Episodes

  • Discovering Your Family's "Why" [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 5 of 5]

    Discovering Your Family's "Why" [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 5 of 5]
    Sep 11 2024
    Will the decisions you're making today get you to where you want to be ten years from now?

    Welcome to episode 5 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating a Spiritual Growth Environment in Your Home.

    In this episode, we talk about your "why" and the gift of involving your kids in a purpose greater than themselves.

    Here are some highlights:
    • What it means for the household to partner with Jesus for the restoration of all things
    • The generational influence of our kid's purpose
    • Making those under your roof feel seen
    • Living with a "there you are" confidence
    • Setting values today that impact your family ten years from now
    Time Stamps:
    0:50 Introduction
    3:31 Are the decisions you’re making today getting you to where you want to be in the future?
    6:10 Survival versus vision
    7:30 Filtering our future through the senses tied to the past
    9:02 Developing vision for your family
    11:50 Your household as a vehicle to build for the Kingdom of God
    20:35 The importance of leading your household well
    23:20 Where to begin finding the “why” for your family
    27:43 The 10-year exercise for your family
    32:46 The 10-year exercise in perspective
    35:06 Revisiting “why you’re doing what you’re doing” on a regular basis
    36:08 Biblical community as a healing agent for families

    Show Notes:
    Interested in the most joyful men's discipleship coaching journey?! Join the interest list! https://www.famousathome.com/mensinterestform

    Download the free workbook / discussion guide for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Order a copy of Famous at Home by Dr. Josh and Christi:
    https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

    Order a copy of The Household and The War for the Cosmos by C.R. Wiley:
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    Order a copy of The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield:
    https://amzn.to/3PhspBn

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    38 mins
  • Giving Kids Permission for Joy [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 4 of 5]

    Giving Kids Permission for Joy [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 4 of 5]
    Sep 3 2024
    Parenting struggles are real. Screentime. Discipline. Anxiety.

    But what if we’re focused on the wrong things?
    Instead of trying to fix and manage the problems, what if we lived out the solution?
    What if the environment we cultivate is the very thing our children need?

    Welcome to episode 4 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating a Spiritual Growth Environment in Your Home.

    In this episode, Josh talks about their current parenting journey, the two competing worldviews that influence how kids experience joy, and how we can give our kids permission to experience joy!

    Here are some highlights:
    • How two competing worldviews influence the amount of joy in our home
    • Why we need permission to experience joy
    • Why resourcefulness is a cheat code for helping kids live joyful lives
    • The one way to step into joy this week as a family, no matter how difficult the season you find yourself in right now
    This series comes with a pdf workbook / discussion guide to go along with all five episodes (found in show notes below). You can use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.


    Show Notes:

    Interested in the most joyful men's discipleship coaching journey?! Join the interest list! https://www.famousathome.com/mensinterestform

    Download the free workbook / discussion guide for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Focus on the Family Broadcast: Click here to listen to Encouraging Your Kids to Discuss Their Feelings
    https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/encouraging-your-kids-to-discuss-their-feelings/


    Listen to Jamie Winship talk about abundance versus scarcity worldviews.
    Click here.
    https://youtu.be/2s3KWZFCH0A?si=YNR6bAF7ZW8xsZq_

    The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. Click here.
    https://amzn.to/3vWdgie

    Time Stamps:
    1:04 Introduction
    3:30 Coming out of survival seasons of parenting
    6:30 Why “becoming” is a better than “parenting” for how our kids turn out
    8:42 How kids experience joy
    11:15 How the scarcity and abundance mindset influences joy
    16:34 How the fruit of joy is cultivated in our lives
    23:00 Giving our kids permission to experience joy
    23:55 Resourcefulness as a cheat code for joy
    26:55 Screen time and joy
    28:00 Discipling our kids’ to find their strengths and gifts
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    34 mins
  • How We Practice Sabbath [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 3 of 5]

    How We Practice Sabbath [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 3 of 5]
    Aug 27 2024
    Welcome to episode 3 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating a Spiritual Growth Environment in Your Home.

    There are many misconceptions about what practicing the Sabbath, or ceasing from work, really entails. People often view Sabbath as a day for lounging around the house, binging a show on Netflix, or just doing nothing. Those things can be fine, but do they really bring about "soul rest?"

