# Homemaker Portrait | Mystie Winckler

An episode of [The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557993655), 13 Aug 2025, 1 h 11 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587457/episodes/17661604-homemaker-portrait-mystie-winckler.mp3

Send me a text about this episode! I am chatting with homemaker, homeschooler, podcaster, and writer, Mystie Winckler, about her experience of keeping a home over the last 24 years. She candidly confesses that having come from a large family, she thought she knew everything she needed to know and that homemaking would be a piece of cake. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that her assumptions and expectations were seriously challenged by reality and she spent the first decade or so spinning her wheels in frustration. But God met her in the place of chaos and shattered pride and faithfully showed her what homemaking was really about. It’s not about efficient systems that never fail, nor organized spaces that never get messy. Homemaking is about facilitating life and relationships so that the home reflects the light of the Gospel to a dark and dying world. As we chat about Mystie's lessons learned and her ministry to homemakers, we cover all the usual ground of her beginnings, influences, priorities, hospitality, tips and more. NOTES & LINKS Episode Companion Blog Post with All Resources Connect with Mystie • Website | simplyconvivial.com • Podcast | Simply Convivial Podcast • YouTube @simplyconvivial • Book | Simplified Organization; Learn to Love What Must Be Done • Community | Convivial Circle Mentioned in this Episode Books by Edith Schaeffer | The Hidden Art of Homemaking and L'Abri True Spirituality | Francis Schaeffer Scrub Daddy Kitchen Sponge Support the show HOMEMAKING RESOURCES • Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT • Review | Love The Podcast • Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email • Follow | Follow The Podcast • Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support DISCLOSURE • **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend • AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

## Chapters

- 0:00 Welcome & Mail Bag
- 6:36 Meet Mystie, Beginnings: Homemaking Reality Sets In
- 13:22 Strengths & Weaknesses: Systems of Efficiency Work Well with Stuff, Not With People
- 20:33 Influences: Lessons from the Schaffer's
- 24:34 Your Home is a City on a Hill: Proclaiming the Gospel in Living Metaphor
- 28:47 Expectations: Are You Telling Yourself True Stories, Homemaker?
- 35:23 Parenting: Helping Us Toward Holiness, Kids as Little Mirrors
- 42:20 Priorities: How Iteration Prevents Over-Thinking
- 47:00 Hospitality: Start with The People in Your Home
- 50:01 Homemaking Q & A; Fails, Wins, Favorites, Tips, Recipes
- 58:39 The Art of Home & Titus 2 Wisdom
- 1:07:54 Closing Comments & Call to Action

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