Alright, friends! We have some exciting new updates for you about the podcast and Famous at Home. If you’re a regular family member of the podcast, you’ll want to hear these new updates.

Also, do you know those moments when life feels fragmented? When it just feels like everyone is going in their own direction? How do you recalibrate as a family? What is it that reconnects your family at the heart level? In this episode, Josh talks about recalibrating your family and also shares what he and Christi and his family are doing to recalibrate right now.

Josh talks about:

• What do to when your family feels disconnected
• Resources and activities that have brought the Straub family together
• How parenting and spiritual growth are not mutually exclusive, but deeply interconnected

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The enemy is constantly at work to steal, kill, and destroy our marriages. In this episode, Josh and Christi provide helpful ways to create war against the enemy as you cultivate a healthy marriage.

Here are a few key takeaways:

• Your spouse is not your opponent; the enemy is.
• Listen to your spouse without trying to fix the problem.
• Be a watchman and spend 15 minutes a day focusing on your spouse’s emotions.
• We do not fight against flesh and blood. We fight in the supernatural.
• Stand firm as you remind the enemy WHO you are and WHOSE you are.

One of the hardest things to do is be joyful when our circumstances don’t look the way we’d like them to. But when we look closely at the Christmas story, we are inspired by Elizabeth because of the way she leaped for joy in the midst of her pregnancy. How often do we sing hymns to Jesus and have a dance party when we don’t feel like it? When you shift your mind toward what you are grateful for, everything in your life begins to change. Josh and Christi share practical ways to count your blessings and find reasons to throw a dance party in the holiday season.

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is throwing a birthday party for Jesus. Think about what He might want for His birthday and talk to your kids about giving Him a present. Plan your party and make a family memory as you celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Savior.

Christmas is going to look different for a lot of us this year. But when we numb our feelings of grief and loss, we also numb our ability to experience joy and hope. In this episode, we talk about an activity we created that can help you and your kids grieve well and find joy on the other side.

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