Posts by Rachel Schultz

NOTES ON CREATING LOYALTY

October 27, 2023

Homemakers are irreplaceable. I have this autumn snack mix I make for the family in the fall. I have different versions of snack mix I make for different holidays. This fall I was kind of borderline if I was going to do it because we had lots of special traditions and foods we have been doing and making and I was not sure how much the kids would mind if we didn’t do that specific one.

Then a couple of them made just generally PUMPED comments about the autumn snack mix and how great it would be when it came and so I did it.

Culture building can be so simple but still most families don’t do it. It really is often just attaching something to a time of year, even it it’s a small or free thing.

Most American homes are merely glorified dorms of isolated family members with no strong culture of their house and family name. Someone once put it, “Tradition is secure, comforting, and fun.”

I never felt like making the snack mix was an impressive thing to do, but here it is already showing fruit and making my children loyal to something.

Traditions makes children loyal to our house, and loyal to our religion. Every wise woman builds her house.

Autumn Snack Mix:
Reese’s pieces
Mellowcreme candy pumpkins
White cheddar cheezits
Chocolate covered pretzels
Gardetto’s

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” Gustav Mahler

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Homemakers are irreplaceable. I have this autumn snack mix I make for the family in the fall. I have different versions of snack mix I make for different holidays. This fall I was kind of borderline if I was going to do it because we had lots of special traditions and foods we have been doing and making and I was not sure how much the kids would mind if we didn’t do that specific one.

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Movies for the Time of Year We Consider the Supernatural

October 18, 2023

That was a flowery way of saying “Halloween Movies Christians Could Like.” Themes include atonement, mystery, suspense, conquering evil, the supernatural, and the unknown. Of course all of these meet the Christian standards our family holds for any media. Additionally for Halloween, we are not interested in films that titillate with demons or violence. (If you like slasher movies you have distorted appetites.) And, I’m not going to like a film that misrepresents the spiritual world and what it’s really like.

Here’s the list of our October movies! The movie that I believe is the greatest film ever made actually appears on this list.

Well I’ll just give you that one; it’s Signs (2002).

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That was a flowery way of saying “Halloween Movies Christians Could Like.” Themes include atonement, mystery, suspense, conquering evil, the supernatural, and the unknown. Of course all of these meet the Christian standards our family holds for any media. Additionally for Halloween, we are not interested in films that titillate with demons or violence.

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Why Do Non-Christians Want the Horror Genre?

October 1, 2023

My starting point is: much art in the horror genre is made out of pagan’s unresolved guilt for sexual deviancy. Every human heart knows only blood can atone. There will be blood. The heart of man knows it. This article is not specifically pro-horror, but discussing why pagans are drawn to, like, and even “need,” the horror genre. The premise for the post is from a book by E. Michael Jones called Monsters From The Id: The Rise Of Horror In Fiction And Film.

It’s not really on amazon, but you can buy it here. Or, below there’s how to watch an interview with him, which I preferred for just the one hour time investment.

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My starting point is: much art in the horror genre is made out of pagan’s unresolved guilt for sexual deviancy. Every human heart knows only blood can atone. There will be blood. The heart of man knows it. This article is not specifically pro-horror, but discussing why pagans are drawn to,

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