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One couple's slightly irreverent musings on faith, family, food and...marriage

JR & Molly


    • Apr 11, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 200 EPISODES

    4.7 from 66 ratings Listeners of Too Busy to Flush that love the show mention: give a listen, molly, honest, life, funny.


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    The Too Busy to Flush podcast is an absolute gem that I recently discovered through The World and Everything in It. As a stay-at-home mom, it can sometimes be a challenge to find something spicy and interesting to listen to, but this podcast definitely fills that void. Hosted by JR and Molly, this show provides substantial insights into relevant topics, delves into the simple and complicated pleasures of life, explores the raw realities of marriage and family, all while sprinkling healthy doses of humor throughout.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the real-life approach that JR and Molly bring to each episode. They tackle a wide range of topics with a perfect mix of funny anecdotes and spiritual wisdom. Whether they are discussing parenting challenges or sharing personal stories about their own lives, there is always something relatable and thought-provoking in every episode. It's refreshing to hear hosts who are so candid and open about their own struggles, making listeners feel like they are not alone in their own experiences.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is the way it combines entertainment with meaningful content. There is always something to take away from each episode - whether it's an insight to ponder on or an encouragement for one's personal walk. JR and Molly have a unique ability to apply biblical principles to ordinary situations in life, making the conversations both relatable and impactful.

    However, like any podcast, The Too Busy to Flush does have its flaws. One could argue that at times, the tangents and jokes can overshadow the main topic being discussed. While the humor adds enjoyment to the show, there might be moments when listeners crave more depth or focus on a particular subject.

    In conclusion, The Too Busy to Flush podcast is a delightful listen that offers a perfect blend of entertainment, relatability, and spiritual insights. Hosts JR and Molly bring an authenticity to each episode that leaves listeners feeling refreshed after spending time with them. If you're looking for a podcast that will make you feel better about your own life, provide encouragement, and offer some laughs along the way, I highly recommend giving The Too Busy to Flush a listen.



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    Moms vs. Dads When Instilling Confidence In Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 63:35


    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 - 3rd grade Hangman.36:08: We finished the Harry Potter movies and visiting an imaginary world.41:15: The great worldview of Harry Potter.45:05: Tolkien's issue with Disney, and violence against the story.49:56: Latin and Rowling's education in the classics.53:57: Tolkien talking about Disney.54:38: Why we're doing a Disney cruise specifically.1:01:28: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)Wealthfront Referral Link

    Are Our Current Activities Serving Our Family Well?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 70:11


    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 change and judo struggles- some background.23:38: The current struggle with judo.28:13: Musing aloud about, life changes and uncertainties, family purpose, goals and benefits of current sporting activities.33:50: Is this burnout or is this not serving our family well?36:52: Is there room for a seasonal break?40:07: Sustainability and being trapped by optimizing opportunities.42:31: What are we trying to achieve as a family?45:21: The guardrails of God's promises: God's will.1:01:39: Banking culture and another element of Molly's history that's playing into her thinking.1:03:17: Molly wants to know your thoughts.1:04:55: Molly's brief recap of Nicole Shanahan's interview with Allie Beth Stuckey.1:08:37: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)Wealthfront Referral Link

    Cycles of Life, Growing in Experience, & Wrecking A Garage Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 50:09


    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 convert the enthusiasm, cycles of life, and real world relationship with Christ.26:12: Molly's reflections on some old blog posts.28:28: Titus wrecks a garage door, stepping up and growing responsibility in a fallen world.35:35: A pork recipe for ya'll.37:47: Family changes, kids tithing, summer plans.42:02: More affordable eating ideas.46:40: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)Wealthfront Referral Link

    Chickens, Dancing & A Reawakening of Religiosity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 71:11


    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 kids enjoy.40:15: A takedown of Brian Johnson49:45: A brief foray into Tesla promotions and political shenanigans.54:40: A re-awakening of religiosity, love in the 21st century, a couple of podcast episodes Molly is looking forward to.1:02:37: Pulling the milk frother recommendation.1:03:06: Coffee, mold and beer.1:10:11: Show CloseBelieve, Ross DouthatThe Suprising Rebirth of Belief in God, Justin BrieleyThe Case Against the Sexual Revolution, Louise Perry Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Faith Through Generations, Celebrity Conversions, & Healthy vs. More Citizens

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 54:18


    Intro: Skiing, digging holes, judo and kids aren't like chickens.15:00: 90s youth group culture, deconstructing19:55: 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 Family Pew (Molly) at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian in Philidelphia.32:58: Molly's welsh heritage.34:50: The founder of Wikipedia is now a Christian…so is Nicole Shanahan?!42:24: Warmed cocoons, grounded obelisks, and celebrity conversions.48:09: Elon Musk should not be fathering this many children.50:27: We don't need more citizens, we need more healthy citizens, having kids for the sake of having kids.52:27: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Don't Shrink Your Brain! & Empathy in Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 47:13


    Intro: Inexpensive tea and microplastics on cutting boards5:12: Complaining shrinks your brain9:40: 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 organic.27:07: Dude Perfect, platforming others.30:30: Being a good (judo) partner and working well with others.35:19: Instilling empathy in our kids for others.38:52: The teeter-totter example of feeling better about yourself and your sense of righteousness.44:45: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Healthy Relationships Between Parents & Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 52:41


