#50 Daily Bread with Courtney Moody

Today I’m joined by my friend Courtney Moody, wife, mama, homemaker, and the heart behind Acts of Sourdough. What began with curiosity (and a willingness to laugh at the flops) has grown into a family business that equips homemakers with simple tools, sourdough classes, and everyday encouragement. We talk about choosing home in a noisy world, finding peace in organization over perfection, tending real rhythms in the kitchen, and serving others with the work of our hands.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• From night shifts to nurturing home: Courtney’s leap of faith from restaurant life to full-time homemaking—and how it reshaped their family’s days.
• Organization vs. aesthetics: Why a tidy, functional space can calm the whole house (even if the gallery wall never happens).
• Grace for lived-in homes: Letting go of perfection in busy seasons and choosing peace over pristine.
• “Bake six bad loaves”: Embracing experimentation, vulnerability, and progress in sourdough (and all of homemaking).
• Kitchen as ministry: Breaking generational patterns and building connection by cooking, baking, and eating together.
• The birth of Acts of Sourdough: Acts 2:46, acts of service, and serving family and neighbors through bread.
• Fear, doubt, and obedience: Staying anchored in prayer when calling goes against the grain.
• Family business & boundaries: Working with her mom and husband, protecting dinner time, and creating healthy phone/social limits.
• Content that’s real life: Recording what you’re already making for your family—no fancy props required.
• Hospitality & culture at home: Using food to bless neighbors, support special needs, and steady family rhythms.
• Dinner fatigue fixes: Double-batching, freezer meals, and simple resets for ruts.
• Traditions that last: Courtney’s “Moody” brown-butter white-chocolate banana bread and the power of signature family recipes.
• A well-kept home, simply: The peace of a made bed, clear floors, and a calm landing place at day’s end.
• Teamwork in marriage: Dividing rhythms (hello, dish duty!) so everyone can flourish.
• A word for today: Embrace your season, give grace, and stay obedient—one faithful step at a time.

Resources Mentioned:

• Acts of Sourdough (tools, classes, and encouragement)
• Scripture: "They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts." Acts 2:46 (the heart behind “Acts of Sourdough”)

Courtney reminds us that tending dough is a picture of tending home: ordinary, repeatable steps that, over time, feed the people we love and shape a culture of gratitude, service, and joy. And that even one small rhythm, a made bed, a pot of soup, or bread shared with a neighbor can steady the whole house.

Friends, if this episode blessed you, would you share it with a friend or leave a review? It helps other homemakers find encouragement here at the table.

The Homemaker’s Club is a sisterhood of women who value the old-fashioned ways of making a house a home. Inside our private community, you’ll find prepared resources, weekly rhythms, and deeper fellowship with women walking this journey alongside you.