In last week's episode, we revealed the news of our big life transition as a family. Though this particular move was a big one for us, you've likely faced life transitions of all sizes. The end of summer and the beginning of school. Job loss. A new child. The death of a parent or grandparent.

No matter how big or small, all transitions feel important. That's why so many of us want to know that we're hearing from God as we discern what He's doing and pray through next steps and the days ahead. In this episode, we share a behind-the-scenes look at our recent decision-making process and how we discern when God just might be up to something.

We talk about:

• Why transparency with God makes all the difference
• Why it's important to pay attention when something feels "off"
• How to recognize what you might be idolizing and discerning if your decisions are in their purest form
• How to make the little ones under your roof feel seen and loved in the middle of transition

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In the last few months, you've likely heard us talk about our desire to prioritize biblical simplicity and hospitality in our home. This week, we share a couple of big, emotional, yet exciting announcements, as we take leaps of faith into the next level of simplicity as a family. And, we invite you on this journey of hospitality with us, as we look forward to what God has in store for this adventurous new season.

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One of the most frequent questions we're asked is how we maintain a spirit of peace with 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 a world of instant gratification, we too easily settle for moments of peace; but anything that doesn't last is counterfeit. 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
• Prayer as a weapon for the war for peace
• Why it's important to take dominion over what God has given you
• Keeping short accounts of sin in our lives
• Playing the long game in the day-to-day overwhelm

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We love hearing from you, our podcast family, and talk about the topics you care about most. This week, we address questions related to raising toddlers, disciplining kids, walking your kids through divorce, and processing the loss of relationships. Here are some highlights: 

• Practical ways to regulate emotions instead of shutting them out or losing your mind
• Insights from Psalm 103 to help your kids feel seen
• How discipline sets the tone for the environment of our home
• Why it's important we hold grief and joy at the same time

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We're not in lack when it comes to what to worry about in today's world, especially as parents. With school approaching, we wanted to bring back one of our favorite humans and Famous at Home guests, our friend Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP. Sissy is the director of child and adolescent counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee, and is here with us to talk about her new book, The Worry-Free Parent. This conversation is so rich with parenting nuggets and wisdom on raising confident, courageous kids. We talk about:

• Practical ways to hold space for both worry and peace in your home
• The power we have as parents over our kid's anxiety
• How to model bravery and restore your kid's resourcefulness
• Management strategies to gain your warmth and joy back in the midst of shame and rage

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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

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Have you ever met a family and thought, "Wow, whatever you've done to raise your kids, I need some of that!?" Mark and Tina Seago are one of those couples. Together, they have seven kids, live on a farm, began a classical school together, and are just downright parenting ninja's. We get the privilege of doing life with them and wanted to introduce them to you since they influence our parenting in so many ways. This week, Mark and Tina give us an inside look at their unique family rhythms and the decisions they've made that shape their children's lives. Mark and Tina talk about:

• The key decisions they've made that have shaped their children's lives
• Cultivating gratitude and perspective within their family 
• Giving kids responsibility as a way of mutual respect and kindness
• Liturgies within their household and how it's given their kids purpose and significance

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Last week's conversation centered around how we're rethinking how we lead our family against the common western culture norms that might not be serving families in the way we think or hope they are. This week, we continue this conversation with some of the people who have mentored and taught us much of what we're learning about family right now, Jeremy and April Pryor, dear friends of ours and leaders of Family Teams. Jeremy and April talk about:

• Mindset shifts as the best way to start recovering the paradigm 
• How they practically fill their home with purpose, vision, and stewardship
• How they have learned to bring people into their world without letting them interrupt their world as introverts
• Ways they continuously let go of hyper responsibility, entertainment, and emotion management when hosting

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In many ways, the western culture we live in wars against family growth. This episode is a conversation about how we're seeing the western cultural norms influence our own family and some of the steps we're taking to fight against it. In this episode, we share about how we are structuring our days that's most conducive to Kingdom expansion, is extremely simple (yet rich), and isn't beholden to anyone (except God and our family).  We talk about:

• Decisions we're making today that will impact our family ten years from now
• A new kind of agency when stewarding our time and energy levels
• Why we are simplifying now more than ever before
• Who we are spending time with and the difference it's making
• The freedom we're experiencing after letting go of emotion management in social settings

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Who doesn't feel incompetent in the areas of handiness, creativity, and childlike play when it comes to entering your child's world? Perhaps we don't need to make it as complicated as we think. In this episode, Taylor Calmus, video creator of Dude Dad and Super Dad, talks with Josh about what our kids really desire from us, and why he wrote his first children's book, Dad and the Recycling-Bin Roller Coaster. Yes, Taylor actually build a roller coaster in his backyard too!  Taylor shares about:

• How he's learned to channel his inner child in fatherhood
• Time management and boundaries between content creation and family time
• Practical ways dads can challenge themselves to take on new projects that are out of their comfort zones
• How to integrate your kids into everything you do as a dad

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