What does it mean to "love your marriage?" Is it something you've thought about? Or perhaps something you brag about to others? 

In this episode, Josh talks about what we mean by loving your marriage, the deeper meaning of marriage, and poses three revealing questions to ask yourself about your marriage. 

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:50 Tender & Fierce coming up
2:55 What we mean by loving your marriage
9:50 The purpose of marriage
13:44 Falling in love over and over again
16:27 How our marriage influences our kids
17:30 Cultivating our marriage with the Bridegroom
23:00 Three revealing questions to ask yourself about your marriage

Show Notes: 
Ladies, interested in the fall Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort?
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/dDt2Aobj/checkout

If you’re interested in a marriage you love, fill out form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage

Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

Sometimes people come into your life as mentors, but they also become dear friends. We met Bill and Laurie Lokey in 2018 and little did we know how Bill’s cancer journey would unite our hearts and deepen our friendship.

As we continue our series on The People Who Shape Us, Laurie joins Christi to talk about the healing nature of relationships through grief and loss. No matter the loss in your life, whether it’s the loss of a spouse or loved one, or even the loss of a dream or deep relational hurt, we hope this conversation between Christi and Laurie encourages your heart.

Yes, we’re wounded in relationship, but we’re also healed in relationship. Laurie and Christi spend time talking about specific ways to heal the inner wounded parts of who we are and how to navigate loss while living in relational joy!

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introducing Laurie and how we all met
12:31 How Christi and Laurie partnered together
15:50 How Laurie navigates “withness” with Jesus since the loss of her husband
26:55 Healing the little boy and girl parts of who we are
35:55 Why we normalize our unhealthy reactions and how to slow them down
39:50 Ways Bill and Laurie celebrated the journey from this life to the next
52:15 Laurie’s grief journey living as a widow and the dreams God’s giving her today
1:00:51 Communing with God to heal your deeper inner wounds 

Show Notes: 
Ladies, interested in the fall Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort? 
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/dDt2Aobj/checkout

If you’re interested in doing a Leader’s Heart cohort, click here. https://www.famousathome.com/theleadersheart

Click here for the episode: How to be Loved with Bill and Laurie Lokey. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-be-loved-with-bill-and-laurie-lokey/id1185660348?i=1000605800823

Click here for the episode: How to Love with Bill and Laurie Lokey. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-love-with-bill-and-laurie-lokey/id1185660348?i=1000605806112

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

Have you ever been walking through life when you happen to look over and see someone else walking in the same direction? It’s like your spirit shouts, “Oh, me too!”

This is precisely what happened to Josh and Christi with their dearest friends, Luke (one-half of 4-Time Grammy Award winning For King & Country duo) and his wife, Courtney (founder of Technicolor Woman and author of Technicolor Woman Devotional).

Their ensuing friendship is one they share about in this episode, because it’s a testament to how our closest relationships shape our character. And that’s not just a cute social media post; it’s a scientific fact. We truly are the sum of those we spend the most time with. 

As we continue our series on The People Who Shape Us, Luke and Courtney join us to talk about how trusted friends call us higher, the beautiful consequences of letting others in, and how our adult friendships even shape our children. 

Time Stamps: 
0:00 Introduction 
4:00 How we all became friends
11:08 The character of friendship
19:41 The call and consequence of deeper friendship
33:32 The way adult friendships influence our children
40:43 How true friendship pushes us to higher living
51:34 How we experience God differently

Show Notes:  
Order a copy of Technicolor Woman Devotional by Courtney Smallbone.
Click here: https://technicolorwoman.com/products/technicolorwoman

Download the Famous at Home App! 
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US&pli=1

Ladies, just added! Sign up for the summer Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/tVogjzHQ

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

For the first time ever, Josh’s parents, Mike and Sharon Hess, join the show! We’re in a season called The People Who Shape Us, and we thought it fitting to have the most influential people in our lives share their own story of faith, and in this case, blended family. 
 
Josh shares his perspective of growing up in a blended family, and Mike and Sharon address co-parenting, raising kids in a two income home on shift work, and overcoming shame. Looking for hope and healing in your story? May this one be your catalyst.   

Time Stamps: 
0:00 Introduction
4:30 Shift work and parenting on two incomes
8:08 How our family navigated blended family
20:19 Hard conversations with parents, teachability, and healing in blended families 
35:00 From shame and isolation, to acceptance and community, after divorce 
40:30 Showing respect for stepparents and stepchildren 
 
Show Notes:  

Ladies, interested in the fall Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort?
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/dDt2Aobj/checkout

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

Did you know that being socially isolated is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day! What's really sad about this is that we're seemingly more "connected" than we've ever been, but research shows we're also more isolated.  

Friend, it should be obvious by now that being "connected" does not equal relational intimacy. 

That's why we're addressing the beauty found in friendship as we continue our series on The People Who Shape Us. In this episode, Christi hosts her dear friend turned sister, Courtney Smallbone (author of Technicolor Woman Devotional of which you'll want to grab a copy!) to talk about the beauty and goodness of deep, safe friendship. 

