398: How Christians Are Failing Politics with Elizabeth Landis

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Elizabeth Landis graduated from The Ohio State University with a master’s degree in French. She and her husband Greg have five children whom they have homeschooled K-12. In 2016, a local issue pulled her into the civil realm, and she has been uncovering the forgotten realm ever since. She currently works as assistant to the president at New Saint Andrews College where she founded the college’s civics club in 2020.

"The Forgotten Realm: Civics for American Christians" by Elizabeth Landis - https://amzn.to/4kUqAaF

Check out her website - www.civilrealm.com and a wonderful resource called "Proverbs and Politics" under "Book Resources and Links."

You can reach Elizabeth at [email protected]

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0:00.0	But now that we're a family podcast.
0:08.4	Well, Elizabeth Landis, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today.
0:14.1	Katie and I have both thoroughly enjoyed diving into your book, The Forgotten Realm,
0:19.8	Civics for American Christians. And I'm glad you
0:22.2	have that subtitle, because if I, if somebody recommended a book to me called The Forgotten Realm,
0:26.5	I would have assumed it was like a fantasy book. I was like, man, it's this like the forbidden realm,
0:31.3	the, you know, the hidden realm. And so it is the forgotten realm. And you really go into that.
0:36.6	But before we dive into this book, could you, in your own words, let us know who are you?
0:42.7	Who is Elizabeth Landis?
0:44.1	Are you married?
0:44.8	Do you have children?
0:45.8	Where do you live?
0:46.6	What does your life look like right now?
0:48.8	Well, first of all, thanks for having me on.
0:51.7	This is an honor.
0:53.3	And I am a 25-year homeschool mom. So just finished my last year when our son graduated from high school a year ago. He just finished his freshman year in college. He's number five. I've been married to my husband. I forget how
1:13.4	many years because it changes every year. I'm looking forward to 40. We're getting close to 40,
1:17.8	and then I can remember it for a while. I think it's going to be 38 in June. It's gone so fast.
1:24.5	He is, I would say, the logic brains behind my book, The Forgotten Realm.
1:31.3	And I said to him, why don't you write this?
1:33.9	And he said, well, I'm not the one with the passion.
1:36.7	So we have lived in the Midwest and we moved to Idaho seven years ago.
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