    In this episode, Josh and Christi go in-depth about the purpose and meaning of Sabbath, and the unique ways they have learned to cultivate it in their home.

    Josh and Christi talk about:
    • Shabbat dinner as a fun, family-centric rhythm for your weekly Sabbath
    • Why Sabbath rest is a gift from God and how you can make it work to fit your family dynamic
    • How to fight against the pull of Western culture away from the biblical gift of Sabbath
    This series comes with a pdf workbook / discussion guide to go along with all five episodes (found in show notes below). You can use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.

    Show Notes:
    Download the Shabbat Meal Guide:
    https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Download the free workbook / discussion guide for the Summer Series: https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Interested in the most joyful men's discipleship coaching journey?!
    Join the interest list!
    https://www.famousathome.com/mensinterestform

    Order a copy of Famous at Home by Dr. Josh and Christi
    https://amzn.to/4dvenpL

    Watch this episode on YouTube:
    https://youtu.be/uLsl2qlOuS8

    Time Stamps:
    0:45 Introduction
    4:00 What’s coming up for the podcast
    8:15 The one rhythm we wish we’d have started sooner
    11:55 The reason for Sabbath
    13:45 "Remember" and "observe" the Sabbath
    15:59 What Sabbath is
    17:30 Description of our Friday night Shabbat dinner
    20:30 What brings you soul rest?
    22:46 What Sabbath day specifically looks like for us
    29:24 Kid’s sports, work, and other barriers to Sabbath
    37:55 Friday night dinner
    43:28 What does it mean to live in a biblical household?
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    49 mins
  • Fighting for Peace in Your Home [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 2 of 5]

    Fighting for Peace in Your Home [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 2 of 5]
    Aug 20 2024
    Welcome to episode 2 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating a Spiritual Growth Environment in Your Home.

    One of the most frequent questions we're asked is how we maintain a spirit of peace as a family of five and all we have going on. "How do you carry such calm in your interactions with each other?" wrote one long-time listener. To begin, peace doesn't come without a fight.

    In this episode, we talk about practical ways you can war for and cultivate peace in your home.

    We talk about:
    • Why our bodies feel safer in chaos than peace
    • Specific ways to consecrate your home and use prayer as your greatest weapon in the war for peace
    • How to take dominion over what God has given you
    • Keeping short accounts of sin in our lives
    • Playing the long game when seeing the day-to-day overwhelm
    This series comes with a pdf workbook / discussion guide to go along with all five episodes (found in show notes below). You can use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.

    Show Notes:
    Download the free workbook / discussion guide for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Order a copy of the Famous at Home book:
    https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

    John Eldredge's Daily Prayer (Head of Household)
    https://wildatheart.org/pray

    Sign up for the Famous at Home Starter Bundle
    https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter

    Watch this episode on YouTube:
    https://youtu.be/MyzmAb20Xrg

    Time Stamps:
    0:52 Introduction
    3:10 Why we use the words fighting and peace together
    7:15 Defining peace
    10:05 Peace according to Philippians 4
    14:20 Why we feel safer in chaos than we do in peace
    17:54 The spiritual and real life implications of not warring for peace in the here-and-now
    21:05 How it looks practically to war for peace
    23:10 How to make decisions for peace and walk in Jesus’ authority
    27:05 Prayers to pray to war for peace in your home
    30:36 Practical ways to pray and war for peace in your home
    42:30 Keep short accounts of sin in your life
    43:20 Playing the long game for your soul
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    48 mins
  • Rethinking the Household [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 1 of 5]

    Rethinking the Household [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 1 of 5]
    Aug 13 2024
    Welcome to episode 1 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating a Spiritual Growth Environment in Your Home.

    This series comes with a pdf workbook / discussion guide to go along with all five episodes (found in show notes below). You can use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.

    Have you ever given thought to how your "household" is being defined? Or put another way, how often do you consider the direction your family is heading? Or the connectedness you feel with each other? What if our struggles as a family and the longings we have are tied to the post Industrial Revolution individualistic culture we find ourselves immersed in? Could there be a different way?

    In this episode, we talk about the meaning of the word "household" and how it applies to your family.

