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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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60:39

Ep. 207: Tom Bombadil, Being vs. Doing, & The Power...

Too Busy to Flush ·

2025/11/14

Ep. 207: Intro: Show premise, violin practice, candles, local vintage markets.9:33: Tom Bombadil in The Culturist.16:54: As a mom: creating an environment of contented being.19:06: Contented being vs. laziness.21:06: The dangers of not having any drive or draw to anything. 23:26: A pattern of doing and being.26:25: Ecclesiastes 5! (Not Ephesians).29:57: Challenges to homeschooling, homemaking requires the making.34:32: For those that don’t enjoy the work and honoring the Sabbath.37:03: The power of

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72:30

Ep. 206: Parenting, Elk, & Everything We Do is...

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2025/11/07

Intro: We harvested chickens, daylight savings.11:27: Titus takes a bull.14:13: Molly’s musing: The hunting culture and healthy rights of passage.18:06: JR’s response: Fatherhood, sons leveling up.21:55: Age ranges for parenting and windows of opportunity.24:40: Passing the mantle and raising kids up In competence.26:38: To what end do raise our kids? Becoming who God created us to be and the fullness of glorifying God. 31:45: The Courage of Sarah Noble and a house that has no love in it.37:03:

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55:15

Ep. 205: DEI, Trust and Freedom in Christ

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2025/10/24

Intro: Hunting season, memes about the Louvre robbery, Coldplay family fallout.6:45: DEI and being hired for something other than merit. 12:09: Molly’s belief on women in the military and law enforcement14:00: Origins of DEI, affirmative action, feminism and transgenderism.17:59: What makes inhaling house fire smoke so bad for you.19:20: The truth or false bias of new information on the internet.21:50: A video about how England really is.24:23: What it does to our souls when we base all our

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52:02

Ep. 204: Dogs vs. Chickens, Paranormal Convos with...

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2025/10/17

Intro: Dog attacks chickens! Product referral code updates.8:23: JR tries Liquid Death Killer Cola. Sparkling water, and a brief kinda-ad break/explanation of referral codes in the show notes.15:43: Molly updates you on the new milk frother.18:15: A note about Skinwalkers (JR’s reading the book), and words from a Christian Native American.26:32: Our son’s big interest in remote viewing and conversations around the paranormal.30:20: The value and benefit to having these convos with your kids.34:24:

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01:03:58

A Post-Religious Right, Biological Bewilderment, &...

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2025/10/10

Intro: Broccoli in colder climates, garden updates6:00: Post-religious right, post-Charlie Kirk right.10:10: Boldness and the generational attraction.14:17: Alisa Childers, Derek Webb and those that didn’t deconstruct.19:07: Okay, one traumatizing youth group game.21:28: Back to Childers and changing her ministry because of Charlie Kirk.23:50: Picking up off last week’s end on 1 Timothy.28:56: A true religion, Dave Rueben, and desires to be more into religion.30:01: Is there a place for LGBT to

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00:50:20

Welcoming the LGBT Community to Church

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2025/10/03

4:00: Life Update: enrolling our girls in the youth orchestra. Putting in the work for the future reward.12:10: JR’s life update: going out on tour.18:40: Background: What do you say to LGBT folks who know what the church stands for but feel drawn to the church anyway?21:39: The Telegram chat discussion: grace and truth, what do you lead with?23:34: JR’s answer.26:30: Molly’s answer.29:40: There is a different call for those that claim the name of Christ and those that don’t.31:52: We are all under

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01:05:23

Schedules, Top 3s, & Apple Butter

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2025/09/06

Intro: schedules, taglines, girls back at school4:14: Transhumanism and a 6 minute John Stonestreet Breakpoint episode.7:40: Molly’s top 3 thoughts of the summer: thought number 1: our oldest two kids are really enjoyable.11:19: Thought number 2: lower your expectations of people. The Future of Christian Marriage.22:53: Thought number 3: don’t wait until your 30s to do something interesting. The Definding Decade. Bed and Board.34:03: Representing “home” forever to a children and husband. The act of

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01:03:35

Moms vs. Dads When Instilling Confidence In Kids

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2025/04/11

Intro: Trips, Grand Canyon, Kids’ reports, anticipation dopamine and a guy named John Wesley.12:18: Going back to the “what to do about judo” question and a tournament recap.15:35: The one who freaks out actually competed!19:31: The other kids’ results.22:35: Dad is not at competitions: an emotional handicap or a blessing?26:57: Mom’s can’t instill the confidence like a dad can.32:57: 1st - 3rd grade Hangman.36:08: We finished the Harry Potter movies and visiting an imaginary world.41:15: The great

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01:10:11

Are Our Current Activities Serving Our Family Well?

