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Too Busy to Flush

One couple"s slightly irreverent musings on faith, family, food and...marriage www.toobusytoflush.com

kids & family parenting

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00:55:24

Nonsense, Schmucks and Kids

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2025/01/24

Intro: reminiscing about the start of TB2F, random bits and pieces.4:50: Molly’s theme for the day: no capacity for nonsense from people.15:04: JR’s world was upset too, and not just the water heater!21:50: Molly determines these OT “heros” are just a bunch of schmucks!25:53: Molly watched the inauguration and some thoughts on executive actions.31:38: A peaceful transition of power…except at home and in relationships. Switching gears to a couple trivia items and Tim Sheehy.35:33: The end of Job is

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01:14:09

New Year, New Us...not really

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2025/01/10

Intro: Holidays, winter, skiing, life updates.Shameless self-promotion: BLVDS music group.8:43: A skating rink adventure, devotions and Bible reading plans: The Bible Recap,16:45: Molly’s purging cleanse.18:45: JR’s Bible reading: Be Thou My Vision.22:17: JR and Molly’s top books for the year: Dragonfly, Living Life Backward, The Genesis of Gender, The Toxic War on Masculinity, devotion for Christmas24:07: Kids’ reading lists, some less-than-desirable books that have come through.27:13: The source

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00:56:00

Shelaborating, Work, & The Interdependency Of All...

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2024/12/20

Intro: Last show of 2024, what JR’s going to read over the break, a trip for last minute grain.9:45: Shelaborating.10:50: David Bahnsen’s Full-Time is less about retirement than it is about a false teaching of sacred and secular distinctions.13:53: God’s sacred plan for our lives, work and worship are the same throughout scripture.15:34: Growing up where ministry work had more value than non-ministry work.19:38: Why Molly is surprised by the premise of the book.21:55: It’s okay for us to find

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00:58:48

Kamut, AI, & The Black, White, and Gray of Real Life

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2024/12/13

Intro: Notes for chores, changing your brain, lockdowns changed teenagers’ brains.6:15: Becoming more black and white, shared bathrooms.17:20: Life feels more gray though: a church leadership example.19:05: Being in relationship with people who seem to be in perpetual brokenness and what God really calls us to with those people.25:33: A new podcast recommendation.31:33: Bob Quinn and his Kamut with Jill Winger.35:57: Fig leaves and an underground greenhouse.38:35: Some free burn treatment info for

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01:06:20

Death, Wonder, & Guiltless Joy

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2024/12/06

Intro: Chicken pox, vaccines, related randomness.9:30: We attended an amazing funeral.15:58: Having a joy for life that comes from a true understanding of what life is.17:46: The 30 minute version of Molly’s devotion for the ladies’ Christmas brunch this weekend.22:58: Obtaining guiltless wonder and joy.33:03: JR and Molly’s book recommendations: Living Life Backward, The Supper of The Lamb, Every Moment Holy34:11: CS Lewis and the temptation to try and escape our created condition.44:30: Chores vs

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01:06:32

An Episode to Offend You

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2024/11/22

Intro: Broccoli in the cold, scheduling,5:20: Molly’s return trip book recap of Stanley Tucci’s What I Ate in a Year and the theme of death.13:30: How long until we move to Europe15:51: Tucci is an example of Ecclesiastes without God.20:45: If he had the Christian framework about death and eternity, would his experience be that much more enjoyable.24:10: Molly’s experience at the homeschool conference29:07: Molly’s thoughts on Bonhoeffer’s biography34:04: Some parallels of Nazi’s and some American

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01:04:19

Molly's Bad Day, Moral Clarity, & What Constitutes Sin?

