Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast Interview: Scott Keith – Being Family
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Apr 22, 2026 Scott Keith, executive director at 1517 and author of Being Family, speaks on Christian vocations and family life. He explores the home as the first church. He emphasizes informal, everyday discipleship, forgiveness modeled by parents, marriage as a workshop for holiness, and the vocation of work and family stewardship. Practical cultural challenges and passing faith across generations are highlighted.
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Home As The First Church
- The home functions as the first church where gospel is lived daily rather than perfectly reenacted like Sunday services.
- Dr. Scott Keith emphasizes organic moments (car conversations, immediate forgiveness) over rigid family devotions to form faith.
Live Your Vocation In Everyday Roles
- Treat vocation broadly: you're called as worker, spouse, parent, neighbor — each is a way God answers daily needs.
- Keith uses the Lord's Prayer illustration: God feeds you through farmers, truck drivers, grocers, cooks, and parents all acting in vocation.
Holiness In Ordinary Work
- Ordinary acts of love in daily grind are the primary way Christians serve God, not spectacular religious feats.
- Keith cites Luther: a mother changing a diaper can be more righteous than monks' deeds because it's free loving service.
