Since I've been blogging, I've been checking out the HouseHolding-type blogs on the Internet. I'm puzzled by the large number of blogs by Christian Homemakers. Their blogs are flashy, professional and monetized*. Check out this blog http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/ which is pretty emblematic of the New Age Christian Homemaker. These bloggers are exclusively women--apparently Christian men do something else, I don't know what because I can't find their blogs. So I have to wonder: Is it strictly a Christian thing? Seems to be, a quick Google search fails to turn up comparable numbers of Jewish, Islamic or Buddhist Homemaker blogs.
So now I find my self in a vaguely uncomfortable position, a kind of guilt by association. I agree with much of what the Christian Homemakers say. Good, healthy food; responsible stewardship of our planet, the importance of family; living simply, etc. Y'all can believe in whatever god(s) you want. But what makes me alarmed is the connection to the fear-based (Conservative? Fundamentalist?) Christian population. Blogs about how Satanic influences are TAKING OVER THE NATION RIGHT UNDER OUR VERY NOSES! And, it's your Christian duty to separate your children from the Godless element in public schools! There is only one path to be on: our path. Or else!
Do the warm and fuzzy Christian bloggers really believe that God is punishing us for Bill Clinton? Or do they separate themselves from the hardliners? What about the dogmatic Liberal HouseHolders? Don't they fall victim to the same isolationism? Can I join in the benefits of HouseHolding, even if I'm not a member of your tribe? Hmm. . .time to post a comment.
So now, in addition to all my other tasks in this life, it appears I have to shoulder another mantle: So here I am, the first avowed Secular Humanist Homemaker on the Web!
*You can get paid for blogging by posting ads on your blog. I wonder if there are categories of blog advertising, i.e. sports-related, family-friendly, etc. That way your Chastity Blog doesn't get "Hot Russian Women Want to Meet You" pop-ups.
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I happened to click on your blog after somebody came across my blog through a search for a secular humanist homemaker. My husband and I find ourselves at an odd crossroads in our life right now, as far as faith goes, and I've actually been wondering much of what you have expressed in this post. Having now spent over 2.5 years not only reading the Christian homemaking blogsphere but also penning a blog that somehow, someway because quite popular, I've had to close my public blogging as I come to terms with many faith related issues, including the sick polarization that happens between Christians and the rest of society.
The evils of everybody and anybody who does not share my beliefs is something I simply do not see. Many of the most beautiful souls I have ever known have been Muslims, Buddhists, and even atheists, all of whom extended much grace, love, and compassion to others--the fruits of the spirit I'd say. Now that I get ready to walk away from the world that was my home, after a tear filled, but oddly joyful, three years that has taken me and my husband from fundamentalists to something else entirely, the wrath that comes with such a worldview frightens me. To come clean and be truly honest about who I am and where we're going, means turn likely lose friends and loved ones in the process, all while nothing that is *me* has changed.
Why can't people from other faiths love their children and husband, place value of the domestic work they do within the walls of their home? Is having one's heart at home really the exclusive domain of a select few? This doesn't seem to be so to me, it really doesn't. *sigh*
After that longwinded babble, let me end this epic comment by telling you how neat it is to see an alternative voice/view out there in homemaking blog world. :o)
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