks your brain 9:40: Characteristics of depression and bad therapy, complaining is contagious. 12:00: What was designed to help us, now makes things works . So much of it is backwards; the internet, technology, etc. 19:00: Mel’s Kitchen Cafe has nothing to gain from a publisher. 23:51: Bypassing gatekeepers, going org...

Intro: Tea, mold in coffee, Revel Coffee. 10:05: A giant cookie win: double chocolate chip. 14:07: A interesting thought about whey protein and a reflection about God’s design for fossil fuels. 22:08: Conflict with kids, the law of human nature and mom guilt. 26:10: Qualities of relationships that stay together. 29:23: Parenting and the relationship of good experiences vs. bad with kids. 32:11: Wh...

Intro: Bitter cold and snow, stupid drivers and having a fun activity during winter months. 10:28: Biology and weather acclimation. 13:12: Leia is not molting and Lewis and Clark are not as exploratory (Chickens). 15:57: Bari Weiss with Bryan Johnson , Blueprint and living forever. 23:23: Where Molly thinks he’s dangerous and modern day Tower of Babel. 25:40: “We are building god in technology and...

Intro: Daughter’s writing struggles and JRs parallel at work. 9:04: The discouragement of varsity level sanctification and God’s mercy. 13:35: Chatter on Telegram about Molly’s frustration with people last week. 15:36: Wesley Huff and how do I know the Bible is true. 18:09: The question as applied to deconstruction. 22:20: The Case for Christ for Kids, Mama Bear Apologetics. 22:49: We live in an u...

Intro: reminiscing about the start of TB2F, random bits and pieces. 4:50: Molly’s theme for the day: no capacity for nonsense from people. 15:04: JR’s world was upset too, and not just the water heater! 21:50: Molly determines these OT “heros” are just a bunch of schmucks! 25:53: Molly watched the inauguration and some thoughts on executive actions. 31:38: A peaceful transition of power…except at...

Intro: Holidays, winter, skiing, life updates. Shameless self-promotion: BLVDS music group. 8:43: A skating rink adventure, devotions and Bible reading plans: The Bible Recap, 16:45: Molly’s purging cleanse. 18:45: JR’s Bible reading: Be Thou My Vision. 22:17: JR and Molly’s top books for the year: Dragonfly, Living Life Backward , The Genesis of Gender , The Toxic War on Masculinity , devotion fo...

Intro: Last show of 2024, what JR’s going to read over the break, a trip for last minute grain. 9:45: Shelaborating. 10:50: David Bahnsen’s Full-Time is less about retirement than it is about a false teaching of sacred and secular distinctions. 13:53: God’s sacred plan for our lives, work and worship are the same throughout scripture. 15:34: Growing up where ministry work had more value than non-m...

Intro: Notes for chores, changing your brain, lockdowns changed teenagers’ brains. 6:15: Becoming more black and white, shared bathrooms. 17:20: Life feels more gray though: a church leadership example. 19:05: Being in relationship with people who seem to be in perpetual brokenness and what God really calls us to with those people. 25:33: A new podcast recommendation . 31:33: Bob Quinn and his Kam...

Intro: Chicken pox, vaccines, related randomness. 9:30: We attended an amazing funeral. 15:58: Having a joy for life that comes from a true understanding of what life is. 17:46: The 30 minute version of Molly’s devotion for the ladies’ Christmas brunch this weekend. 22:58: Obtaining guiltless wonder and joy. 33:03: JR and Molly’s book recommendations: Living Life Backward , The Supper of The Lamb,...

Intro: Broccoli in the cold, scheduling, 5:20: Molly’s return trip book recap of Stanley Tucci’s What I Ate in a Year and the theme of death. 13:30: How long until we move to Europe 15:51: Tucci is an example of Ecclesiastes without God. 20:45: If he had the Christian framework about death and eternity, would his experience be that much more enjoyable. 24:10: Molly’s experience at the homeschool c...

Intro: election recap, the Tuttle Twins on why printing money for the Ukraine causes your grocery bill to go up. 7:55: Molly’s really cold, no good, very bad day 13:22: Kid’s math tests and Halloween Candy 22:00: Kids’ learning styles 24:50: The sermon you must drop everything and listen to right now: phenomenal moral clarity 26:22: Some leaked documents on the Paris boxer 28:53: The pinnacle of c...

Intro: Life challenges of growing up, maturing and some things just can’t be fixed. 9:37: Ecclesiastes, Living Life Backward , “Accepting your death is the first step towards living.” 11:05: David Gibson’s Youtube Series. 15:55: Poetic Onomatopoeia 17:30: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and school lunches. 21:18: Pursuing for the sake of the thing, is vapor 25:44: The need for resets in our lives....

Intro: Book recommendations, buttery pull-apart bread recommendation! 8:40: 12yo birthday parties and southern-style chili. 14:31: Ecclesiastes: it’s a wonderful [brief] life ; contentment = reality - your expectations. 20:48: This music trio is not comprised of spring chickens! 27:30: There is so much beauty of living a long life when aging is taken with redemption. 28:41: Thoughts on weariness a...

