Apta Sophia Podcast

On this episode we discuss the importance of treating your work in the home like a REAL job - of approaching your tasks with intentionality and efficiency, and the importance of making space for planning and prep so that you can be successful in these endeavors. Listen and be encouraged!

On this episode we talk about all of the ways a home-focused woman benefits her household MONETARILY. That's right my friends - we are talking cold hard cash. Even if your work in the home does not lead to an official paycheck, you are making a positive and measurable financial impact on your household. Listen and be encouraged!

On this episode Kristin and her son Knox discuss the classic novel The Secret Garden, and their takeaways on how to be a friend.

On this episode we discuss the importance of preparing our daughters for their role in the home by educating them for more than the domestic arts. Listen and be encouraged!

In this episode we discuss our tendency to compare our home practices and pursuits to the women we see online or in real life, and how important it is to have solid biblical convictions but to hold them in such a way that they impact your own practice but do not lead you to judge others or meddle in their affairs. There are principles we can agree on in scripture, but the application is going to look different from person to person and family to family. Listen and be encouraged!

On this episode we discuss the Tradwife movement, and how important it is for any pursuit of right gender roles within the family to be tethered to a biblical worldview and a Christian vision for the family. Listen and be encouraged.

On this episode we discuss the idea that there is a division between sacred and secular in the work that we do in the world, and how this unbiblical distinction has impacted our ability to see that as we serve our neighbor, even in the most menial ways, we serve the Lord. The people we serve are masks of God. Listen and be encouraged.

On this episode we discuss oath making and the importance of being women who do what we say and know how to hold back from making commitments and promises we cannot keep. Listen and be encouraged.

On this episode we discuss the importance of avoiding the common temptation to label our kids, especially when we are labeling them according to their individual weaknesses and sin habits. Listen and be encouraged!

On this episode we discuss what it looks like to handle a repentant child's doubts over whether they have truly been forgiven for their sin. We discuss what their concern could be pointing to, and how to coach our children to take their thoughts captive and stand on biblical truth in spite of their feelings. Listen and be encouraged!