    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: When kids preface by: “You'll probably say no but…”38:18: What's the long term impression on your kids?39:39 “Am I the weird one?” in kids' peer groups.41:27: Family games: Slapzi, Ticket to Ride, Carcasonne.45:05: Evaluating family culture and strategy.50:54: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Bryan Johnson, Living Forever, & The Great Deception

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 62:44


    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 super-intelligence,” and the great deception.27:52: Biomarkers and background.31:19: His meaning of “Don't Die,” “Living for tomorrow and living forever are identical concepts.”34:41: “As human species we accept our inevitable decay and death. I want to argue that the opposite should be true.”38:52: A scary outcome: “Don't be a hero, don't sacrifice, don't die.”41:00: Dehumanizing the idea of being human.45:43: Naturally, the tie to Ecclesiastes49:54: We can take it with us: thoughts from The Supper of the Lamb.53:24: Forest Bathing is really hunting.56:17: The best meals, the best sex, the experience in nature is good for the body and soul.1:00:18: Our son, bird flu and a nebulizer1:01:30: Show close. Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Truth of Scripture, Deconstruction, & Political Overlap

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 68:57


    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 upside down world. RFK, health and wellness, politics, and conflicting information.32:00 A litmus test, profiling people and epistemology.34:58: Molly asks JR for his opinion on all the things.38:48: God is not a vending machine, reality and church hurt.45:47: What percentage of political overlap do Molly and JR have with each other?52:10: A Christian posture towards knowledge, Ps. 19, Rom. 1: a convincing an argument to be justly condemned by God.56:13: Political Israel is not Biblical Israel.59:49: Legislating morality.1:06:37: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Nonsense, Schmucks and Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 55:24


    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 home and in relationships. Switching gears to a couple trivia items and Tim Sheehy.35:33: The end of Job is no-nonsense and the light it shines on Romans.37:12: Kids are really legalistic; Mormons and Christians, and we're hammering our 1-3rd class a church with how to get saved from the effects of our sin!44:35: Conversations about war with kids48:37: Are we enrolling our girls back into the hybrid classical school?53:15: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    New Year, New Us...not really

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 74:09


    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 for Christmas24:07: Kids' reading lists, some less-than-desirable books that have come through.27:13: The source and the beauty of a story.30:49: JR's thoughts on writing and story.34:10: Who Knows You Best? A healthy diet and reading.38:53: Graphic novels and fast food, Tintin and Asterix, and keeping kids' reading lists full.45:22: Deep conspiracy theory stuff, contents of food, boycotts and human nature.52:02: How deep do we go and how much should we pay attention to this stuff.58:10: There are lines though, let's talk about the drones.1:02:07: Weighting and evaluation of world events.1:08:18: A public service announcement about some random SMS messages and the end game of the scam.1:12:05: Show Close. Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Shelaborating, Work, & The Interdependency Of All Living Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 56:00


    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-ministry work.19:38: Why Molly is surprised by the premise of the book.21:55: It's okay for us to find identity in what we do.23:48: Full-Time is an outworking of Ecclesiastes, and Molly's summary.28:20: A sense on mid-life crises.31:15: Molly's reading a Christian tree-hugger book by the host of The Riot and The Dance.37:14: Nature under the curse and the creation is not all pristine.41:07: A Biblical theology of environmentalism.43:53: Molly's birthday was yesterday and humans changed their diet after the flood46:36: The interdependency of all living things and a theology of regenerative farming.48:31: The link between true thankfulness and life's interconnectedness as shown by ungrateful kids with presents.51:03: Why we give thanks before meals.52:06: Behold The Lamb of God concert53:07: Show close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Kamut, AI, & The Black, White, and Gray of Real Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 58:48


    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 Kamut with Jill Winger.35:57: Fig leaves and an underground greenhouse.38:35: Some free burn treatment info for you.42:45: How we use Kamut47:15: A major technological achievement was made, the glories and terrors of AI56:08: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Death, Wonder, & Guiltless Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 66:20


    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, Every Moment Holy34:11: CS Lewis and the temptation to try and escape our created condition.44:30: Chores vs. paid work, over-scheduling, pressure canning.50:41: A chocolate truffle cookie recipe.52:06: Molly's church dinner failure, epic shoe failure and epic boot fail.1:03:00: Show Close  Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    An Episode to Offend You

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 66:32


    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 Europe15:51: 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 conference29:07: Molly's thoughts on Bonhoeffer's biography34:04: Some parallels of Nazi's and some American policies42:25: Rockefeller builds a church to capture the culture with a liberal sway.45:37: How did the German christians get hoodwinked so badly?50:24: Ecclesiastes and wishing to never have been born is such a big part of our cultural ethos.58:43: Show close: Ecclesiasties: Living Life Backward, Candace Owens: Exposing The Shadow Government, and Tucker Carlson and Amaryllis Kennedy Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Molly's Bad Day, Moral Clarity, & What Constitutes Sin?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 64:19


