Every Home a Foundation
Experiencing God through Your Everyday Routines
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
"The home is the “primary seat of discipleship” from which Christians can best serve God, according to this graceful guide...Masonheimer makes a creative, open-minded case that the domestic and the divine need not be mutually exclusive." —Publisher’s Weekly
What if our homes and the work that goes on inside them are not "in the way" of our calling but are instead the way to live well and disciple effectively? Reimagine the Christian home as the firm foundation of a life filled with faith, joy, contentment, and belonging, even in the midst of everyday tasks.
In Every Home a Foundation, Phylicia Masonheimer invites readers to reconsider their view of home. The Christian home is an image of both a coming spiritual reality and the existing spiritual reality of our family, the church. Through Christ, we can heal and build a home that brings joy to us and love to others.
Every Home a Foundation will transform readers' view of home from a place of boredom to a place of purpose, train them to find joy in their daily tasks, and equip them to use their home to love others well by
focusing on healing our view of home and creating a culture of faith;exploring the purpose in the mundane tasks of the home, including cooking, cleaning, laundry, mending, tending, and creating beauty;and learning the importance of hospitality and creating a covenant home culture.
Masonheimer offers a unique perspective on the importance of home in a modern world. Home is much more than a physical structure—it's a place of belonging and connection that has been strongly tied to God's mission from the beginning. God wants to build a home for His people, emphasizing the importance of homes as central for the Christian life.
With an enthusiastic and friendly tone, Every Home a Foundation is sure to have readers reflecting on the importance of home in our lives and how we must strive to protect and honor it in all its forms.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The home is the "primary seat of discipleship" from which Christians can best serve God, according to this graceful guide. Masonheimer (Every Woman a Theologian) details how readers can live out God's purpose by finding beauty in "mundane" work like laundry or cooking (as all labor matters to God) or creating a "community of welcome" where "strangers, foreigners, sojourners" can gather. Appreciating one's home despite its imperfections teaches one to love "whatever He has given us," a lesson the author illustrates by recalling her grandmother's pride in her modest single-wide trailer, which "might have been small, but it was impeccably clean.... Just a place to feel safe and loved, to be fed and attended to." Interspersing the account with useful lessons for sprucing up one's living space (decluttering kitchen cabinets can help readers to better "enjoy the blessing under your feet"), Masonheimer makes a creative, open-minded case that the domestic and the divine need not be mutually exclusive. Christian homemakers will feel especially inspired.