Intro: A new milk frother and ball gowns, health, fasting, and tea. 10:40: The glycemic index level of homemade sourdough bread and the deep impact of metabolic efficiency. 14:20: Parent-teacher meeting results, school lunch ingredients. 19:00: Pumpkin Gingerbread Apple Muffin recipe. 21:40: A TedX from a 7yo girl about parents setting up kids for success in life. 24:14: Some Canavox advice on hel...

Intro: Last week’s events, touring. 6:04: Titus’s boot size, lemon trees, indoor plants. 9:44: Composting is wild, peach pits, apple cores and wheelbarrow trees. 14:59: Our chickens are molting and it looks like a pillow fight. 17:53: Monster cookie bars, S’mores Cookie Bars , Mel’s giant chocolate chip cookie and tablespoons of butter.  22:40: Dairy cows, Tillamook Dairy Farm providers, PETA, and...

7:15: Telegram, Praying Mantises, Lady Bug insect kits. 11:20: Molly eats caterpillars for dinner, Molly gets a tension headache. 15:48: Being shocked by someone’s sin and Stephen Lawson 20:25: Idols of the Heart and flattening out the spectrum of sin 22:27: Ed Welch and leftover halloween candy 26:00: The language of “watch yourself lest you too fall into sin.” 27:44: But the sin is actually egre...

Intro: Money spending, electric rates. 6:14: Engines, different perspectives on energy development. 10:45: There’s no money in people being healthy, large companies that feed on each other.  15:41: Molly’s second school board meeting was very eye-opening. 23:30: Dark and oppressive feelings, spiritual battles and hymns of glory. Petra Phil Wickham 31:02 “I’m with Him” vs. “He’s with me” and the ob...

Show Open 6:25: The first week of school! A recap of why we put three of our kids in a hybrid school. 11:00 Titus’ curriculum this year. 12:35: The girls’ first week so far (including Molly)… 16:00: Winding up the cats. 18:00: Moving to in to new models and philosophies 20:00: Making decisions and being so married to things you can’t be flexible when life circumstances changes. You’re Only Human (...

Intro: Sheep, goats, and Molly hitting them in the head with apples. 5:30: Molly gives testimony at a school board meeting about prurient books in school libraries. 14:30: [Story Pause] Some info about pornography that Molly learned while prepping. 18:11: Creating an on ramp addiction and fueling anxiety. 20:40: Hijacking your ability to set goals and shutting of the pre-frontal cortex. 24:51: Rel...

Show open: Cousins are in town, phone/watch usage for kids, eyeglasses. 13:27: Feeling the onset of age through eyes and considering regular health checks 17:45: Eye exercises and muscular eye health 26:48: Less controversial: theological contemplations on death to sin so don’t sin and three metaphors. 36:20: More controversial: Olympic lookalikes, Arcadian Wild, impressive performances and God op...

Intro: Drinking glassware quirks, open house happy hours, updates from the last three weeks. 8:45 Jesus juking, waves of exhausting heat, and Faith is outraged at Rapunzel’s hair cutting in Tangled. 14:02: The verses Molly’s been working on with the kids and a philosophy of intuition 17:03: JR finds the DC Talk lyrics 18:40: Our experience with a sexual predator. Abuse Prevention 22:25: the parado...

Show open, Delicious recipes like these cinnamon knots ! 5:09: Roasted cauliflower, chicken shwarma . 7:55: A recipe Molly did NOT like. 15:41: Simple syrup disaster. 18:38: More Disney things. 21:01: Molly’s parenting moral crises. 29:28: Parenting wisdom: sheltering vs. exposing and discussing. 35:37: Disconnects in the movies. 40:43: Adult movies with kids vs. kids movies with kids 45:13: Show...

Intro: Gauging how you’re doing, resilience and banjos at church. 8:06: Product Rec: Cooking From Scratch for Teens , and completely vapid Disney movies with our girls. 15:19: Titus bakes himself a pizza and meatball subs. 19:04: Making yourself less when feel more and more when feeling less. 24:00: Taking self-introspection too far. 25:18: Everything hinges on your heart motivation and finding ri...

Intro: Juneteenth, Salem Witch Trials. 6:55: Family camping trip recap. 11:25: Farragut State Park's (Idaho) WW2 history. 13:44: Almost destroyed SUPs. 17:21: Reflections on things going wrong in life as a kid. 23:22: A gross story about mice and farm life and bats. 26:32: The Hillbilly Thomists, “ The Power and The Glory .” 32:28: Resilience, Bad Therapy and Socio-Emotional Learning damage in sch...

Intro 2:30: TB2F community comments, free books from Barnes & Noble , corporate puking on June 1. 6:13: AI phones and doctors. 10:30: The challenge of good medical care 13:30: Why is Ai going after creative jobs? 15:30: Creating a 15 minute city without walls. 17:43: Barnes and Noble summer reading club and their giveaways. 21:00 The Tuttle Twins TV, weird watching habits and the Classical school...