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2024/11/08

Intro: election recap, the Tuttle Twins on why printing money for the Ukraine causes your grocery bill to go up.7:55: Molly’s really cold, no good, very bad day13:22: Kid’s math tests and Halloween Candy22:00: Kids’ learning styles24:50: The sermon you must drop everything and listen to right now: phenomenal moral clarity26:22: Some leaked documents on the Paris boxer28:53: The pinnacle of creation, The Song of Songs, and sexual desire.31:34: Envy, the marriage supper of the lamb and earnest desire

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00:50:52

Vapor & Sandcastles: Thoughts on Ecclesiastes

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2024/11/01

Intro: Life challenges of growing up, maturing and some things just can’t be fixed.9:37: Ecclesiastes, Living Life Backward, “Accepting your death is the first step towards living.”11:05: David Gibson’s Youtube Series.15:55: Poetic Onomatopoeia17:30: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and school lunches.21:18: Pursuing for the sake of the thing, is vapor25:44: The need for resets in our lives.30:05: Brushing your teeth while eating an Oreo.32:53: On the concept of Karma.39:57: Not much to say about

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00:45:59

Weariness & The Joy of a Long LIfe

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2024/10/25

Intro: Book recommendations, buttery pull-apart bread recommendation!8:40: 12yo birthday parties and southern-style chili.14:31: Ecclesiastes: it’s a wonderful [brief] life; contentment = reality - your expectations.20:48: This music trio is not comprised of spring chickens!27:30: There is so much beauty of living a long life when aging is taken with redemption.28:41: Thoughts on weariness and stewarding your children’s souls.36:56: Jesus answers all the meaningless in Ecclesiastes in the book of

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00:57:01

"Go Touch Some Dirt," Perceptions of Reality, & Cat...

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2024/10/18

Intro: A new milk frother and ball gowns, health, fasting, and tea.10:40: The glycemic index level of homemade sourdough bread and the deep impact of metabolic efficiency.14:20: Parent-teacher meeting results, school lunch ingredients.19:00: Pumpkin Gingerbread Apple Muffin recipe.21:40: A TedX from a 7yo girl about parents setting up kids for success in life.24:14: Some Canavox advice on helping parents with LGBT issues with their kids and the affect of the digital world on our perceptions of

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00:52:08

Everything is Fine. The World is Burning...

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2024/10/11

Intro: Last week’s events, touring.6:04: Titus’s boot size, lemon trees, indoor plants.9:44: Composting is wild, peach pits, apple cores and wheelbarrow trees.14:59: Our chickens are molting and it looks like a pillow fight.17:53: Monster cookie bars, S’mores Cookie Bars, Mel’s giant chocolate chip cookie and tablespoons of butter. 22:40: Dairy cows, Tillamook Dairy Farm providers, PETA, and all the milk.30:11: The struggle to prioritize mental headspace, lessons from Little House on The Prairie

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00:59:01

Eating Caterpillars, Steven Lawson, & The Spectrum of...

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2024/09/27

7:15: Telegram, Praying Mantises, Lady Bug insect kits.11:20: Molly eats caterpillars for dinner, Molly gets a tension headache.15:48: Being shocked by someone’s sin and Stephen Lawson20:25: Idols of the Heart and flattening out the spectrum of sin22:27: Ed Welch and leftover halloween candy26:00: The language of “watch yourself lest you too fall into sin.”27:44: But the sin is actually egregious and Julie Roys took it up.32:34: Severity of sin and an interesting paradox in Scripture36:07: A take on

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00:55:09

Molly Returns to a School Board Meeting & Hymns of Glory

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2024/09/20

Intro: Money spending, electric rates.6:14: Engines, different perspectives on energy development.10:45: There’s no money in people being healthy, large companies that feed on each other. 15:41: Molly’s second school board meeting was very eye-opening.23:30: Dark and oppressive feelings, spiritual battles and hymns of glory. Petra Phil Wickham31:02 “I’m with Him” vs. “He’s with me” and the object vs. strength of faith.36:37 A model of the Lord’s Prayer without it becoming rote 3 Reasons NOT to Pray

