The Kinnard Homestead

Like Mary who chose “the good portion” and sat at the feet of Jesus while her sister Martha was distracted by busywork in Luke 10, Mark Albion tells the parable of a Mexican Fisherman who managed to live a rich life without following the financial advice of a Harvard Businessman. 

Most people evaluate how they are doing in life based on the bottom line of their financial statement.  In this podcast, Tim questions if a simple itemization of monetary assets and liabilities can truly reflect a person's overall wealth and net worth. 

 How do you "save a living" as a stay-at-home mom? Amy shares 3 key principles that can help you save money in your family's grocery budget and examples of how she applies them in our own family. 

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 Amy introduces two aspects to helping with the family income as a stay-at-home mom. 

 Tim introduces a series of videos on the topic of stewardship covering both biblical and common principles that, when applied, can produce fruitful growth in the home economy. 

 I'm not a fan of the stereotype that assumes all farmers are barefooted, overall-wearing, pipe-smoking, straw-chewing, backwoods hillbillies. Rather, when I think of homesteading, I like to envision the intellectual agrarian standard. I think of George Washington of Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson of Monticello, and...don't laugh...Bilbo Baggins of Bag End. These men not only cultivated the soil of their gardens, but they cultivated the soil of their minds with devoted habits of reading and study. In addition to admiring the disciplines of the intellectual agrarian, I also admire the discipline of the educated homemaker who also balances her time in managing the home and studying how to better manage it. 

What are you working toward in life? If you don't have a clear mission for yourself or your family, I encourage you to put one in writing. It can be helpful in navigating the trenches of your daily grind. 

We decided to homestead for many of the same reasons others do: A desire to be self-reliant, to give more time to spiritual pursuits, and to work with our kids on developing hands-on craft and life skills. A possible negative effect, however, to moving out to the country is isolating ourselves from the very world we believe as Christians we are called to reach. Therefore, a biblical view of homesteading must include an objective to bring glory to God in all the homesteader does by doing it in such a way that displays the goodness and grace of God to a world that needs him. This is a primary reason we've started sharing our journey online through our YouTube Channel and podcast.