    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 day13:22: Kid's math tests and Halloween Candy22:00: Kids' learning styles24:50: The sermon you must drop everything and listen to right now: phenomenal moral clarity26:22: Some leaked documents on the Paris boxer28:53: The pinnacle of creation, The Song of Songs, and sexual desire.31:34: Envy, the marriage supper of the lamb and earnest desire for fellowship and communion.38:20: Molly's 18 hour drive listen list.44:38: Are feelings and desire the same thing? What constitutes sin?47:54: A sidenote on Jordan Neely52:08: Gray situations, nuance and an application in the homosexual community.56:58: Molly ties a bow on the conversation.59:57: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Vapor & Sandcastles: Thoughts on Ecclesiastes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 50:52


    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 Onomatopoeia17:30: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and school lunches.21:18: Pursuing for the sake of the thing, is vapor25:44: The need for resets in our lives.30:05: Brushing your teeth while eating an Oreo.32:53: On the concept of Karma.39:57: Not much to say about halloween.48:12: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Weariness & The Joy of a Long LIfe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 45:59


    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 and stewarding your children's souls.36:56: Jesus answers all the meaningless in Ecclesiastes in the book of Mark!39:14: You're Only Human is a modern narrative of Ecclesiastes. Your finitude is a feature, not a bug.43:19: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    "Go Touch Some Dirt," Perceptions of Reality, & Cat Purrs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 57:01


    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 helping parents with LGBT issues with their kids and the affect of the digital world on our perceptions of reality.26:35: “Go touch some dirt” and Jonathan Haidt.28:34: Thoughts on growing old.36:43: Masculinity and the value of a human person.43:00: Casey and Callie Means, nihilism, and how we see the world.52:00: Athletic women injure themselves way more during their cycles than not.55:12: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxThe Milk Frother Currently Being Tested!Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Everything is Fine. The World is Burning but...Everything is Fine.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 52:08


    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 all the milk.30:11: The struggle to prioritize mental headspace, lessons from Little House on The Prairie. The importance of reorienting with daily devotions.38:01: We're living in the end times…but that's not the end and the revelation of Jesus Christ Bryan Clark Tom Schriener.48:50: Show Close and Telegram group update. Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Eating Caterpillars, Steven Lawson, & The Spectrum of Sin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 59:01


    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 Lawson20:25: Idols of the Heart and flattening out the spectrum of sin22:27: Ed Welch and leftover halloween candy26:00: The language of “watch yourself lest you too fall into sin.”27:44: But the sin is actually egregious and Julie Roys took it up.32:34: Severity of sin and an interesting paradox in Scripture36:07: A take on RFK and Olivia Nuzzi via House Inhabit.SUBSTACK44:56: 3 Sermons on the theme of idols: Stacy Gaylord (ME? A Slave?) Jeff Hamling (Sound of Silence), Bryan Clark (The Fall of the Great Prostitute).54:26: A spelling test of the old testament and the root of the word “Proverb.” Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Molly Returns to a School Board Meeting & Hymns of Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 55:09


    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 Wickham31:02 “I'm with Him” vs. “He's with me” and the object vs. strength of faith.36:37 A model of the Lord's Prayer without it becoming rote 3 Reasons NOT to Pray the Lord's Prayer44:10: Incorporating the Lord's Prayer into the home.53:00: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Serving Your Family & Conquering Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 49:02


    Show Open6:25: 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 philosophies20:00: Making decisions and being so married to things you can't be flexible when life circumstances changes. You're Only Human (link)23:00: A balance pivoting and serving the family well26:53: Foraging and activities at the cabin38:37: Further adventures of building mental fortitude and resilience in the kids35:30: We're either growing or shrinking and there's self-esteem to be gained by trying something new: success or failure independent.39:30: Alex Honnold, fear responses and building confidence when it doesn't feel risky to keep doing the same.45:57: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Molly Goes To A School Board Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 59:31


    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: Relational consequences of pornography and the problem with crafting a sexual harassment policy.29:03: [Back to the Story]30:13: Two in the midst of a mass34:45: How to be equipped to engage like this?39:10: “Queering” the research.40:42: A gender clinic researcher gets raided by the FBI.43:42: Clinics and orgs that have said, “no way.”44:50: Monthly reading groups around natural law and sexual studies.50:37: Final thoughts from Molly about times of transition.54:28: Your body accelerates your aging twice.56:05: JR think his kids don't know what unknowns really are.58:28: Show CloseWhy I Stopped Watching PornThe Anxious Generation Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Eye Health, Public Testimony, & The Intersexed

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 78:50


    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 checks17:45: Eye exercises and muscular eye health26:48: 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 opens a pathway.42:27: Acappella gospel hymns at Olympic press conferences45:55: Being a light and the balance of doing a good job and being an overt witness.49:40: Jesus T Shirts and balancing evangelism vs. reality52:53: Male boxers in a female league. Some important considerations relating to intersexed people and why men and women should be in different categories.1:01:52: In the early days, intersexed people were used to disprove the binary, but it doesn't and now transgender activists are becoming clear on genetics.1:07:15: Where it gets tricky for Molly: thinking pastorally, care for a soul.1:17:10: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Ep. 175: Intuition, Deceitfulness of the Heart, & a New Favorite Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 62:19


    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 intuition17:03: JR finds the DC Talk lyrics18:40: Our experience with a sexual predator. Abuse Prevention22:25: the paradox: don't follow your heart but also, the intuition…26:20: Where the heart is deceitful. The 77's song.30:52: Being weird and a convo with Titus about goat milk.35:55: What cholesterol is and what big medical says it is.41:38: More weird diet things Molly's learned- discuss!44:25: When the tide turned on cigarette companies.48:54: J.R.'s almost favorite book. Kindle Audiobook Paperback Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Parenting Dilemmas: Sheltering vs. Exposure & Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 48:18


