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Homemaker Portrait | Kathlena Rule

8 Apr 2026 · 1 h 17 min · S28 E2

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We are kicking off Season 28 today a brand new Homemaker Portrait!

I'm starting this episode with some notes from you out of the mail bag, what to expect this season on the podcast and magazine updates!!

After those updates, I am chatting with my good friend, Kathlena Rule, about her experience of full time homemaking over the past 42 years. Kathlena’s concept of home was shaped by 2 godly parents and a life of constant moving. She loves the change that moving brings and the fact that there are always new people to meet. She and husband, Ed, lived several years abroad and that experience profoundly shaped her homemaking.

We discuss all of the usual material-strengths, weaknesses, expectations and how to set and keep priorities. Throughout our conversation you’ll hear this theme; the home is a tool, an extension of the people who live there. The people are the point. Home and homemaking provide opportunity and space for unhurried fellowship leading to flourishing relationships with others and with Christ.

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SHOW NOTES

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HOMEMAKING RESOURCES

• Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide

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