I need to try this crockpot chicken sometime when I need shredded chicken for a recipe! If I'm actually just serving roasted chicken, we are now at the point where I need TWO (for 7 people)...yikes. So I do them in the oven. But this sounds like an amazing hack for chicken needs...
I have been wanting to read the marriage book since people started reviewing it and my local library finally got a copy! Hurray!
It struck me when you said "PBS and VHS" that these days, PBS is also off-limits. That is, I don't let my kids watch PBS shows because I don't have time to preview and now out of nowhere something really objectionable will show up in, say, Arthur. It's not that they can't *know* about things that I object to; it's that I want to be the one to introduce them to it at an appropriate time/age.
It's interesting -- as my children get older and I do start to introduce them to things, their reading and watching and such can become wider and wider. I'm starting to think that my philosophy is one of sheltering young children considerably and guiding/conversing with older children instead of sheltering them.
Honestly crockpot chicken has saved me so many times, especially when hosting a crowd where chicken is one of the options but not the only one (eg burrito bowls or risotto something similar). My friend has 9 kids and I think she's up to 3 chickens for a roast dinner - it's not easy to feed a crowd on the regular!
I look forward to hearing what you think of Key's book. It's definitely not easy in some places but when I'm in the right frame of mind I can appreciate that sort of thing.
And I whole-heartedly agree about sheltering the young ones so their roots grow strong, so to speak, and then guiding older children to weather the various storms that come. They have to be equipped for it somehow, or else it will be an awful surprise - but if their foundations aren't strong it's going to be really difficult. PBS in the 80s was so different - those early Sesame Streets where they just taught about letters and numbers... nowadays that same friend doesn't let her kids watch PBS for the reasons you name.
Also try rubbing the chicken with garam masala or other spice blend and some olive oil for extra flavour!
You’ve probably heard of the greenhouse metaphor of raising our young ones in a warm, sheltered place so they’ll be strong enough to encounter colder harsher winds later. I lean toward sheltering, as I wonder if you can rewind or undo exposure to negative imagery in particular. There’s something to be said for purity. On the other hand, I can’t quite agree with my well-meaning and thoughtful friend who doesn’t allow any fantasy lit or movies in her home. No CS Lewis!! But she and her husband are admirably sticking to their principles.
Yes! I do herbs under the skin when I roast a chicken: I'm sure it would be nice on this kind as well (although this is my extremely low-effort type, ha!)
The greenhouse image is helpful - I think it's knowing *when* to expose them to some / all the elements in order to make them hardier that's difficult. 18 is not a magic number and every child is different. I know some kids who were (in my opinion) over-sheltered and then went to a super Catholic college and got pregnant out of marriage. Would that have happened anyway? No one can say. But as you note, negative imagery isn't easily (ever) erased so of course one wants to be really cautious about exposure. Parenting is no easy task!
That second clip 😂 I uh, definitely have the hearing of an owl. I sent it to my very kind, very patient husband. I try to just leave the room when the chewing is grating on me but yeeeshhhh... it's bordering misophonia sometimes.
So glad you enjoyed the book! I am a pretty hard nut to crack when it comes to making me genuinely laugh while reading or watching something... but I did (and so many times) while listening. It got me thinking about the role of humor in the Christian life and how often levity and laughing can be a feast or famine thing. We either have too much (nothing is sacred or weighty) or too little (being holy means being perpetually serious).... or it's used improperly in some other way. But humor is genuinely a gift, and the best of it can be a balm and make us more whole. I don't know, there's more to be said about humor but the book made me think that there's just SO much heaviness around things like marriage that could use some balance, while making you more —not less— aware of its gravity. Anyways, I promise I was laughing (and I think crying).
This is so true! I have been thinking about humour as gift lately- when times are hard, it is such a solace to have a break. We tend to think “deep” things are sombre, or feel that something is more meaningful if it’s tragedy rather than comedy (at least I see this tendency in certain circles), but actually laughter can be a sign of joy or an act of defiance in the face of troubles.
Kerry, we absolutely love Nate Bargatze! Clean, and oh so true and funny. Just thinking of his voice makes me laugh. Have you seen his show the Tennessee Kid? Will have to take a look at that monologue :)
Oh no! If you have a VPN that might help. He's hilarious - I was in stitches with some of these. And I haven't seen Tennessee Kid so I look forward to it: it's so nice to know you can just watch something freely without any mental alerts set to high :)
I need to try this crockpot chicken sometime when I need shredded chicken for a recipe! If I'm actually just serving roasted chicken, we are now at the point where I need TWO (for 7 people)...yikes. So I do them in the oven. But this sounds like an amazing hack for chicken needs...