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00:49:02

Serving Your Family & Conquering Fear

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2024/09/06

Show Open6:25: The first week of school! A recap of why we put three of our kids in a hybrid school.11:00 Titus’ curriculum this year.12:35: The girls’ first week so far (including Molly)…16:00: Winding up the cats.18:00: Moving to in to new models and philosophies20:00: Making decisions and being so married to things you can’t be flexible when life circumstances changes. You’re Only Human (link)23:00: A balance pivoting and serving the family well26:53: Foraging and activities at the cabin38:37:

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00:59:31

Molly Goes To A School Board Meeting

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2024/08/23

Intro: Sheep, goats, and Molly hitting them in the head with apples.5:30: Molly gives testimony at a school board meeting about prurient books in school libraries.14:30: [Story Pause] Some info about pornography that Molly learned while prepping.18:11: Creating an on ramp addiction and fueling anxiety.20:40: Hijacking your ability to set goals and shutting of the pre-frontal cortex.24:51: Relational consequences of pornography and the problem with crafting a sexual harassment policy.29:03: [Back to

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01:18:50

Eye Health, Public Testimony, & The Intersexed

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2024/08/16

Show open: Cousins are in town, phone/watch usage for kids, eyeglasses.13:27: Feeling the onset of age through eyes and considering regular health checks17:45: Eye exercises and muscular eye health26:48: Less controversial: theological contemplations on death to sin so don’t sin and three metaphors.36:20: More controversial: Olympic lookalikes, Arcadian Wild, impressive performances and God opens a pathway.42:27: Acappella gospel hymns at Olympic press conferences45:55: Being a light and the balance

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01:02:19

Ep. 175: Intuition, Deceitfulness of the Heart, & a...

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2024/08/09

Intro: Drinking glassware quirks, open house happy hours, updates from the last three weeks.8:45 Jesus juking, waves of exhausting heat, and Faith is outraged at Rapunzel’s hair cutting in Tangled.14:02: The verses Molly’s been working on with the kids and a philosophy of intuition17:03: JR finds the DC Talk lyrics18:40: Our experience with a sexual predator. Abuse Prevention22:25: the paradox: don’t follow your heart but also, the intuition…26:20: Where the heart is deceitful. The 77’s song.30:52:

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00:48:18

Parenting Dilemmas: Sheltering vs. Exposure & Discussion

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2024/07/12

Show open, Delicious recipes like these cinnamon knots!5:09: Roasted cauliflower, chicken shwarma.7:55: A recipe Molly did NOT like.15:41: Simple syrup disaster.18:38: More Disney things.21:01: Molly’s parenting moral crises.29:28: Parenting wisdom: sheltering vs. exposing and discussing.35:37: Disconnects in the movies.40:43: Adult movies with kids vs. kids movies with kids45:13: Show CloseToo Busy to Flush Telegram GroupSend us a PostcardCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and

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00:50:59

More Than or Less Than...What?

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2024/06/28

Intro: Gauging how you’re doing, resilience and banjos at church.8:06: Product Rec: Cooking From Scratch for Teens, and completely vapid Disney movies with our girls.15:19: Titus bakes himself a pizza and meatball subs.19:04: Making yourself less when feel more and more when feeling less.24:00: Taking self-introspection too far.25:18: Everything hinges on your heart motivation and finding rightness and righteousness in God.28:25: A prick on the conscience and calls to action when someone is “more

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01:17:34

Building Kids' Resilience, The Breath of Life, & Vale...

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2024/06/21

Intro: Juneteenth, Salem Witch Trials.6:55: Family camping trip recap.11:25: Farragut State Park's (Idaho) WW2 history.13:44: Almost destroyed SUPs.17:21: Reflections on things going wrong in life as a kid.23:22: A gross story about mice and farm life and bats.26:32: The Hillbilly Thomists, “The Power and The Glory.”32:28: Resilience, Bad Therapy and Socio-Emotional Learning damage in schools.36:44: Vale of Tears: Our default state is not feeling like we’re doing well.39:08: How scripture speaks

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