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Since Berry’s death many are taking stock of his unique voice warning of the tragic demise of community and household, culture and agriculture in twentieth century America. But his prodigious appeal and influence are most evident in his pointing to something beautiful still very much in our reach. John and Sofia share the astounding gift his work has been for their own household.

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Home is the natural place to die. How the elderly need us, and we need them, should give form and direction to every household—even if the elderly do not live with us right now. This lecture explores the amazing and surprising gift of God’s plan for growing old, dying, and death in the household.

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Seeing home as where new life begins gives key insight into making our homes all they should be—even if we are not now welcoming babies. This is the first of two lectures from our LifeCraft Day offering principles and actions steps based on home as the natural place for beginning and ending life.

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“What do you do when you’re tired, just really tired?” John and Sofia unpack this pressing question and address this very common experience, offering a realistic and encouraging analysis and approach.

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Reading together might be one of the most underrated and under-practiced activities for spouses, friends, and other close relationships. John and Sofia share their own experience and reflect on just how powerful reading together can be in deepening the most important relationships in our life.

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The feminine genius is complex. Perhaps its central feature is in making the home a place of unique life-giving power. But it cannot be taken for granted. It must be chosen and cultivated; and it comes with a price. John draws out Sofia regarding this breath-taking reality.

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Since leisure is the cornerstone of home life, these five concrete steps are golden keys for crafting the good life in our homes. John and Sofia go in depth about this list from chapter four of John’s new book The Intentional Household, making clear how true leisure is very much in our reach.

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Reclaiming our households demands a clear understanding of the main aspects of homelife. True leisure—which we can neither understand nor practice apart from good work—is the most crucial and difficult piece in the puzzle. John and Sofia discuss what leisure really is and how prioritizing it is at the center of crafting the good life in our homes.

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Human life demands good goodbyes. But too often we bumble through them—as if taken by surprise—or simply avoid them. John and Sofia discuss how our goodbyes should be expression of our deepest convictions, and how every day in our home we can cultivate the dispositions that will make our goodbyes—both big and small—all they can be.

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