    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 kids45:13: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    More Than or Less Than...What?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 50:59


    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 rightness and righteousness in God.28:25: A prick on the conscience and calls to action when someone is “more than you.”31:06: Being faithful and standing before a holy and righteous God and grumbling.32:50: Two holy responses when feeling “less than.”35:17: The diagnosis have zero expectation on treatment.36:56: People are weird and hard, “Better than I deserve.”40:02: JR's personal struggles in this area and Ecclesiastes.44:48: Improving yourself, living in a fallen world and knowing where to work on changing things.48:18: The moral of the story.48:46: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Building Kids' Resilience, The Breath of Life, & Vale of Tears

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 77:34


    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 schools.36:44: Vale of Tears: Our default state is not feeling like we're doing well.39:08: How scripture speaks into our state.41:28: The problem of sending kids going through puberty to therapy and pharmaceuticals and The Anxious Generation.48:35: Website hustle, JR's audiobooks, Anne of Green Gables and the importance of imagination as a child.55:46: Alone with your thoughts can be good for you.58:09: Working out with our son, Breathe, ancient Yoga, and breath in the Bible and being fearfully and wonderfully made.1:14:33: Mini Panthers.1:16:17: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Weird Kids, Being Overwhelmed, & A Good Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 75:27


    Intro2:30: 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 care13:30: 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 assessments.22:15: A new curriculum for our oldest.24:55: Faith interrupts.26:37: Molly makes a confession about Andor.28:24: Kids and weird music habits.30:41: What else do you do when you feel overwhelmed? You get more chickens and a pool.36:50: The humbling nature of being an adult.42:58: We think we have our chicken situation figured out this year.46:54: A debate between Allie Stuckey and a transgender activist.51:59: Assigning sociological roles based on gender.54:50: Transgenderism is not the physical condition you're trying to prove.56:41: We can watch and learn to not fall into fight of flight in these situations.59:04: Truth vs. love.1:02:01: Adult desires should not be at the cost of children's needs.1:05:05: Anti-natalism in culture today.1:12:42: Show close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Checking Cakes, Israel, & Life Together

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 62:52


    Intro: JR got some audiobook work, Molly's baking a cake.3:40: Molly needs a cake break.3:53:JR's audiobook adventures.11:23: The girls' academic assessment for the new school.15:26: Commercial Break while Molly checks the cake.17:50: Breathe review.1:02:52: Commercial break while Molly checks the cake 2.23:42: A couple other books: Bennett Coles, Splendid and the Vile, Virtuous Liberty.26:14: Conservative is not synonymous with Christian, Christian views on Israel and ignorance of the people.31:23: An analogy on JR's Biblical belief of today's Israel.34:52: Geo-political considerations, 1948, and just war theory.44:20: Bonhoeffer, Life Together and a trip to Rome.49:45 : Eric Peters and finding a sense of identity in being a nobody.57:38: The Proverbs 31 woman was a nobody but it was acknowledged and a blessing.1:00:58: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    This is Not The Way, Life Changes, & Breathing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 64:05


    Intro2:35: Nomadic lifestyles. This is the way…or maybe not.6:18: Nomadic families that have pivoted to homes but…it was the way.11:04: The crunchy IG accounts that were the way…no, not the way anymore.13:59: Conveying “Follow me as I follow Christ.”17:05: Our life pivot. The nature of homeschool mom is you can't push the kids as hard as you want to and feelings of deep inadequacy.20:02: Pride and academic assessments.23:07: 13yo boys and knives and thriving on alternative education like The Outdoor Boys and conspiracy theories.30:57: A straight-up product recommendation: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales and Great Battles for Boys.35:40: Cooking and cooling rice makes it a better starch and the history of fried rice.39:36: Some contemplations JR has during his life season.42:16: Soda pop suicide and college cafeteria food.44:40: Memories and brains.48:00: Breathing isn't something that just happens.55:20: James Nestor interview1:00:48: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Deconstruction, A Warning for Women, & A Mandate for Men

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 72:55


    Show Open: Caedmon's Call, Deconstruction, Mr. Red Pen, and Derek Webb.8:41: Molly's experience in seminary with intellectual superiority.10:20: Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett, The Deconstruction of Christianity and an encouragement to doubt your faith and a fear of losing salvation.18:30: Hyper intellectualism and fear of losing your faith are both gnosticism.20:25: Paul's warning against deceitful intellectuals and the application to women and Instagram and internet things.21:07: A super-rich mormon intellectual cosplay or real? Good or bad? Is this a Godly woman or not? What really matters?26:10: 2 Timothy is a talking about women for a reason. Them Before Us and men protecting families. The 3Ps of manhood.30:52: Men should be the protectors in home and church.34:54: The difference in our empathy levels.37:10: The appearance of godliness and capturing weak women.41:05: Feedback from listeners on kids doing hard things.46:35: Brad Wilcox's Get Married is a great read.48:33: A fear of consuming resources over belief that God will provide what we need to flourish is idolatry.54:00: Inflation, the trajectory and the pinch.57:30: Strivers, progressive speaking but conservative living, divorce rates and the power of good community.1:10:00: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Genuine Care for Others & Seeing Growth in Your Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 56:27


