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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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"I Don't Know How to Cook" Book
by Mary-Lane Kamberg
2nd edition from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
All-American Low-Fat Meals in Minutes
by M. J. Smith
from DCI Publishing
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
from Harper Perennial
for 9th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
Art of Chinese Cuisine
by Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin
from Tuttle Publishing
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Art of Making Wine
by Stanley F. Anderson with Raymond Hull
from E.P. Dutton & Co.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Building Her House
by Nancy Wilson
from Canon Press
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$12.00
Celebrating Biblical Feasts
by Martha Zimmerman
from Bethany House
for Adult
in Jewish Holidays & Traditions (Location: HOLIDAY)
$16.99 $8.50 (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
Creative Counterpart
by Linda Dillow
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$12.74
Curious Cook
by Harold McGee
from Collier Books
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Do I Dust or Vacuum First?
by Don Aslett
2nd edition from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Household Organization (Location: SS-HOM)
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)
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 / Church Calendar (Location: HOLIDAY)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
First Gentleman's Cookbook
by William D. Orr, compiler
from Bill Orr
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in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.40 (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)
Food Anatomy
by Julia Rothman
from Storey Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$16.14
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)
$18.70
For the Family's Sake
by Susan Macaulay
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$16.99
Get Crafty
by Jean Railla
from Broadway Books
for Adult
in Crafts & Hobbies (Location: SS-CRA)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Green Smoothie Revolution
by Victoria Boutenko
from North Atlantic Books
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in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
He Art Cooking
by Nathan Woods
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
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by Patricia Hausman and Judith Benn Hurley
from Dell Publishing
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in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Hearth & Home
by Karey Swan
4th edition from Loyal Publishing
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Hidden Art of Homemaking
by Edith Schaeffer
from Tyndale House
for 9th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$16.99
High Performance Cookbook
by Susan M. Kleiner and KarenRae Friedman-Kester
from Macmillan
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Home Comforts
by Cheryl Mendelson
from Charles Scribner's Sons
for 9th-Adult
in Household Organization (Location: SS-HOM)
$22.00
Home Ec for Everyone
from Workman Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Home: A Short History of an Idea
by Witold Rybczynski
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$12.80
Hospitality Commands
by Alexander Strauch
from Lewis and Roth Publishers
for 10th-Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$5.09 $1.80 (1 in stock)
Hungry Scientist Handbook
by Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
If I'm Diapering a Watermelon, Then Where'd I Leave the Baby?
by Carol Barnier
from Emerald Books
for Adult
in Special Needs / Learning Disabilities (Location: HSR-SPEC)
$17.99 $12.00 (1 in stock)
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan
1st edition from Penguin Random House
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
In Pursuit of Flavor
by Edna Lewis
from University Press of Virginia
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Joy at the End of the Tether
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Bible Commentaries (Location: XBI-COMM)
$10.00
Kathy Cooks: Vegetarian, Low Cholesterol
by Kathy Hoshijo
from Fireside Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Life Together
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
from HarperOne
for Adult
in Discipleship & Community (Location: XCL-DIS)
$12.74 $4.80 (1 in stock)
Lifegiving Home
by Sally & Sarah Clarkson
from Tyndale House
for Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Lip Smackin' Vegetarian Backpackin'
by Christine and Tim Conners
from ThreeForks
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Lobscouse and Spotted Dog
by Anne Grossman & Lisa Grossman Thomas
from W. W. Norton and Co.
Nautical Cookbook for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$18.95
Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking
by Sue Kreitzman
from The Crossing Press
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
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by Mark Bittman
from Random House
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Mastering Microwave Cooking
by Maria Luisa Scott and Jack Denton Scott
Revised from Consumer Reports Books
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$1.80 (1 in stock)
Ministries of Mercy
by Tim Keller
3rd edition from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Church Ministry & Service (Location: XWO-MIN)
$14.44
More-With-Less Cookbook
by Doris Janzen Longacre
25th anniversary from Herald Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$16.99
More-With-Less Cookbook
by Doris Janzen Longacre
40th Anniversary from Herald Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$24.64
My Life For Yours
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for 11th-Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$15.95
New Way to Cook
by Sally Schneider, photographs by Maria Robledo
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
NOLS Cookery
by National Outdoor Leadership School
from Stackpole Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Nourishing Traditions
by Sally Fallon (Morell) & Mary G. Enig, Ph.D, illustrated by Marion Dearth
from New Trends Publishing, Inc.
for 11th-Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$25.46
Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
from Penguin Press
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Perla Meyers' Seasonal Kitchen
by Perla Meyers
from Fireside Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Pig Out?
by James Jordan
2nd edition from Biblical Horizons
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
Power Eating
by Frances Berkoff
from Communiplex
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.90 (1 in stock)
Practicing Hospitality
by Pat Ennis & Lisa Tatlock
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$14.44
Professionalizing Motherhood
by Jill Savage
from Zondervan
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Real {Fast} Food
by Trina Holden
from CreateSpace
for 11th-Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
Real Food Revival
by Ann Clark Espuelas, Sherri Brooks Vinton
from Jeremy P. Tarcher
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Second Helpings of Roast Chicken
by Simon Hopkinson
from Ebury
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Shopping for Time
by Carolyn Mahaney, Nicole Whitacre, et al.
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Household Organization (Location: SS-HOM)
$12.99
Simple Foods for the Pack
A Sierra Club Outdoor Adventure Guide
by Claudia Axcell, Vikki Kinmont Kath, Diana Cooke
3rd edition from Sierra Club Books
for 9th-Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Sneaky Chef
by Missy Chase Lapine
from Running Press
for Adult
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Spicy Camp Cookbook
by M. Timothy O'Keefe
from Menasha Ridge Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Supper of the Lamb
by Robert Farrar Capon
from Modern Library
for 10th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$17.00
Trailside's Trail Food
by John Viehman, Editor
from Rodale Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Treasuring God in Our Traditions
by Noël Piper
from Crossway Books
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$14.99
What Einstein Told His Cook
by Robert L. Wolke, with recipes by Marlene Parrish
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
What Is a Family?
by Edith Schaeffer
from Baker Books
for Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$22.00 $12.00 (1 in stock)
What's Cooking in Chemistry?
by Hubertus P. Bell
from Wiley Publishing
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It
by Gary Taubes
from Anchor Books
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
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