    We talk about:
    • Why it's important to be curious, not intimidated by the dissonance we feel.
    • How to let go of "the chase" and refocus on prioritizing your family cohesion.
    • How to discover and step into your family's uniqueness.
    • Why it's beneficial train your kids to be creators, not consumers.
    Show Notes:

    Download the free workbook / discussion guide for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Order Famous at Home: 7 Decisions to Put Your Family Center Stage in a World Competing for YourTime, Attention, and Identity
    https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

    The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C.R. Wiley
    https://amzn.to/3DCMoDw

    Watch this episode on Youtube:
    https://youtu.be/J-ntnToREuE

    Time Stamps:
    0:58 Introduction
    4:28 Paying attention to your family environment
    6:28 What is the state of your family right now?
    10:35 The state of the American family
    15:12 The paradigm shift for our family
    19:38 A higher purpose as a family
    24:40 Finding your family’s unique identity for the Kingdom of God
    31:36 What are we chasing?
    37:12 How family mottos define who we are
    48:00 Teaching kids to be creators, not consumers
    51:40 Fighting for your marriage in building for the Kingdom of God
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    56 mins
  • Becoming Teammates in Marriage [Emotionally Healthy Marriage 5 of 5]

    Becoming Teammates in Marriage [Emotionally Healthy Marriage 5 of 5]
    Aug 6 2024
    Welcome to episode 5 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating an Emotionally Healthy Marriage.

    Would you describe your spouse as your greatest teammate? It probably depends on the day, right? We all have opponents that war against the connection in our marriage and cause conflict. But how do we fight? Do we see the opponent for what it is, or do we make our spouse out to be the opponent?

    In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about how to name the opponent, talk about your dance, and take responsibility for how to engage with your spouse.

    They talk about:
    • The importance of finding out what's going on in your spouse's heart rather than what's going on between the two of you
    • Protective mechanisms and how they hold us back from communicating the truth of what we want from our spouse
    • Why taking 100% responsibility for your role in the conflict disarms your spouse
    • Practical ways to show up differently for your spouse

    We hope you download the pdf files that go along with these episodes (found in show notes below) and use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.

    Show Notes:
    How Marriage is Saving Me: Sign up for weekly devotional
    https://shorturl.at/NtnCq

    Download the free discussion guide pdf for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Men, join the interest list for our exciting, upcoming men's discipleship journey! https://www.famousathome.com/mensinterestform

    Order a copy of Famous at Home:
    https://amzn.to/3VYPKLP

    Watch this episode on Youtube by clicking here.
    https://youtu.be/bi8pi4motfY

    Time stamps:
    (0:30) Introduction
    (5:40) How to name your opponent
    (8:55) How our opponents become elephants
    (11:19) Feeling safety in the relationship
    (13:45) The one phrase that matters more than any other to becoming teammates
    (16:57) The role you play in conflict and how to identify your dance
    (20:25) When one spouse isn’t willing to change
    (22:25) Entering into and being repentant of your own actions
    (23:55) Addressing the very thing holding you back from drawing closer to your spouse
    (26:20) The most sanctifying verses for a healthy marriage
    (27:00) Our single greatest reason for how we’ve grown in our marriage
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    33 mins
  • Sex Makes Everything Better: An Interview with Laura Dugger [Emotionally Healthy Marriage 4 of 5]