    Show Open2:44: More chickens, more eggs, money-making jobs for the kids12:38: Lili wants to learn French, Chicken prices, eating out of the freezer15:26: WW2 resources; Masters of the Air, The Bloody 100th, Victory at Sea, unauthorized WW2 podcast, Number The Stars, Titus really likes a biography about Brother Andrew26:00: JR and Molly enjoy a listening room experience with Jenna Greenwell, Jess Arndt, Zechariah Peabody and Bailey Mattson32:20: Self-righteousness and being genuinely enthusiastic about the good or capability of other people and not feeling threatened.40:35: The helping nature of artistic communities and encouraging that spirit in our our kids45:15: Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? It's easy for us to weep with others, but much harder to rejoice with those who rejoice.50:54: Eating through pantry and freezer items in an attempt to save money. Drumsticks are the way to go for affordable eating.53:26: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Marital Conflict: Building Kids' Mental Fortitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 54:06


    Intro4:13: Property, neighbors, covenants.7:35: Molly has a soft spot for dead tires.8:39: A trailer park, a dirty magazine and the level of “parents don't know.”10:02: Repeat sexual predation on Snapchat, and swapping texts with friends.13:55 For the love of what is good and holy, don't let your kids download stuff on their own - a funny story about our kids and devices.19:28: Marital conflict: What to do about building mental fortitude in our kids- JR's case.26:58: Molly's perspective.32:11: What is the ultimate goal for our kids and physical strength in women.38:09: How Molly fell in love with classical studies.42:14: Stacking the deck in your favor and your kids' favor.43:42: Our son is recognizing the evilness of Hitler.49:34: How horrible just barely escape death and The Parables of Jesus and the Devil's work in the church.51:02: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    The Power of Real World Accomplishments

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 78:16


    Intro: Coffee substitutes, cortisol levels and protein intake.7:38: One way to tell if you're healthy via your fingernails.10:10: Molly's milk frother died!10:36: If you'd invested in Apple with iPhone money you'd have how much?”11:56: Creo brew coffee substitutes, price per serving and the cost of Starbucks.16:45: Moody's analytics and the last year's inflation numbers and saving money at the grocery store. Organic Shell Pasta.21:43: Finances, young couples owning a home and reasons to get married.26:15: One of the reasons people aren't having kids.28:03: Do your kids a favor and have them watch The Tuttle Twins28:55: Zimbabwe's attempted currency relaunch.32:48: Attending a heavily edited play about The Boy Who Cried Wolf.37:12: A lazy kid and why dad's are important.40:44: Data on men and boys are failing. Mike Rowe and Nicolas Eberstat. A failure of unemployment statistics.43:41: Boys Adrift46:03: Manual labor, masonry and bricks.47:54: Leonard Sacks' 5 reasons boys are failing54:10: Isn't this a pendulum swing from the women's rights movement?56:32: Just get the boys out of the house, video games and hijacking the brain rewards center.1:00:29: Titus and his hatchet. Outdoor Boys.1:07:32: Doing something hard and building neural pathways.1:12:27: A contrast in the brain between playing a video game and real world accomplishments.1:15:02: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Calvin & Hobbes, Doomsday Cults, & Great TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 55:04


    Intro: Trying to get back into the swing of things.3:30: JR's shoulder recovery- tremendously better8:27: Molly got sick, her parents had surgery, and9:38: Some recent TV Shows and our kids' American history books14:48: JR's other things happening, TV shows he's watching19:04: Molly started Dear Mr. Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes and some interesting facts about that.25:41: Molly gets sucked into a doomsday cult - Gloriavale34:24: What does it mean to say, “I believe it's the Lord's will to X.”40:03: How do you see through lies? Courage to opt out of a system based on fear and control42:00: How young men are lost in America and an example of gross reporting.45:53: Legitimate conviction through Scripture.52:21: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    The Roots of Real Relationship

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 68:32


    Show Open2:02: Molly's weekend trip to a homeschool conference speaking on Canavox.5:28: A Youth Leader spot a People are Weird and Hard sticker.7:38: Katy Faust's foundational topic at the conference- The Seven Loves and building relationships.12:10: A case against “bromance”, “man crush” and sexualizing things that aren't inherently sexual.15:47: The most popular MB personality type of gay men is…19:25: The punchline: Family love.22:17: Molly's session on hookup culture.23:14: Vanity Fair article and modern bar culture.25:46: New challenges and dynamics to today's dating world.27:21: The Dating Project (we're sorry, it's currently not streaming.28:48: JR's weekend and the weird contrast to phones and bars in modern dating culture.31:06: The Gabb phone thing and tragedies of the Snapchat algorithm.39:08: Bringing your phone to bed and better morning routines.40:44: We're in a mess societally with our children, Abigail Shrier and the onset of kids' mental health, and raising your kids to be less American.47:04: Leonard Sax's council to new American Immigrants.49:08: American culture is a toddler dragging a rug around the room.53:11: The results of the AI worship song.58:45: Faith will be back in a gypsy.59:05: Results of a new physical health experiment and being bloated and gassy.1:04:20: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Mayonnaise, AI Worship Music, & Hookup Culture Cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 64:03