Christi and Courtney talk about:

• The struggle of finding friends you can have deep connection with
• The surrender and fight for healthy friendship
• Authenticity and vulnerability
• What it looks like to both champion and step onto the battlefield on behalf of your friends
• And the beauty and goodness of finding Kingdom friends who are moving lock and step in the same direction fighting for each other for the sake of transformation, and for the sake of seeing God's glory lived out through deep relational connection

Time Stamps: 
0:00 Introduction
3:30 Vulnerability, authenticity, and the search for deep connection
7:20 How to discern if a friend is “safe”
15:15 Moving from silos to friendship
29:20 Wombs, midwives, and the necessity of female friendships
47:02 Conflict in friendship and the transformation of healed wounds
1:04:05 Carrying the burden of a friend through intercession
1:11:45 Hosting the glory and presence of God in everyday life
1:20:00 Christi and Courtney digress into some joyous conversation about their current diet
1:26:00 Concluding thoughts

Show Notes:  
Order a copy of Technicolor Woman Devotional by Courtney Smallbone.
Click here: https://technicolorwoman.com/products/technicolorwoman

Download the Famous at Home App! 
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US&pli=1

Ladies, interested in the fall Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort?
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/dDt2Aobj/checkout

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

This episode boasts the MOST influential people we’ve ever had on the podcast! Ray and Lora Lee Wood, aka Christi’s Dad and Mum, join us for the first time ever to talk about what it was like parenting Christi (quite a trip) and the lessons they learned from being parents.

This is a fantastic multigenerational episode for parents, grandparents, and in-laws alike. Ray and Lora Lee share practical and life-giving insights for parents across all ages and stages, and the secrets to keeping all three generations of their adult children and grandchildren so relationally close.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to Christi’s parents and the people who shape us
4:30 Ray and Lora Lee reflect on their early years of parenting Christi
12:12 The lessons Ray and Lora Lee learned from being parents and the values they tried to instill 
38:05 Parenting teens & older kids and strengthening bonds with adult children

Show Notes: 
Men, interested in the next coaching and discipleship cohort? Join the waitlist:
https://www.famousathome.com/thefieldexperience

Ladies, interested in the fall Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort? Join the waitlist: https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

As we continue our series on “The People Who Shape Us,” John Eldredge joins us. He is someone who has shaped how we pray and ultimately how we relate with Jesus ourselves. He’s been a mentor and spiritual father to many, and has significantly shaped how we lead even our children to experience Jesus for themselves.

In the beautiful, kind words of a spiritual father, John shares stories about how he healed while raising his own kids, and what that healing did for how he started to relate to and experience the love of Abba in his own life. He also describes his own spiritual journey as having walked through what he calls “wardrobe doors,” a nod to C.S. Lewis’ pathway into Narnia. 

He also shares how to find the people who can shape you in your pursuit and experience of Jesus. The key question John leaves us with is: “What has worked for you?”
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to John Eldredge and how he’s shaped us
6:30 The beginning of John’s story to knowing Jesus
7:34 The first wardrobe door
11:47 John’s journey to healing and leading his family at same time
16:26 The second wardrobe door
23:23 The antidote to “rallying” and “living spent”
28:06 The fight for the human soul
33:02 The third wardrobe door
37:37 The beautiful ways Jesus transforms us and the ways we self-protect
57:12 How to find the people who can shape you 

Show Notes: 
Get a copy of John’s new book Experience Jesus. Really. 
Click here: https://amzn.to/4ioAHDX  

Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia

Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

Welcome to season 4, where we spend each episode either honoring or talking to “The People Who Shape Us.”

Make no mistake, we are who we spend time with — for better or worse. Whether it’s parents, mentors, friends, or extended family, we take time this season to let you in on the people who shape us, why connection is so difficult to find, and why we have to war for healthy relationships.
 
In this episode, we introduce season 4 talking about why healthy relationships seem so elusive, and what we have to do to find them.
 
Note: Registration for Cohort II of Tender & Fierce and The Field Experience ends soon. See show notes for details.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to Season 4
1:41 Registration for cohorts closing soon!
2:38 Honoring how our parents shaped us
6:17 The desire for connection and the lament of not having it
10:23 Honoring the people who have shaped you
15:30 Finding local people who shape us and we get to shape
19:20 Exposing the lies of close relationships and how they develop
24:38 How to war for healthy relationships
 
Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia
 
Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open! Register here:  https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage.  Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

What a bizarre encounter with our dental hygienist taught Josh about prayer, and why we cannot attune to both God and our kids at the same time—but the encouraging insight this offers us.

This week’s episode offers lessons Josh and Christi are learning in their own spiritual journeys as parents, and a few behind the scenes happenings of what’s coming with Famous at Home.

Registration for Cohort II of Tender & Fierce and The Field Experience ends soon. See show notes for details.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Behind-the-scenes updates from Famous at Home
5:15 Introduction to what’s happening in season 4
7:00 Josh’s lesson of the week 
10:12 Christi’s lesson of the week 

Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia

Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open! Register here:  https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage.  Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

Every individual is given gifts and talents, ways they can influence the lives of those around them for the better. Even more, every family is unique. The currencies you value as a family define how you live.

What are your values? The currencies that shape your family? Is it time together? Certain hobbies or activities? Adventure? Or perhaps achievement? You may even find that the values you live by are not the values you want to be living by. That’s what the matrix does. It sucks us into living a burdened life. 

As we keep looking to move “Beyond the Matrix,” asking the question, “Why are we doing what we are as a family?” this episode is a conversation on vision, direction, and purpose. In other words, “What is your family’s uniqueness?” We start the episode with a humbling exercise and end it with the most purposeful and life-giving question of all, “How is our individual family uniquely designed to build for the Kingdom of God?” 

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to a joyful home
1:38 An opening exercise for your family
8:00 Pacing — How to maintain forward motion toward the life we want without burning out
13:45 What the matrix wants for you and how to come out of it
19:00 Dreaming again
24:48 Setting family values
25:27 What is the uniqueness of YOUR family? 
30:00 The regrets of dying
31:14 Your family building for the Kingdom of God
 
Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia
 
Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open! Register here:  https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn
 
Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage.  Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz
 
Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
 
The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/