On this week's show, we appreciate the
comfort and beauty of "home" with Noelle Mering. Noelle is the
coauthor of the book Theology
of Home: Finding the Eternal in the
Everyday and an editor of the online
magazine theologyofhome.com. She also writes frequent on
the topics of culture, politics, and religion and has
published in National Review, The Federalist, and National Catholic
Register. Noelle and her husband live in Southern California with
their six children.
Why do Americans love their homes,
spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually on home
improvement, renovations, and decor, but meanwhile, the notion of a
homemaker is still held in contempt? The theology of home responds
to this tension by examining the idea that home is meant to be a
foreshadowing of heaven and a preparation for the eternal home for
which we all, wittingly or not, long. In seeking to understand the
‘why’ behind home we can reorient ourselves to dive more deeply in
our relationships — first with God, then our spouses and children,
and extending into our communities and friendships.