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What is home? Is it (as Wikipedia says) a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property, complete because it contains sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food? Is it (as far too many holiday songs croon) the place we go to for Christmas? Is it the building in which a handful of people who happen to be related sleep and eat, only to scatter to the four winds when the morning comes?

Home certainly includes a building (for at the very least it must provide shelter of some sort to its inhabitants), whether yours is a mansion with a three car garage or in a suburb looking remarkably similar to all the others on the street; whether it is down a rocky country driveway with no others in sight or in the middle of an apartment building in the middle of a city. Home will involve walls and roofs and pipes which must be maintained and repaired. This physical structure will also feel more “home-like” when it is decorated to reflect the personalities of the people who reside in it. Cooking, organization, and money will all be concerns in the running and managing of this place called “home.”

But could home be more than just a building? Could it be a culture, a mini society, one that shapes the people in it so that they can go out and shape the world? Could it be a haven in which those people rest and rejuvenate their spirits? Could they invite others into this haven, thus extending that peace beyond the walls of the building that holds this “home”?

Home is a place in which people live: their lives are shaped in the walls that make up their home. Their habits are formed by the way in which routines are lived out; their personalities are fashioned by the decorations adorning each room; and their characters are established so that they will face the world either with joy, peace and confidence or with resentment, irritation and insecurity. Home is where the transformation of the world begins.

C. S. Lewis said: “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only—and that is to support the ultimate career.” Our culture wants us to forget that, to think of the home as a boring place and to think of homemaking as a degrading way to spend a life. Consumerism, commercialism, and careerism all breed dissatisfaction with the home. As Christians we should reject that and make our homes into places of contentment, love and service from which the inhabitants can go out to conquer the world.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

 