    Sex Makes Everything Better: An Interview with Laura Dugger [Emotionally Healthy Marriage 4 of 5]
    Jul 30 2024
    Welcome to episode 4 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating an Emotionally Healthy Marriage. Joining us for a conversation about sex is our dear friend, a licensed marriage and family therapist whose specialization in graduate school was sex therapy, Laura Dugger.In this episode, Laura talks about how sex makes everything better. Wait until you hear the research! With honesty, vulnerability, and a solid dose of fun, Josh and Christi's interview with Laura includes:The hidden benefits of sexHow to talk to your spouse about sexReasons for, and how to, schedule sexIndividual differences when it comes to sexThe God-given purpose of sex in marriage We hope you download the pdf files that go along with these episodes (found in show notes below) and use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.Show Notes: How Marriage is Saving Me: Sign up for weekly devotionalhttps://shorturl.at/NtnCq Download the free discussion guide pdf for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup Ladies, register now for Tender & Fierce!https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce Men, join the interest list for our exciting, upcoming men's discipleship journey! https://www.famousathome.com/mensinterestformListen to this episode on Youtube by clicking here.https://youtu.be/NzgcDR013P0RESOURCES MENTIONED BY LAURA DUGGER: Listen to the Savvy Sauce Podcast! hosted by Laura Duggerhttps://thesavvysauce.com/Dr. Jennifer Konzen podcast episode: Fostering a Fun, Healthy Sex Life with your Spouse with Dr. Jennifer Konzenhttps://shorturl.at/mPQvW Visit The Art of Intimate Marriage Website: Access to Dr. Konzen's book, podcast, sex therapist training, and a marriage video series.https://www.theartofintimatemarriage.com/Listen to Dr. Douglas Rosenau podcast episode: Ways to Deepen Your Intimacy in Marriage with Dr. Douglas Rosenauhttps://shorturl.at/EfLZ8Read A Celebration of Sex by Dr. Douglas Rosenau: A guide to enjoying God's gift of sexual intimacyhttps://amzn.to/4cMWVfk Listen to Dr. Michael Sytsma podcast episode: Enjoying a God-Honoring, Healthy Sex Life with Your Spouse with Certified Sex Therapist and Ordained Minister, Dr. Michael Sytsmahttps://shorturl.at/A2pHOListen to Francie Winslow podcast episodes: Sex in Marriage and Its Positive Effects with Francie Winslow, Part 1https://shorturl.at/Mx9Iw Science and Art of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage, Part 2https://tinyurl.com/bddr6b58 Listen to Drs. Clifford and Joyce Penner podcast episode: Easy Changes to Enhance Your Sexual Intimacy in Marriage with Dr. Clifford and Joyce Pennerhttps://tinyurl.com/5n897dpn Time stamps:(0:38) Introduction(3:31) An introduction to Laura Dugger(6:00) Laura’s journey into becoming a sex therapist(8:15) Disclaimer about the sex conversation(9:33) Specific ways sex makes everything in your life better(11:28) Biblical foundation for sex(15:45) Addressing body image(21:11) Healthy ways to have conversation about sex(27:30) Common differences in couples(31:08) Purity culture, pornography, and rewiring our brains for healthy connection(33:35) Talking about desire discrepancy and scheduling sex(38:27) Testosterone in women and best time of day for sex(40:40) One piece of advice for husbands(42:44) One piece of advice for wives(44:54) How to know when to reach out for outside support(49:00) The last word
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    54 mins
  • Talking About Hard Things in Marriage [Emotionally Healthy Marriage 3 of 5]

    Talking About Hard Things in Marriage [Emotionally Healthy Marriage 3 of 5]
    Jul 23 2024
    Welcome to episode 3 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating an Emotionally Healthy Marriage.

    Difficult conversations in marriage are inevitable. Whether it's parenting, sex, holidays, work schedules, or in-laws, all couples deal with "an elephant in the room." How can we best show up in these conversations? In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about how to talk about hard things in marriage.

    Here are some highlights:
    • How to identify your motive when starting a hard conversation and why it’s important.
    • How to set the tone in your conversations.
    • How to respond to your spouse without flipping your lid.
    • Ways to lead with a team approach and an "us against the world" attitude with your spouse.

    We hope you download the pdf files that go along with these episodes (found in show notes below) and use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.

    Show Notes:
    How Marriage is Saving Me: Sign up for weekly devotional
    https://shorturl.at/NtnCq

    Download the free discussion guide pdf for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignup

    Ladies, register now for Tender & Fierce!
    https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

    Men, join the interest list for our exciting, upcoming men's discipleship journey! https://www.famousathome.com/mensinterestform

    Order a copy of Famous at Home:
    https://amzn.to/3VYPKLP

    Watch this episode on Youtube by clicking here.
    https://youtu.be/WQjPuCAACfk

    Time stamps:
    (0:15) Introduction
    (5:21) Hard topics we have in our marriage
    (6:25) Hard topics: In-laws, holidays, kids, sex, insecurity, habits, schedules, money, faith
    (9:50) The dance of being offended and flipping into defensive mode
    (14:56) Defending our idols at the expense of the relationship
    (18:12) Picking a fight when you need attention
    (20:03) 1. Start with connection
    (21:30) 2. Set the tone
    (23:35) 3. Lead with a team approach
    (23:24) 4. Own your part
    (25:00) 5. Come with the solution, not the problem
    (25:30) How to pray and bring the authority of heaven into the conversation
    (29:00) We, therefore, I…are you in?
    (31:15) Subduing division and praying goodness into conversation
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    34 mins