Christian Living The Healing Land — God’s Will Guest Post, August 28, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By Shawn & Beth Dougherty, Plain Values Sometimes keeping milk cows isn’t about the cows; sometimes, it’s about weddings, cancer, and love. For example: One morning almost exactly four years ago, a girl arrived on our farm. She came with her brother, who wanted some farming experience and had been… Continue Reading
Homeschool Resources Homeschooling and the American Founders Guest Post, August 24, 2023August 30, 2023 Share this:How to Retrieve the Education of the Founding Fathers By Daniel Foucachon, Roman Roads Press “Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts,” opens one of America’s beloved tales, Cheaper by the Dozen, published in 1948. To the audience of the day, this colorful description would evoke a… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing An Excerpt From Chapter 1 Of The Boniface Option: Disenchantment with the Modern World Andrew Isker, August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 Share this:In a world where the lines between reality and manipulation are becoming increasingly blurred, it’s essential to seek out the truth and understand the forces at play that shape our lives. Enter “The Boniface Option,” a groundbreaking book written by Andrew Isker and published by Gab Press that promises to… Continue Reading
Christian Living Lost and Found — Roots + Wings Guest Post, August 22, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By Rory Feek, Plain Values Each spring for the last couple of years, I’ve hosted a father/child campout for the dads and kiddos from the schoolhouse to spend an evening together, getting to know each other better, and making memories that will hopefully last a lifetime. But this year’s campout,… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Embracing The Boniface Option: Charting a Course for Christian Counteroffensive Andrew Torba, August 21, 2023 Share this:It is with great excitement and conviction that I introduce you to our latest offering from Gab Press, a book that holds the potential to ignite a transformative movement in a world deeply divided, manipulated, and re-engineered. The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation, penned… Continue Reading
Homesteading Small Efficiency — Confessions of a Steward Guest Post, August 15, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By Joel Salatin, Plain Values For decades, I’ve been direct marketing our farm’s production directly to retail customers as a direct-marketed, branded product. That means our farm embraces the role of middle-man and we have a logo. We practice craft rather than commodity. The Harvard Business Review analyzed the difference… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Roundtable | Amish Insights on: Big Families | Pt. 1 Guest Post, August 8, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By: Emily Hershberger, Plain Values This Month’s Question:Springtime is a busy time of the year for homesteaders. How do you keep such large families seemingly so organized during busy seasons? Answered by: Emily Hershberger Emily: “Out with the cold and in with the spring” is what comes to mind as… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Roundtable | Amish Insights on: Restoration | Pt 2 Guest Post, August 1, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By: Ivan Keim, Plain Values This Month’s Question: What does restoration look like in your community? Answered by: Ivan Keim, a minister in his local Amish church Continue Reading
Christian Artisty Simplifying — Roots + Wings Guest Post, August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Share this:By Rory Feek, Plain Values On our recent trip to Amish country in Ohio to spend time with the team at the Plain Values office, Marlin put together a small gathering of folks from the community, and I sang a few songs and shared a few stories with them. But… Continue Reading
Homesteading Moving Animals Around Pt. 2 — Confessions of a Steward Guest Post, July 31, 2023 Share this:By Joel Salatin, Plain Values Last month I laid the foundation for the patterns and whys of animal movement. Failure to systematically and routinely move domestic livestock is perhaps the single biggest failure in animal agriculture. But how? Fortunately, we have infrastructure today that makes learning ancient herding techniques unnecessary…. Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Restoring the Soul of American Christianity Andrew Isker, July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Share this:We are in a time of great spiritual awakening. I cannot tell you how many conversations I have had with young men, many of whom have little or no background in church, who realize how spiritually sick our world is. As a pastor, usually my first advice would be to… Continue Reading
Homemaking Start-Up Farm — Confessions of a Steward Guest Post, July 27, 2023 Share this:By Joel Salatin, Plain Values The single biggest cost—and hurdle—in starting a farm of any size is the land cost. Our own nation has gone from free land to extremely expensive land. Old farmers today who acquired their land in the 1960s often have a hard time appreciating the land… Continue Reading