    Intro: Kid's favorite salmon recipe, homemade mayonnaise, seed oils.9:38: Explaining the stock market to a kid.12:16: The Roarin' 20's, prohibition and the creation of finger food.14:54: The origin of the Caesar Salad.17:48: Telegram discussions, global warming and just being a good steward21:19: AI, music and human connection28:39: Molly muses on live music and AI with worship music, and replacing worship leaders32:24: An assignment for the savvy: a ChatGPT worship song.37:30: Human achievement and you shall be like God43:31: Cats bringing [live] kills into the house.49:58: Molly tries out a cat metaphor for a hookup culture talk this weekend.1:01:26: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Christian Nationalism, Moral Failings, & Deepfakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 64:13


    Intro: JR's shoulder update. ACL surgery recap, the brilliance of the human body.7:56: Surgery during COVID, and the month of madness with sick kids.11:47: First ever family destination ski vacation! 75mph + winds15:22: Molly's current homeschool studies. Children's dustbowl era literature anyone?16:52: Mahatma Ghandi: and meaning of “Mahatma” and the work still happens even if the worker morally failed.19:36: “Christian Nationalism.”23:28: Gandhi and India's independence25:57: A deep hypocrisy and we can honestly say the Declaration of Independence is true AND the authors were not acting in accord with their beliefs.28:00: Complex outcomes of moral failings and assurance of salvation.31:50: Falling into the trap of believing Christians won't fail.34:35: A cultural sifting of church leaders and a gossipy pastor's wives Facebook group.37:58: Sharing the things that are weighty when you're strong enough to carry them.41:07: If we obfuscate justice because we're trying to protect ourselves, it's a violation of scripture.43:12: AI, deepfakes and you can't trust anything you see anymore.49:38: Nothing new under the sun and reorientation.52:39: Go to the ant you sluggard! Termite architecture.56:43: Chocolate milk recipe:  1/2c cocoa powder, 1/2c sugar, 1/2c hot water, 1/4t salt, splash of vanilla. Mix well and add to 1 gallon milk or store in the fridge as syrup. Recipe from Ruthann Zimmerman.1:00:30: Tortilla maker!1:01:53: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Hope, False Comparisons, & Sticking Your Neck Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 85:45


    Intro: Ginger beer, kid stress, another chicken death and a nightmare week.14:35: Recap on my short trip Ft. Benton.19:07: Molly and I had a date and saw The Lucky Valentines live and a discussion about complicated relationships with Christianity. Josephine OEO24:03: The world is a dark and scary place, Carlson/Weinstein Interview, orienting our hearts and our kids amidst the fear and uncertainty.32:00: We are the new singles ministry.33:25: Potions for joint health and MRI results.37:24: Amazing home Chicken Drumsticks (just like wings).40:29: Homemade Nilla wafers.42:40: JR switched back to green tea in the morning.43:23: Coffee is not good first thing in the morning…here's why.46:50: Molly is almost incensed by an old friend in Instagram. Transgender deaths and false equations.56:33: Trying not to be the person that can't handle history.1:02:49: We didn't take their books and teenage mushbrain.1:05:16: Scrips for Testosterone made a woman a goes crazy.1:09:10: Transgender suicides and “The Dutch Studies.”1:15:50: Things Unseen podcast, Sinclair Ferguson and “Goodness” (Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus) and sticking your neck out for what's right and true when it will cost you something.1:20:08: You can't divorce your soul from your body, Abigail Fivale.1:22:41: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Marriage Metrics, Mandie Books, & WW1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 66:14


    Intro: More dogs, sick kids, and another chicken down.10:08: Growing your own loofahs.14:47: Other new garden plans, update on bees.23:05: Having an ecosystem on our property and thoughts on regenerative farming.27:30: Molly's brain is mush, a WW1 study with the kids and book reviews on the topics, They Shall Not Grow Old.30:08: Why we have poppies on Veteran's Day, In Flander's Fields32:37: Molly found some new, great bread baking forms Ebay forms.37:56: Who's still reading the Mandie books?45:05: Every metric for a man's quality of life goes up if he's married…including his weight.51:07: Theology of human depravity and God's sovereignty.54:24: Anything is possible with evil humanity but ultimately will not survive.55:01 Gaining a degree of clarity on the end times with Wayne Grudem's Christian Beliefs.57:03: Amillennialists were very shaken by WW1.1:01:30: Molly's new podcast chair1:03:00: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Righteousness, Guilt, & Granola Bars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 66:16


    Intro: Righteousness vs. sanctification.4:37: Jackie Hill Perry comes out against the enneagram.7:24: Preston Perry invites some LDS in and records the convo, and it applies to Muslim evangelism.9:09: Conversations with kids about guilt and Tales of Persia.11:43: Pervasiveness of Islam everywhere except Billings.13:15: How do you get on Allah's good side? The distinction of Christianity.15:56: Distinctions from every other religion in the world.17:51: Explaining Proverbs to kids.19:23: being a part of the body of Christ, partaking in the Lord's Supper in a worthy manner.21:47: The weekly Laura Ingalls Wilder reference to being individual but communal.24:22: JR adds color from world travels.26:43: Honor shame vs. Western Individualism, following Christ and “My Soul My Choice.”27:57: Generational loneliness.30:32: Your soul will shrivel without others. Faithfully Finite t-shirt plug.32:34: Discussing the end of the world with a 5 year old.36:06: Has Been Hotel on Amazon40:44: A picture of Noah's ark as safety and protection (not s cute boat full of animals). There was still sin in their hearts.43:35: Faith's (our daughter) response.45:57 Dressing up for church. “You Do You Before The Lord.”48:08: Being financially wise before the Lord very much depends on life circumstance.50:20: Meat stick followup. Hint: It's a big win.56:21: Granola Bar recipe like the ones you loved from your youth (or maybe still do)59:30: Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola bars1:00:33: The bread boat1:02:40: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    God's Grace is Bigger Than Your Best

