Dear LFTP: the aging parent nobody wants to house
- What should I do about aging and housing when my family does not want me to live with them?
A healthy writer in their mid-sixties with grandchildren asks what to do when family members eye-roll at the idea of housing them someday. The hosts push back on the 'self-involved' framing — you bathed in Western individualism all your life; don't reverse track now — and float alternatives: a hobbit home on a kid's property, a nearby cottage you pay for, or banding together with friends. One host shares his own story of inviting his sick mom to live with them and the spousal dynamics involved. The Secular answer suggests seniors band together and buy property — 'some kind of old people frat.'
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Dear LFTP: the mother-in-law moved in
- My mother-in-law moved in seven months ago and it’s been difficult — how can we sort this out?
The last letter comes from a wife whose mother-in-law moved in seven months ago with no boundaries, rising bills, unpaid prescriptions, and open disrespect.
From No. 604 · Rearview Mirror
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Church, emotions, and the self-focus of affluence
- How do you help people in an affluent, self-focused culture see that they need Jesus?
Ben revives a question from two or three shows back: are church services and worship tunes postured toward certain personality types — predominantly emotions and dealing with emotions?
From No. 603 · Found Out
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Dear LFTP: a son's Taiwanese wife
- My son married a woman from Taiwan whom I dislike and have nothing in common with; what should I do?
Mike (speaker-2) reads a Dear LFTP letter from a parent whose son married a woman from Taiwan: she is sweet but the writer calls her 'uncultured,' dislikes her housekeeping, cooking, English, and dress, and says they are never invited over.
From No. 537 · The Bible Confuseth
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Article: why people reject Christianity, and record unhappiness
- Can you be holy and happy at the same time?
- Are people actually unhappier than past generations, or just more willing to say so?
A host reads an article arguing that beneath surface objections, two reasons top the list for rejecting Christianity: bad experiences with professing Christians who look nothing…
From No. 519 · Folk Ain’t Happy