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Hausvater: /HAUS-fah-ter/
noun (German)
1. Housefather.
2. Spiritually responsible head of household, including the housefather as assisted by the housemother.
>> Example: "As the Hausvater should teach it [Christian doctrine] to the entire family ..."
(Martin Luther, Small Catechism, 1529)

Motherhood

Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife June 2014
A Mother’s Journey into Homeschooling May 2013
A Hausmutter Reading List May 2013
From Maternal Grief to Heavenly Glory May 2013
"The Majesty Concealed within Them": A Mother's Day Sermon May 2010
Honoring Fatherhood and Motherhood: Insights from Luther's Large Catechism May 2010
Celebrating Mother's Day, Luther-style May 2010
Medicating against Motherhood? May 2010
Fatherhood and Marriage Are Indispensable for Children and Society June 2009
Concordian Sisters of Perpetual Parturition May 2009
That They May Teach the Young Women May 2009
Fathers and Mothers Belong First of All in the Home May 2009
The Paternal Heart of Housefathers and Housemothers May 2009
What do we say about women working outside of the home? May 2009
A Hausvater (housefather) is a man. What about the Hausmutter -- housemother? May 2009
Large Catechism, Fourth Commandment May 2009
Mothers and Full-time Employment January 2009