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2024 72:37


    Intro1:48: Homemade beef sticks, 13yo boys and protein needs.4:40: Bitter cold and ground pork.7:48: Beef squeezed out of frosting tip instead of a jerky gun and the recipe.10:27: A mouse in the van.16:02: A chicken in the house.21:00: Hollow tubed hair and God's neat designs for animals.23:58: Women's ice cold feet.26:58: A chicken of the day.37:00: The cheese is perfect.32:57: Cracking down on schooling.35:57: Circling back on the dad convo; no such thing as quality without quantity.39:07: COVID showed parents the benefit of being home with their kids.40:39: Some are called the workplace and staying home may not be an option.41:50: The Factual Feminist and the gender wage gap myth.43:41: Many women can't take three years off to raise a kid.46:47: God's grace is bigger than you doing the best you can.48:54: A fascinating video on the biology and neuroscience of men becoming fathers.53:50: Loneliness is like smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.46:33: Wedlock vs. Wedlease.1:01:22: Wine-drinking, Mommy culture weirdness.1:09:34: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Parenting: Relational Warmth and Quantity, not quality time.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 68:13


    Intro: New studio, JR's a bit distracted by some new gear.6:03: Things got spicy on Telegram this week, Anthony Bradley Threads on fatherhood.10:40: God is relational warm to us as well as a law-giver and a teacher.12:48: Relational warmth has to do with quantity of time.13:13: Quality does not equate to quantity time as a parents.15:13: Podcast with Erica Komisar and Lila Rose.16:13: A cascade of kids with a huge amount of mental health problems and moms not being present.17:50: Maternity leave is shockingly short.20:27: Every time you're away from the kids damage is done, being happier outside the home.21:02: Quantity time is quality time21:30: Mother's need to be primary care givers for their babies. Oxytocin is a bonding agent between parent and child (and spouses).23:43: If dad is primary care-giver or have two dads, this risk for over-stimulation is incredibly high and against his nature.24:35: Considerations on men who work crazy amounts of hours or are deployed and repairing the wound.26:08: Bradley's second Threads and masculinity and the church.29:44: Scriptural and creational considerations on conveying masculine messages to boys.31:06: Who is Andrew Tate?33:38: Jordan Peterson might more dangerous.35:58: The 3 P's of Manliness.38:12: Slaying dragons and JR had to delete Call of Duty Mobile.40:25: What you choose to wear is deliberately communicates somethings.44:40: We're communicating that we're really cold.46:45: Molly took a couple kids to a Lewis & Clark expo, and Plains Indians hand talk.49:10: There is something very distinct between men and women at the creational level.52:19: Encourage father to do a church activity or spend time at home with the kids?54:24: A very difficult discussion to have as a friend, wife, pastor.56:04: Molly vents to a friend about JR….in a healthy way.1:01:28: God's Mercy in My Marriage, Dave Harvey.IWF (Independendent Women's Forum)When Sinners Say "I Do", Dave HarveyRescuing Ambition, Dave Harvey (FREE ON AUDIBLE RIGHT NOW!) Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Gold, Goals, & Grounding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 74:34


    Intro: Savings, investing and gold7:23: Not being obsessed with the future or placing trust in prepping9:03: Living in a state of by faith12:36: Living in a fallen world15:13: Mueller and people19:04: Childbearing, faith, and health consequences22:49: A young kid just screaming at Hobby Lobby24:10: Faith builds a fort for the night and a cocoon of pillows26:45: Back to the lady at Hobby Lobby and being29:52: Big events for a 3rd born birthday…right after Christmas; mercies in planning38:22: Atomic Habits; goals vs. resolutions42:40: Molly reflects on goal settings and resolutions for the New Year, lunar calendars and the official April's Fools46:14: The health significance of freshly ground wheat47:47: Growing (and spelling) Loofahs51:32: Transplanting trees53:24: Molly's word for the year (she thought it was hokey until now)59:36: Abigail Favale and Kevin DeYoung on laptop culture, narcissism and transgender propagation.1:07:08: Parenting and grounding kids in truth.1:10:00: Show Close6 Min Podcast with Mike Maloney on Wealth Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Broadway, Biology, & Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 61:54


    Intro: Telegram, pre-Christmas madness, crazy warm weather, parents of a teenager.6:45 A symphony trip for the kids.. are9:06: Hope…or lack thereof from Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.12:31: The contrast of cheer and family and depressing Christmases.14:40: Meaningful secular Christmas lyrics, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written by a victim of bullying.16:34: Inspiration for Christmas songs from non-Christians.18:12: Christian Christmas songs address the human condition.19:43: Difficulty in sharing Christian Christmas songs' source of hope.25:16: We “muddle through” with our ever present help in trouble.22:06: Even we have to wait until we're dead, in light of eternity, suffering has an end date.24:50: Gender-bending on Broadway.28:48: Transgender singing issue.32:20: Transgender needs for pharmaceuticals, and medical intervention ramifications.36:00: A podcast Molly listened to about an a Catholic convert from feminisim out of the “Eldridge Era” and wha it means to be a woman.39:21: What makes a woman? Or a man?43:07: Gender as a complimentary component in the world.47:03: Genitalia is a physical manifestation of an entire being's orientation.49:25: Contingent Monism and you are not you without…54:21: How this all relates to children and parenting.56:30: Show Close Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (she takes it in the van!)Ledger Hardware Wallet - Referral Link (store your crypto securely!)