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2025/04/04

ntro: Dude Perfect, kids finding new music, behind the scenes on music licensing and coffee consumption.10:07: Speaking of aging, Bryan Johnson isn’t sharing the negative side effects of being the most measured man on Earth.12:40: Waxing philosophical about times changing and the benefits of having grandparents around.18:07: Home is where the wife is and growing up moving a lot.20:48: Kids and change and judo struggles- some background.23:38: The current struggle with judo.28:13: Musing aloud about,

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00:50:09

Cycles of Life, Growing in Experience, & Wrecking A...

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2025/03/28

Intro: Month days on your knuckles, black chicken, and pterodactyls had feathers.8:05: Mercury retrograde, systems we don’t understand at work around us, and eating seasonally.13:08: The Bethlehem star and astrology.15:38: Molly started listening to the Allie Stuckey, Nicole Shanahan interview.19:19: Affliction and being drawn to God and when you love Jesus but it’s not overflowing.23:08: New convert the enthusiasm, cycles of life, and real world relationship with Christ.26:12: Molly’s reflections

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01:11:11

Chickens, Dancing & A Reawakening of Religiosity

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2025/03/21

Intro: More chickens, God’s ordained order for the world, scouting and prepping chicken deliveries.14:09: Still talking about chickens lol: chick deaths, early learning experiences, chick show and tell.25:21: Brief housekeeping on our upcoming show schedule.26:50: BLVDS shows this weekend, the family attends, Molly’s reflections, JRs thoughts. Growing up dancing, thoughts about jobs that your kids enjoy.40:15: A takedown of Brian Johnson49:45: A brief foray into Tesla promotions and political

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00:54:18

Faith Through Generations, Celebrity Conversions, &...

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2025/03/07

Intro: Skiing, digging holes, judo and kids aren’t like chickens.15:00: 90s youth group culture, deconstructing19:55: God is still so much on the move - people whom God has called are encouraging.22:18: God moving through family generations, Molly’s parents are new, my parents are the result of generations.25:40: Molly’s Princeton Seminary adventure and family heritage.27:18: The Roberts Family Pew (Molly) at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian in Philidelphia.32:58: Molly’s welsh heritage.34:50: The founder of

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00:47:13

Don't Shrink Your Brain! & Empathy in Children

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2025/02/21

Intro: Inexpensive tea and microplastics on cutting boards5:12: Complaining shrinks your brain9:40: Characteristics of depression and bad therapy, complaining is contagious.12:00: What was designed to help us, now makes things works. So much of it is backwards; the internet, technology, etc.19:00: Mel’s Kitchen Cafe has nothing to gain from a publisher.23:51: Bypassing gatekeepers, going organic.27:07: Dude Perfect, platforming others.30:30: Being a good (judo) partner and working well with

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00:52:41

Healthy Relationships Between Parents & Children

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2025/02/14

Intro: Tea, mold in coffee, Revel Coffee.10:05: A giant cookie win: double chocolate chip.14:07: A interesting thought about whey protein and a reflection about God’s design for fossil fuels.22:08: Conflict with kids, the law of human nature and mom guilt.26:10: Qualities of relationships that stay together.29:23: Parenting and the relationship of good experiences vs. bad with kids.32:11: When kids preface by: “You’ll probably say no but…”38:18: What’s the long term impression on your kids?39:39 “Am

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01:02:44

Bryan Johnson, Living Forever, & The Great Deception

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2025/02/07

Intro: Bitter cold and snow, stupid drivers and having a fun activity during winter months.10:28: Biology and weather acclimation.13:12: Leia is not molting and Lewis and Clark are not as exploratory (Chickens).15:57: Bari Weiss with Bryan Johnson, Blueprint and living forever.23:23: Where Molly thinks he’s dangerous and modern day Tower of Babel.25:40: “We are building god in technology and super-intelligence,” and the great deception.27:52: Biomarkers and background.31:19: His meaning of “Don’t

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01:08:57

Truth of Scripture, Deconstruction, & Political Overlap

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2025/02/02

Intro: Daughter’s writing struggles and JRs parallel at work.9:04: The discouragement of varsity level sanctification and God’s mercy.13:35: Chatter on Telegram about Molly’s frustration with people last week.15:36: Wesley Huff and how do I know the Bible is true.18:09: The question as applied to deconstruction.22:20: The Case for Christ for Kids, Mama Bear Apologetics.22:49: We live in an upside down world. RFK, health and wellness, politics, and conflicting information.32:00 A litmus test,

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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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