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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
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for Adult
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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)
Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen
by Alton Brown
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for Adult
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Best Chicken Recipes
by Cook's Illustrated Editors
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for Adult
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2007
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008
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from America's Test Kitchen
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from America's Test Kitchen
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Bistro Cooking at Home
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Blue Ribbon Cookbook
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by Lora Brody
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Canon of Vegetables
by Raymond Sokolov
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist
by Cat Cora
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Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
by John La Puma and Rebecca Powell Marx
from Crown Publishers
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Cook This Now
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Cook's Canon
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Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen
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Country Suppers
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cuisine Economique
by Jacques Pepin
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Dulce: Desserts in the Latin-American Tradition
by Joseluis Flores with Laura Zimmerman Maye, photos by Ben Fink
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$15.00 (1 in stock)
Eat this Book
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Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less
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Eating Well is the Best Revenge
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$5.50 (1 in stock)
Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee & Other Custard Desserts
by Debbie Puente
from Renaissance Books
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Encyclopedia of Flower Arranging
by Rona Coleman & Sylvia Pepper
from Wellfleet Press
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Food and Recipes of Westward Expansion
Cooking Throughout American History
by George Erdosh
1st edition from PowerKids Press
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
Food Matters
by Mark Bittman
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Food You Crave
by Ellie Krieger
from Taunton Press
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Foods of the Americas
from Ten Speed Press
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
From the Earth
by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Get With the Program Guide to Good Eating
by Bob Greene
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$5.50 (1 in stock)
Good Seafood Book
by Jane Brody with Richard Flaste
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Gospel Comes with a House Key
by Rosaria Butterfield
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$24.99 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Graham Kerr's Creative Choices Cookbook
by Graham Kerr
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for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Graham Kerr's Smart Cooking
by Graham Kerr
Fir from Doubleday & Company
for Adult
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys
by David Tanis
from Artisan Publishers
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
High-Flavor, Low-Fat Pasta
by Steven Raichlen
from Viking Press
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
If it Makes You Healthy
from St. Martin's Press
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in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Illustrated Step-by-Step Chinese Cookbook
from Simon and Schuster
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in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Improvisational Cook
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan
1st edition from Penguin Press
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
It's About Time: Great Recipes for Everyday Life
by Michael Schlow
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Jamie at Home
by Jamie Oliver
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Jamie's America
by Jamie Oliver
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Jamie's Food Revolution
by Jamie Oliver
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Jamie's Kitchen
by Jamie Oliver
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Keys to Good Cooking
by Harold McGee
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in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Kitchen Sense
by Mitchell Davis
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Knife Skills Illustrated
by Peter Hertzmann
from W. W. Norton and Co.
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Little Chef
by Matt Stine and Elisabeth Weinberg, illustrated by Paige Keiser
from Feiwel & Friends
for Preschool-2nd grade
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$4.80 (1 in stock)
Made in America
by Lucy Lean
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$6.50 (1 in stock)
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express
by Mark Bittman
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Mexico One Plate at a Time
by Rick Bayless with JeanMarie Brownson and Deann Groen Bayless
from Scribner
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in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Minimalist Cooks at Home
by Mark Bittman
Revised from Broadway Books
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Minimalist Cooks Dinner
by Mark Bittman
from Broadway Books
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$5.50 (1 in stock)
Minimalist Entertains
by Mark Bittman
from Broadway Books
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Modern Spice: Inspired Indian Flavors for the Contemporary Kitchen
by Monica Bhide
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Moghul Microwave
by Julie Sahni
from William Morrow & Company
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in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Café
by Mollie Katzen
1st edition from Hyperion/Madison Press
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Molto Batali
by Mario Batali
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Mouth Wide Open
by John Thorne with Matt Lewis Thorne
from North Point Press
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Mr. Food: Pizza 1-2-3
by Art Ginsburg (Mr. Food)
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Mr. Wilkinson's Vegetables
by Matt Wilkinson
from Black Dog & Leventhal
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Mrs. Sharp's Traditions
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
from Scribner
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in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Munchies Guide to Dinner
by Farideh Sadeghin, photographs by Heami Lee
from Ten Speed Press
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Nesting Place
by Myquillyn Smith
from Zondervan
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$19.99 $11.00 (1 in stock)
New Best Recipe Cookbook
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Not Your Mother's Weeknight Cooking
by Beth Hensperger
from Harvard Common Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
from Dial Press
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Out of the Frying Pan
from Thomas Dunne Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Perfect Recipe
by Pam Anderson
from Houghton Mifflin
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in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Perfect Vegetables
by Cook's Illustrated Editors
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Pigs and Pork
by Daniela Garavini, editor
from Konemann
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes
by Ann L. Henderson, Mollie Katzen
First Edition from Tricycle Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Rachael Ray Yum-O!
by Rachael Ray
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Rachael Ray: My Year in Meals / John Cusimano: My Year in Cocktails
by Rachael Ray and John Cusimano
from Atria Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Rachel Ray's 30-Minute Meals: Comfort Foods
by Rachael Ray
from Lake Isle Press
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Recipes for Life from the Kitchens of Healthy Choice Foods
by Healthy Choice
from Cy DeCosse
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Rick & Lanie's Excellent Kitchen Adventures
by Rick Bayless & Lanie Bayless
from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Roasting: A Simple Art
by Barbara Kafka
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Salad as a Meal
by Patricia Wells
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss
from Random House
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals
by Sara Moulton
from Broadway Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor
by Matt Lee and Ted Lee
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
Southern Cooking for Adult
in American Cooking (Location: COOK-US)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Simply Ming
by Ming Tsai & Arthur Boehm
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Sketches of Home
by Suzanne U. Rhodes
from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$12.00 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Soup: A Way of Life
by Barbara Kafka
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.50 (2 in stock)
Splendid Table's How to Eat Weekends
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Steven Raichlen's Big Flavor Cookbook
by Steven Raichlen
from Black Dog & Leventhal
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Taste of Home: Cool & Creamy
by Taste of Home
from Reiman Publications
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch
by Nigel Slater
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Test Kitchen Favorites 2007
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Treasuring God in Our Traditions
by Noel Piper
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Union Square Cookbook
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Universal Kitchen
by Elizabeth Rozin
from Viking Press
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Vegetable Love
by Barbara Kafka with Christopher Styler
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Vegetarian Cookbook
by Nicola Graimes (editor)
from Barnes & Noble
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Versatile Grain and the Elegant Bean
by Mel London, Sheryl London
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Weigh Less, Live Longer
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Weir Cooking in the City
by Joanne Weir
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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