    Being a Kind, not Gnostic, Christian Materialist

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 55:09


    Show Open: Christmas Tree update, seasonal hecticness and family random notes.9:18: One more thought on self-care: living faithfully within our finitude.15:28 We're such dependent creatures (food).16:43 Incorporating the Lord's prayer.21:07: Doug Wilson on celebrating the materiality of Christmas.25:54 Robert Farrar Capon and cottage cheese.27:41: Christians living in a material world.29:01: The feasts and the festivals.30:42: Christian gnosticism confused with holiness.33:10 “Kind” is a Biblical category, “nice” is not.35:35: Dr. Jon Money and the precursor to modern transgenderism.39:04: Cultural expectations and being kind to those in sin.43:06: Contrast between grace and kindness.45:17: Molly's dad's been making some killer summer sausage.47:58: Show close banter, invite to our Christmas party! Too Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (Website)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (new version)

    Being "Winsome," Limited, & Living By Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 63:05


    4:12: “Winsome,” Doug Wilson, Kevin DeYoung and engaging culture.7:32: GK Chesterton on war.8:28: Our huge Christmas tree might fall over.13:36: Titus' hunting success!17:46: Why Molly is stressed about the tree.19:35: Back to winsomeness and getting back to Biblical language.21:27: “Self-care” last week brought the noise!22:55: Men vs. Women, recreational habits and the necessity of moms in the first three years and psychological and emotional ties to children.28:39: The lot the good Lord has placed us in regards to self-care.39:36: Can we reframe the conversation around self-care in a Biblical understanding.30:54: Kelly Kapic, You're Only Human31:38: JR blame shifts and Molly shuts him down.33:10: We were created with limitations that are a feature, not a bug.37:00: What will be true of us in the new heavens and new earth?37:43: “Self-care” is not in the Bible but living according to design is.40:00: Applications to Transhumanism and technological development.43:03: We are not our own but bought with a price and called to honor at the expense of ourselves.*44:03: Holding it all in tension.45:09: Molly's Red Light Therapy purchase.46:39: Molly's diagnostic on Biblical vs. sinful “self-care.”50:50: Roping your kids into what you love.54:08: Self-care for women is usually expensive.57:15: Video games, salad and Christmas stuff.58:53: Show CloseToo Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (Website)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (new version)

    Shelving, Satisfaction, & Self-Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 64:16


    Show Open: Birthdays, tea and coffee, the differences between.5:28: Titus, a game night, and his chocolate chip cookie.7:04: A new recipe for Thanksgiving, chocolate cookie pies and chess pie.9:46: Chess pie, vinegar pies, Momofuku.15:29: A running theme: kids' room shuffling, Ikea hacks, and new shelving ideas.19:31: Joy and satisfaction in working with your hands, teaching your son to be a man.22:57: Doing things with your hands for mental health and a sense of doing what you're created to do.26:19: Molly tees up J.R. On Ecclesiastes.33:47 Molly responds with some Hebrew lol and they discuss finding joy in the toil.40:35: Life seasons.42:53: Argentina's new President looks like his's from the 60's and The Byrds.45:15 An admonishment about self-care.45:48: Distinctions between self-care and rest and underlying heart conditions.50:43: A brilliant Bluey episode on mom needing 15 minutes.52:28: Modern lifestyles don't lend themselves to healthy rest and rhythms in life.54:12: Some tips for better health and rest.59:20: Show CloseIt's a Wonderful (Brief) Life - SermonToo Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (Website)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (new version)

    Eating Scrolls & Baking Rolls

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 67:03


    A week of normal week, and daylight savings time.3:19: Timezone history and statistics.9:26: The electrifying of America.13:33: The Gray Haven's new hymn record is fantastic and listening to music over and over again.17:11: Molly's 3rd grade snack win, trying trying to find a link on our website like this Revelation sermon.23:20: Molly's takeaways from said sermon: a pastor tones down his teaching on God's wrath; there is no cosmic justice; Hilter, Stalin, Mao didn't get what's coming to them27:51: What it means to “eat this scroll”; alarming stats on Christianity31:40: Being prepared in the heart, Iran bigwig declares war on the US, a Montana lab had the covid virus a hear before it “got out.”37:58: A balm to the hurting heart41:27: Hymn of the week…oh my.45:46: A podcast highlighting the mysterious acts of the Lord47:27: Back to the hymn53:34: Taking something too far, too hard.55:48: The Battle Hymn of The Kingdom58:02: Christmas Open House!1:02:45: Show CloseToo Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardPique Tea - Referral Link (Website)Molly's Favorite Milk Brother (new version)

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