The question, then, is not whether our households will be formed by liturgies, but which liturgies will shape the culture of our homes. Rival kingdoms understand something the Church has sometimes forgotten: culture is not created primarily through ideas, but through habits. The practices we repeat day after day quietly aim our desires toward a vision of the good life. You are what you love, and you love what you practice.  Christian outposts must intentionally cultivate Kingdom...

Throughout we have used the image of the household as an outpost in a fractured world.  When you think of this outpost, if you think of a fortified retreat center barricaided off from the big-bad world around you, you have the wrong picture in mind. This outpost is no mere retreat center for the members of your army.  This outpost is an epicenter of formation. When a new ruler takes territory, the change is not merely legal; it is liturgical. New songs are sung, new holidays celebrated, new...

A Practical Vision: Tactics to Activate Households on Mission If the household truly stands at the front lines of a cosmic conflict between the Kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world, then our homes cannot remain spiritually neutral spaces. They must be intentionally ordered as radiant outposts of Christ’s reign. This vision does not add another obligation to an already crowded life; rather, it reframes everyday life as the primary arena of Kingdom formation and mission. To move from...