The Keeping the Citadel Podcast

Lessons in Joyful Covenant Marriage

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2549192/fan_mail/new] What does it look like to build a marriage that lasts a lifetime—and is full of joy along the way? In this episode, I’m joined by Nancy Wilson to glean from fifty years of marriage. We talk about the early years, navigating challenges, cultivating cheerfulness, and what it means to be a wife who strengthens her husband and builds a life-giving home. Whether you’re newly married or years into the journey, this episode will encourage you to pursue a better, more faithful story in your marriage.

Take Courage: Faithfulness in the Hard Years of Homeschooling

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2549192/fan_mail/new]  What does it look like to take courage in the hard, ordinary days of homeschooling—especially with pre-teen and older children? In this episode, I’m joined by Mystie Winkler to talk about faithful motherhood when the days feel heavy, the resistance is real, and your expectations aren’t being met. We discuss cultivating a convivial homeschool, addressing sin in older children, and why the rhythm of repent, rejoice, repeat is essential for building a life-giving home.  If you’re weary, this conversation will remind you how to take heart and keep moving forward.

Leaving a Courageous Legacy with Your Home

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2549192/fan_mail/new]  What does it look like to build a courageous legacy within the walls of your home? In this episode, I sit down with my mom, Lauren Huss—a woman who chose faith over fear, conviction over comfort, and intentionally shaped our family culture through homemaking, homeschooling, and steadfast devotion to Christ. Her story is a powerful reminder that the legacy we leave is formed in the quiet, everyday faithfulness of home, and will be especially helpful to those who feel like they are pioneering in their efforts, trying to figure out a lot on their own.

How Single Women Can Live a Better Story

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2549192/fan_mail/new] Singleness is often treated as a time for self indulgence or a throw away season until real life begins—but is that how Scripture actually describes it? In this episode, Heather talks with Lydia Edmonds about her article “How Single Women Can Live a Better Story.” Together they address what it means that we are created for good works in every season, how single women should be preparing for marriage, and why this topic of singleness is an important conversation the church needs to recover. Whether single or married, this episode will encourage women to see their current season not as a placeholder, but as a meaningful part of the story God is writing.

How to Live a Better Story

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2549192/fan_mail/new] Why do so many Christian women feel bored, numb, or disconnected from their callings—even while doing all the “right” things? In this episode, I’m joined by Esther Edmonds of The Feminine Glory Podcast for a deep, honest conversation about awakening from apathy and learning to live with courage as women inside God’s Story. We talk about C.S. Lewis and the dark enchantment of modernity, why comfort has discipled so many of us, and what it means to be a good character in the story God is writing. If you’ve ever wondered whether your ordinary, unseen faithfulness really matters, this episode is for you.