We live in an age where the family is viewed primarily as a unit of consumption. Families consume entertainment together, take vacations together, eat out together, and buy gifts for each other on birthdays and holidays. And these are great things to do together. But historically and biblically families were also productive and worked together to create valuable products and services through family households, homesteads, businesses and farms. Families that worked together with a common desire to serve others had unity and were at the foundation of healthy economies.
For many of us one of the attractions of agriculture is the ability to do meaningful work together with the people that we love most in life: our family. Fewer and fewer jobs today allow for the participation of multiple ages and generations and agriculture is a space particularly suited for building and investing in relationships. And while this is the intention for many of us, the reality of learning to do this on a daily basis while coming from a culture of fragmentation, efficiency, and production can be challenging.
In this episode I speak with Rory Groves, author of the book Durable Trades, about the blessing and challenge of learning to be productive families that work as a team as we learn to listen to and follow Jesus together.
Rory’s Book Durable Trades: https://a.co/d/8uENOz3
Upcoming Agricultural and Discipleship Training: https://redeemingthedirt.com/training/
Lamplighter Guild Horticulture Course: https://themastersguild.net/summerguild
So inspiring! Thank you Noah and Rory. The faith behind the work (like you said) is just one of many, many golden nuggets from this interview.
We bought this book and have been incorporating this knowledge into our gardening classes. It’s great how Rory and his wife so easily broke down the fall of our country and how it’s all from the loss of our family economy that was centered on God. Love all this info!