I have been wanting to read the marriage book since people started reviewing it and my local library finally got a copy! Hurray!
It struck me when you said "PBS and VHS" that these days, PBS is also off-limits. That is, I don't let my kids watch PBS shows because I don't have time to preview and now out of nowhere something really objectionable will show up in, say, Arthur. It's not that they can't *know* about things that I object to; it's that I want to be the one to introduce them to it at an appropriate time/age.
It's interesting -- as my children get older and I do start to introduce them to things, their reading and watching and such can become wider and wider. I'm starting to think that my philosophy is one of sheltering young children considerably and guiding/conversing with older children instead of sheltering them.
Honestly crockpot chicken has saved me so many times, especially when hosting a crowd where chicken is one of the options but not the only one (eg burrito bowls or risotto something similar). My friend has 9 kids and I think she's up to 3 chickens for a roast dinner - it's not easy to feed a crowd on the regular!
I look forward to hearing what you think of Key's book. It's definitely not easy in some places but when I'm in the right frame of mind I can appreciate that sort of thing.
And I whole-heartedly agree about sheltering the young ones so their roots grow strong, so to speak, and then guiding older children to weather the various storms that come. They have to be equipped for it somehow, or else it will be an awful surprise - but if their foundations aren't strong it's going to be really difficult. PBS in the 80s was so different - those early Sesame Streets where they just taught about letters and numbers... nowadays that same friend doesn't let her kids watch PBS for the reasons you name.
Also try rubbing the chicken with garam masala or other spice blend and some olive oil for extra flavour!
You’ve probably heard of the greenhouse metaphor of raising our young ones in a warm, sheltered place so they’ll be strong enough to encounter colder harsher winds later. I lean toward sheltering, as I wonder if you can rewind or undo exposure to negative imagery in particular. There’s something to be said for purity. On the other hand, I can’t quite agree with my well-meaning and thoughtful friend who doesn’t allow any fantasy lit or movies in her home. No CS Lewis!! But she and her husband are admirably sticking to their principles.
Yes! I do herbs under the skin when I roast a chicken: I'm sure it would be nice on this kind as well (although this is my extremely low-effort type, ha!)
The greenhouse image is helpful - I think it's knowing *when* to expose them to some / all the elements in order to make them hardier that's difficult. 18 is not a magic number and every child is different. I know some kids who were (in my opinion) over-sheltered and then went to a super Catholic college and got pregnant out of marriage. Would that have happened anyway? No one can say. But as you note, negative imagery isn't easily (ever) erased so of course one wants to be really cautious about exposure. Parenting is no easy task!
That second clip 😂 I uh, definitely have the hearing of an owl. I sent it to my very kind, very patient husband. I try to just leave the room when the chewing is grating on me but yeeeshhhh... it's bordering misophonia sometimes.
I am now accused of having the hearing of an owl too 😂
So glad you enjoyed the book! I am a pretty hard nut to crack when it comes to making me genuinely laugh while reading or watching something... but I did (and so many times) while listening. It got me thinking about the role of humor in the Christian life and how often levity and laughing can be a feast or famine thing. We either have too much (nothing is sacred or weighty) or too little (being holy means being perpetually serious).... or it's used improperly in some other way. But humor is genuinely a gift, and the best of it can be a balm and make us more whole. I don't know, there's more to be said about humor but the book made me think that there's just SO much heaviness around things like marriage that could use some balance, while making you more —not less— aware of its gravity. Anyways, I promise I was laughing (and I think crying).
This is so true! I have been thinking about humour as gift lately- when times are hard, it is such a solace to have a break. We tend to think “deep” things are sombre, or feel that something is more meaningful if it’s tragedy rather than comedy (at least I see this tendency in certain circles), but actually laughter can be a sign of joy or an act of defiance in the face of troubles.
Kerry, we absolutely love Nate Bargatze! Clean, and oh so true and funny. Just thinking of his voice makes me laugh. Have you seen his show the Tennessee Kid? Will have to take a look at that monologue :)
Ugh, that clip is not available in Canada. Will simply need to imagine how funny it was....:)
Oh no! If you have a VPN that might help. He's hilarious - I was in stitches with some of these. And I haven't seen Tennessee Kid so I look forward to it: it's so nice to know you can just watch something freely without any mental alerts set to high :)