Home Fires

Home Fires
  • 4.8 (214)
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We are Abigail Dodds and Tilly Dillehay, and we're here to encourage you to make your homes a wartime outpost of life in Christ.

  1. DEC 2

    Better Systems For Managing Your Home / Katie Voetburg | (S5 E28)

    In this super practical conversation, Tilly interviews Katie Voetburg from Now That We're a Family Podcast and The Get It All Done Club. They talk about meal prepping, the 80/20 rule, to-do lists, three kinds of work/rest days, identifying "prime movers" in your home, eliminating friction around small tasks, and how Katie organizes clothing and socks/shoes with six children 8 and under.

    56 min

  2. NOV 25

    Holiday Survival Tips | (S5 E27)

    From the wonder of children's joy in the season to stockings, stuffing, turkeys, and spreadsheets, Tilly and Abigail talk about all things holiday prep. Listen along for hosting tips and reminders of how we can grow young and new inwardly, even as we get older. Link to recipe:  https://www.simplyscratch.com/simple-herb-sourdough-dressing/

    54 min

  3. NOV 18

    How to Build a Story / Christine Cohen | (S5 E26)

    In this episode, author and Camperdown MFA Director Christine Cohen comes on to talk about story--writing it, watching it, and reading it. Tilly and Christine take a deep dive into story structure and some of the challenges of bringing a character to life. What are some of the differences between writing for the screen and writing for print? Does a basic knowledge of basic story structure help us to be more appreciative and aware as consumers of story?

    1h 2m

  4. NOV 4

    Order vs. Chaos in Homemaking | (S5 E25)

    Bringing order   Today, Abigail and Tilly talked about order vs chaos in homemaking. They jump off with a discussion on the "order" of a fir tree branch vs. the "chaos" of that branch deconstructed into neat little piles. What is the purpose of the items we use every day, and what does it look like to put those things into order, as a service to the people we live with? What does sloth look like when we are faced with homemaking tasks that are particularly difficult for us?

    57 min
  5. The Secret to Great Hospitality / Jenni Naselli | (S5 E24)

    OCT 21

    The Secret to Great Hospitality / Jenni Naselli | (S5 E24)

    Jenni Naselli is back on Home Fires! After a brief update on her past year of life and the many changes it has brought, she and Abigail spend some time talking about the benefits of collaborative hospitality. How can you partner with others in order to accomplish more than you could alone? What resources can you bring to the table to share with others—whether your hard work, your support, your home, your expertise, your service? God has good work for us all and boy is it fun to work together!

    43 min

  6. OCT 15

    Are You a Smothering Mother? | (S5 E23)

    Are you a smothering mother? Tilly and Abigail use an article by Michael Clary to jumpstart their conversation on overprotective mothers. What are the root causes of overprotectiveness? How does it look as your children grow older? How might overprotectiveness harm daughters, not just sons? The good news is, there is grace ready to help us walk by faith as moms and act toward our children as free women raising confident, free, Christian people.

    59 min

  7. SEP 30

    Encouraging Your Husband in the Fight | (S5 E22)

    This past month has put believers in contact with the death of several saints. Tilly and Abigail talk about how to respond to the news of these deaths, particularly Charlie Kirk's assassination. They discuss Erika Kirk's example of godly womanhood, why we're prone to grab at the arms of our men when they're entering the arena, and the mercy poured out on our country through God's word being proclaimed in the public square. How can we evaluate our lives in light of our mortality? What do we want to do differently as wives and mothers and Christian women? How is God humbling us through these events? And most importantly, if your life were to end soon, are you eager and ready to be in the presence of the Lord?

    47 min

  8. SEP 16

    Friendships and Secrets | (S5 E21)

    Secrets can be tasty, delicious, and enticing. Knowing other people's secrets can give us social standing and make us feel important. Spilling the tea can give us a form of exaltation in the moment. But how do we rightly discern when to keep a secret and when to bring something to the light? How do we grow as women of discretion? Are we good 'secret-aries' for our husband, our friends, our children? Tilly and Abigail talk all about secrets and the temptations that come with them.

    1 hr
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We are Abigail Dodds and Tilly Dillehay, and we're here to encourage you to make your homes a wartime outpost of life in Christ.

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  • Creator
    Home Fires
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    85
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Home Fires

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