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1,000 Vegan Recipes
by Robin Robertson
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for Adult
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100 Recipes For Your Air Fryer
from GoWISE
Air Fryer Recipes for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
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4-Hour Chef
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660 Curries
by Raghavan Iyer
from Workman Publishing
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All About Roasting
by Molly Stevens
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for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
All-American Low-Fat Meals in Minutes
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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by Alton Brown
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Anne of Green Gables Cookbook
by Kate McDonald, illustrated by Barbara Di Lella
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for 4th-10th grade
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Appetite for Reduction
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
from Da Capo Press
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Appetizers, Finger Food, Buffets, and Parties
by Bridget Jones
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Art of Chinese Cuisine
by Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin
from Tuttle Publishing
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in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Art of Low-Calorie Cooking
by Sally Schneider
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Art of Making Wine
by Stanley F. Anderson with Raymond Hull
from E.P. Dutton & Co.
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
At Home with Madhur Jaffrey
by Madhur Jaffrey
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Back to Basics
by Abigain Gehring
4th edition from Skyhorse Publishing
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$27.95
Bean by Bean
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from Workman Publishing
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
Bean Gourmet Presents the Greatest Little Bean Cookbook
by Tom Chasuk
from Hearst Books
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Beat This! Cookbook
by Ann Hodgman
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Best Chicken Recipes
by Cook's Illustrated Editors
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2007
by Cook's Illustrated
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Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008
by Cook's Illustrated
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Best of America's Test Kitchen 2009
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best of Sunset Low-Fat Cookbook
by Sunset Books
from Sunset Publishing Corp.
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Best-Loved Quick Fixes from Mixes
from Publications International
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Betty Crocker's New Cookbook
by Betty Crocker
8th edition from Macmillan
for Adult
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Biography of Tea
by Carrie Gleason
from Crabtree Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Bistro Cooking at Home
by Gordon Hamersley
from Broadway Books
for Adult
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Bless This Food
by Julia M. Pitkin, George & Karen Grant
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Cookbooks for Adult
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Blue Ribbon Cookbook
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Broccoli by Brody
by Lora Brody
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Building Her House
by Nancy Wilson
from Canon Press
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$10.20
Canon of Vegetables
by Raymond Sokolov
from William Morrow & Company
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Carefree Cook
by Rick Rodgers
from Broadway Books
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist
by Cat Cora
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Celebrating Biblical Feasts
by Martha Zimmerman
from Bethany House
for Adult
in Jewish Holidays & Traditions (Location: HOLIDAY)
$16.99
Celebration of Wellness
by James Levin and Natalie Cederquist
from GLO, Inc.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
by John La Puma and Rebecca Powell Marx
from Crown Publishers
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Chef on a Shoestring
by Andrew Friedman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Chocolate is Forever
from Little, Brown & Company
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Chris Carmichael's Food for Fitness
by Chris Carmichael
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Christian Homemaker's Handbook
by Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Pat Ennis
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$38.99
Christmas from the Heart of the Home
by Susan Branch
First Edition from Little, Brown & Company
for Adult
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Christmas with Mary Engelbreit: Here Comes Santa Claus
by Mary Engelbreit (illustrator), text by Vitta Poplar
from Oxmoor House
for Adult
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Cook This Now
by Melissa Clark
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Cook's Canon
by Raymond Sokolov
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!
by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, illustrated by Janet Stevens
from Harcourt, Brace & Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cooking Green
by Kate Heyhoe
from Da Capo Press
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Cooking the RealAge Way
by Michael F. Roizen and John La Puma
from Collins
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen
by Kathleen Daeleman
from Houghton Mifflin
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Cooking Under Cover
from Chapters Publishing Ltd.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Cooking Under Pressure
by Lorna J. Sass
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Cooking Vegetables
by Joanne Glynn
from Thunder Bay Press
for Adult
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Cooking: 600 Recipes, 1500 Photographs, One Kitchen Education
by James Peterson
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
CookSmart
by Pam Anderson
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Country Suppers
by Ruth Cousineau, illustrated by Warren Kimble
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Couscous and Other Good Food From Morocco
by Paula Wolfert
from Quill
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Creative Counterpart
by Linda Dillow
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$12.74
Cuisine Economique
by Jacques Pepin
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cupcakes Galore
by Gail Wagman
from MQ Publications
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Curious Cook
by Harold McGee
from Collier Books
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Deceptively Delicious
by Jessica Seinfeld
1st edition from HarperCollins
for All Ages
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
Discovering Wine
by Joanna Simon
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$17.95
DK Kids' Fun & Healthy Cookbook
from DK Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Dulce: Desserts in the Latin-American Tradition
by Joseluis Flores with Laura Zimmerman Maye, photos by Ben Fink
from Rizzoli New York
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Eat this Book
by Tyler Florence
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Eat Well Feel Well
by Kendall Conrad, foreword by Elaine Gottschall
from Three Rivers Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Eat Your Way Around the World
by Jamie Aramini
from Geography Matters
for 4th-8th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Eat Your Way Through the USA
by Loreé Pettit
from Geography Matters
for 4th-8th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less
by Mollie Katzen & Walter Willett
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Eating Well is the Best Revenge
by Marian Burros
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee & Other Custard Desserts
by Debbie Puente
from Renaissance Books
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Elements of Cooking
by Michael Ruhlman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Encyclopedia of Cooking Skills & Techniques
by Norma Macmillan
from Barnes & Noble
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Encyclopedia of Flower Arranging
by Rona Coleman & Sylvia Pepper
from Wellfleet Press
for Adult
in Crafts & Hobbies (Location: SS-CRA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Essentials of Cooking
by James Peterson
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Everybody's Wokking
by Martin Yan
from Harlow & Ratner
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Everyday Gluten-Free Slow Cooking
from Sterling Publishing Co.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Everyday Happy Herbivore
by Lindsay S. Nixon
from BenBella Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Everything Glycemic Index Cookbook
by Nancy T. Maar
from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Express Lane Meals
by Rachael Ray
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Face to Face
by Steve Wilkins
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$11.90
Family Celebrations
by Ann Hibbard
1st edition from Wolgemuth and Hyatt
for Adult
in Holidays (Location: HOLIDAY)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Family Meal Table - DVD
by Nancy Campbell
for Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Fast, Fresh & Green
by Susie Middleton, photographs by Ben Fink
from Chronicle Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Feed Zone Cookbook
by Biju Thomas & Allen Lim
from Velo Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
First Gentleman's Cookbook
by William D. Orr, compiler
from Bill Orr
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Fish
from Headline
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Flourish
by Mary Jo Tate
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Fondue
from Periplus
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Food Anatomy
by Julia Rothman
from Storey Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$18.99
Food and Recipes of Westward Expansion
Cooking Throughout American History
by George Erdosh
1st edition from PowerKids Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Food for Thought
by Francis Foucachon, foreword by Douglas Wilson
2nd edition from Roman Roads Media
for 10th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$22.00
Food Matters
by Mark Bittman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Food You Crave
by Ellie Krieger
from Taunton Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Foods of the Americas
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
For the Family's Sake
by Susan Macaulay
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$16.99
Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual
by Frank Falcinelli, Frank Castronovo & Peter Meehan
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Free For All Cooking
by Jules E. Dowler Shepard
from Lifelong Books
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker
by Robin Robertson
from Harvard Common Press
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
From the Earth
by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
from Macmillan
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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