Married to the Cloth

Seven Women And the Secret of Their Greatness By Eric Metaxas "Each of the world-changing figures who stride across these pages-Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Maria Skobtsova, Corrie ten Boom, Mother Teresa, and Rosa Parks-is an exemplary model of true womanhood." Several years ago, I reviewed "Seven Men", and I thought, I hope Eric writes one for women. It appears that I was not the only one. As I read the forward to the book, I was excited for the dragster shout outs as the granddaughter of a dragster. (Shirley Muldowney! Whoot, whoot!) And then I was convicted AND encouraged by what he wrote about praising women when they are compared to men, and achieve manly things. Debbie Stoller, editor of the feminist magazine, Bust, wrote in her book Stitch and B*tch, something similar. How we praise women for being mechanics, pilots, and are employed in other typically "male" jobs, but we condemn them for doing the things their mothers and grandm...

Wow. This was quite an adventure.  What began as just reading a book evolved into reading the book aloud to my husband, who admittedly found it much more funny. This lead to him pulling up youtube videos and watching them with the boys. And that pretty much is the target audience of this book: Guys. I was not quite as amused by the story of his helpful wife while drivinh, my husband however was, and has repeated a few lines. (Do not ask what my reaction was) Very entertaining, the book has many of the comedy routines that you watch in Tim 's shows. If you can get the audio version, do it....especially if your own comedic timing in joke telling maybe a bit off. Watch the video: What is a Jackwagon ? Tim Hawkins is known for his parodys, the guys love "Cleetus take the reel", and his skits on homeschooling and parenting. Subscribe to his youtube channel.