Ep. 100: Keepers of the Home (A Chat with My Pastor’s Wife, Jen Witmer)

M Is for Mama Podcast

Abbie Halberstadt

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jenn Witmer (Wit’s wife!), and I tunnel deep into the rabbit hole of feminism, the “tradwife” movement, and what it truly means to be given the responsibility of being the keeper of our homes.

Along the way, we examine what God’s Word has to say about our roles at home as Christian women and why this standard must be our guide, regardless of how loud the voices of our world become.

We also tackle the myth of a one-size-fits-all approach to domestic responsibility—priorities principles over particulars and giving boots-on-the-ground suggestions for how to discover a way to keep your home that truly blessed your unique family.

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The Gentleness Challenge

Bible References:

Titus 2:3-5

1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

1 Corinthians 10:31

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Matthew 25:14-30

Proverbs 31:28

Matthew 20:16

John 3:30

John 15:13

Galatians 6:9

Isaiah 55:11

Hebrews 4:12

2 Peter 1:3

1 Timothy 6:12

1 Corinthians 9:24

Romans 7:15-20

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the MS for Mama podcast. I'm your host, Abby Halberstadt,
0:09.1	happy wife, Mama to 10 Bible Believing Christian. And today I get the distinct privilege of
0:14.0	introducing you to my good friend, Jen Whitmer. She is Witt's wife. Witt is actually Rick Whitmer,
0:20.8	the pastor of our church, and he has been on this
0:23.2	podcast several times for some theology chats and questions from you guys. And I know that you're
0:28.2	going to enjoy Jen just as much as you guys have told me that you enjoy Witt. She is well read,
0:32.8	well spoken, and just loves God's word and loves his people well. And I think you guys are really
0:39.4	going to enjoy her contribution to this conversation that I think every Christian woman should
0:43.1	engage with. Before we dive into what that is, I want to highlight our podcast sponsor, Voteberg
0:48.3	Music Academy. You guys have heard me talk about how the Voteberg Music Academy method will get your
0:52.2	kids jumping into song-based learning, loving to practice. They have access to online instructors. There are competitions with like-minded
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1:28.0	I also want to remind you about the opportunity to attend Summit Ministries this summer
1:31.5	for their two weeks apologetics camp in either Colorado or Georgia. This is for students ages 16
1:36.7	through 22. Both of our older boys have attended summits programs multiple times and have
1:41.9	always come away with their faith bolstered with new
1:45.5	information and new eyes to see culture and engage with it biblically and truthfully. And I love
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