{"id":3524,"date":"2006-03-31T11:36:31","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T11:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/crunchy-cons.html"},"modified":"2006-03-31T11:36:31","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T11:36:31","slug":"crunchy-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/crunchy-cons.html","title":{"rendered":"Crunchy Cons!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Vere’s got a piece on Catholic Exchange:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dreher chronicles how many families are living out their crunchy con convictions. From homeschooling to organic and family farming, from turning off the television to turning on the oven and enjoying a good home-cooked meal, crunchy cons are doing little things to restore a more natural pace within the family. For at its essence the crunchy con philosophy is about living in harmony with the natural world as wise stewards entrusted by God with the care of His creation.<\/p>\n

This last point has escaped Dreher\u2019s critics in my opinion. Their most common complaint is that Dreher never gets around to presenting a plan for moving the crunchy con ideology forward. He does not have to present some grand plan; rather it is the little things<\/em> that move crunchy conservatism forward. As Dreher repeatedly points out in his book, big things happen when enough people look after the little things.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pete Vere’s got a piece on Catholic Exchange: Dreher chronicles how many families are living out their crunchy con convictions. From homeschooling to organic and family farming, from turning off the television to turning on the oven and enjoying a good home-cooked meal, crunchy cons are doing little things to restore a more natural pace…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCrunchy Cons! - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/crunchy-cons.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crunchy Cons! - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pete Vere’s got a piece on Catholic Exchange: Dreher chronicles how many families are living out their crunchy con convictions. 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