In this episode, Daniel and Schelleen discuss what makes men different from women. First, they unpack three pairings that are helpful in thinking more clearly about this topic (male-female, man-woman, masculine-feminine). Daniel highlights how the themes of "internal" and "external" consistently show up in each of these layers, and shares what it meant for him to become a man in his family. They then discuss how parents should think about raising boys to become men.

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This episode is really late, but it’s still happening! Daniel and Schelleen sit down to discuss their biggest takeaways from last year’s reading. Daniel discusses some of the most important aspects of education he learned about, and Schelleen shares some of the most interesting things she’s learned about healthy relationships. Take a look at the lists below for books to add to your own reading list.

Please enjoy!

Daniel's 2024 Reading List

Competed

• Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education - Douglas Wilson (editor)
• On Secular Education - R.L. Dabney
• How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation - E.D. Hirsch
• Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World - Joe Rigney
• The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis
• The Paideia of God: And Other Essays on Education - Douglas Wilson
• Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government and Resistance in Christian Tradition - Glenn S. Sunshine
• The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family - C.R. Wiley
• Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
• Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home - Glenn S. Sunshine
• Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution - Carl R. Trueman
• Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
• The Education Reformation: Why Your Church Should Start a Christian School - Jimmy Scroggins, Trevin Wax

Still in Progress

• Thinking God's Thoughts: Johannes Kepler and the Miracle of Cosmic Comprehensibility - Melissa Cain Travis

Did not Finish

• Making Sense of Your World: A Biblical Worldview - W. Gary Phillips, William E. Brown, et al
• A Matter of Principal: A Former School Principal’s Journey to Redefine Education and Bring Learning Back to the Home - Mandy Davis
• Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour - Kam Knight

Schelleen’s 2024 Reading List

Completed

• The 13th Gift - Joanne Huist Smith
• Psalms: A Guide to Studying the Psalter - W.H. Bellinger Jr.
• Breaking Free from Body Shame - Jess Connolly
• Sabbath as Resistance - Walter Brueggeman
• Bird Day - Mark Hauber
• The Four Loves - C.S. Lewis
• The Way of the Shepherd - Kevin Leman, Bill Pentak
• Rethinking Sexuality - Dr. Juli Slattery
• How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind - Dana K. White
• Waymaker - Ann Voskamp
• Married Sex - Gary Chapman, Lisa Fileta
• With - Skye Jethani
• Digital Liturgies - Samuel James
• The Intentional Year - Glenn Packium
• Church History in Plain Language 5th Edition - Bruce Shelley
• The Benedict Option - Rod Dreher
• Being the Body - Chuck Colson
• The Hidden Prince - Tessa Afshar

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It’s been awhile since the last episode. Daniel and Schelleen sit down to discuss what’s been happening in the last few months… namely, their new baby! Schelleen and Daniel discuss the whole journey of bringing baby Christopher into the world, from deciding whether to induce or not, debating whether to get an epidural, and figuring out how to keep a tiny human alive. We hope you enjoy!

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