A Different Side of Challies by Candice Watters on 03/30/2009 at 9:25 AM

Lots of us know Tim Challies for his outstanding and influential book reviews. He joined us last Friday on The Boundless Show to talk about just that: books. But what about his life beyond blogging and reading? In his real life, Tim's a dad. He and his wife Aileen have three kids ages 9, 6, and 3.

In an interview today on StartYourFamily.com, Tim and Aileen talk about the ways kids have changed their marriage, their relationship with God, their free time and the poverty that finally inspired them to start having babies.

He says,

There may have been part of us that was anxious to spend the early years of our marriage working, building up some bank accounts, and otherwise enjoying each other. But we soon realized that we were so poor that we would have no money to do any great vacations or buy a house in the near future. So instead we decided to front-load our relationship in the hope that when we’re older we’d have time to do a few of those things together. We think we made the right decision.

You can read the full interview here.

A Different Side of Challies by Candice Watters on 03/30/2009 at 9:25 AM

Lots of us know Tim Challies for his outstanding and influential book reviews. He joined us last Friday on The Boundless Show to talk about just that: books. But what about his life beyond blogging and reading? In his real life, Tim's a dad. He and his wife Aileen have three kids ages 9, 6, and 3.

In an interview today on StartYourFamily.com, Tim and Aileen talk about the ways kids have changed their marriage, their relationship with God, their free time and the poverty that finally inspired them to start having babies.

He says,

There may have been part of us that was anxious to spend the early years of our marriage working, building up some bank accounts, and otherwise enjoying each other. But we soon realized that we were so poor that we would have no money to do any great vacations or buy a house in the near future. So instead we decided to front-load our relationship in the hope that when we’re older we’d have time to do a few of those things together. We think we made the right decision.

You can read the full interview here.

Comments

[1. Rachael said the following at 2:48 PM on Mar 31:]

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No comments yet, so I will. I enjoy checking Challies' blog and have a link to it from my blog. He is very diligent in keeping up with providing a lot of information and a variety of links.

[2. Rachael said the following at 2:55 PM on Mar 31:]

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And with regard to his last comment of his hope that when he and his wife were older they'd have time to do certain things later....

I think my mom has positively commented on her current stage of life. My dad's retired but works another job, and my mom's not working outside the house now.

I think there is more spiritual depth shared between them now, and I know they often do things together on the weekends, and sometimes they take trips together to the beach in a nearby state.

Us kids being grown up allows them to have more alone time for each other, and they often take advantage of that.

[3. Christopher from Albuquerque said the following at 9:37 PM on Mar 31:]

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Tim's blog is one of the thoughtful and helpful on the net. I am amazed by how consistently he writes great posts!

[4. Christopher from Albuquerque said the following at 9:39 PM on Mar 31:]

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Sorry-- I meant to type, "one of the *most* thoughtful and helpful on the net."

[5. BDB said the following at 2:34 PM on Apr 3:]

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Well, I must say that I appreciate you folks introducing me to the perspective of Reformed theology. It's been interesting to read about how things look from that perspective.

[1. Rachael said the following at 2:48 PM on Mar 31:]

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No comments yet, so I will. I enjoy checking Challies' blog and have a link to it from my blog. He is very diligent in keeping up with providing a lot of information and a variety of links.

[2. Rachael said the following at 2:55 PM on Mar 31:]

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And with regard to his last comment of his hope that when he and his wife were older they'd have time to do certain things later....

I think my mom has positively commented on her current stage of life. My dad's retired but works another job, and my mom's not working outside the house now.

I think there is more spiritual depth shared between them now, and I know they often do things together on the weekends, and sometimes they take trips together to the beach in a nearby state.

Us kids being grown up allows them to have more alone time for each other, and they often take advantage of that.

[3. Christopher from Albuquerque said the following at 9:37 PM on Mar 31:]

3

Tim's blog is one of the thoughtful and helpful on the net. I am amazed by how consistently he writes great posts!

[4. Christopher from Albuquerque said the following at 9:39 PM on Mar 31:]

4

Sorry-- I meant to type, "one of the *most* thoughtful and helpful on the net."

[5. BDB said the following at 2:34 PM on Apr 3:]

5

Well, I must say that I appreciate you folks introducing me to the perspective of Reformed theology. It's been interesting to read about how things look from that perspective.