Famous at Home

The stats of anxiety, depression, and stress on Gen Z (ages 14-28) are scary and higher than ever before. That’s not hyperbole.
 
What have been the cultural, familial, and individual influences at work, and what can parents of Gen Alpha (ages 0-13) learn from where we find ourselves?
 
We believe that parents hold the keys to influencing the next generation. And there is much more hope than might appear at the surface.
 
But the way through is by first addressing what may be our greatest adversary: Our own parental fears.
 
In this episode, we ask the question, “Why are we doing what we’re doing as families?” We address issues like the self-fulfilling prophecy, the role of epigenetics in child outcomes, and the spiritual laws that influence our decisions.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Christi and Josh introduce a NEW season
5:40 The mental health of Gen Z
9:57 Parenting and mental health
16:20 The effects of the decisions we make as parents and addressing parental fears
25:30 Spiritual laws that influence our parenting
31:00 Running into our fears and the hope of being a parent today
35:25 Conscious and unconscious choices we make as parents
40:00 How fear-based narratives influence our parenting
44:34 What is God’s role in how you parent? 

Show Notes:
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Marriage is arguably the most sanctifying relationship on the planet. Just consider the following questions:

Why is it that we tend to think our spouse is out to get us?
Why do we assume the worst about him / her?
What causes us to get so defensive?
Why do we get so offensive in our reactions?
Are the offenses we carry worth it?
 
Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, best-selling author of Love and Respect, joins us to talk about the lightbulb moments he discovered in 20 years of helping men and women stop living in their crazy cycle. What is the crazy cycle? Consider this: “Without love she reacts without respect. Without respect he reacts without love.”
 
But what’s more, Dr. Eggerichs discovered that “without love, defensively she reacts offensively without respect. And without respect, defensively he reacts offensively without love.”

In this episode, Dr. Eggerichs shares the way out of the cycle through principles like “80/20” and “Seeing God over your spouse’s shoulder.”
 
With many incredible convicting and encouraging insights, this is an episode we hope brings your marriage closer together.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Dr. Emerson Eggerichs joins the show
2:31 Where Love and Respect and the crazy cycle began
8:21 How to interpret the crazy cycle in your relationship
19:40 The ah-ha moment of 80/20 and the lens from which we view our spouse
27:08 Looking at God over the spouse of your shoulder
29:32 Your marriage within the Kingdom of God
34:45 Victimhood, offense, and finding freedom in Christ
44:44 Being offended by God and the power of a forgiving spirit
48:55 The 2 degree shift that can change your marriage
52:45 How to get your husband to pray with you 

Show Notes:

Get Light Bulb Moments in Marriage by Emerson Eggerichs
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Interested in our 8-week Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now.
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Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now.  https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
 
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here. 
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Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
 
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Epigenetics is real. In other words, there’s a trickle down effect onto our kids based on our beliefs, feelings, and the environment in which we raise them.
 
In this episode, Pastor Max Lucado joins the show to talk about helping parents meet children in their anxious thoughts. Having written multiple books on anxiety, Pastor Lucado has a new 90-day devotional called Calm Thoughts for Kids, and joins the show to talk about what he’s seeing as a grandparent and how parents today can help their kids with their anxious days.
 
Having just become a grandparent for the sixth time, and about to be the seventh time, Pastor Lucado also talks about how grandparents can come alongside their adult children in raising their grandchildren.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:51 Max Lucado talks about fear and kids
9:50 How raising kids has changed
13:40 How grandparents can support their adult kids in raising their grandkids
19:00 How parents can disciple their kids and meet them in fear
23:45 The power of story to help kids grow
28:07 What is your strategy?

Show Notes:
Get Calm Thoughts for Kids: 90 Devotions for Anxious Days by Pastor Max Lucado by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3Maf13l
 
Get Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear by Pastor Lucado: https://amzn.to/49YHtgp
 
Get What Do I Do With Worry by Dr. Josh and Christi: https://amzn.to/4k3UGJD
 
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here. 
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Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
 
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Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

What is the love language that matters most?!
 
That’s the focus of this week’s episode, as our friend, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, joins us to talk about his new book by the same name, The Love Language That Matters Most.
 
In this episode, Dr. Chapman drops some serious one-liners to teach us how to practically identify and love our spouse in their own dialect. Sound intriguing to you? The insights are profound.
 
Here are some of the gold nuggets Dr. Chapman shares:

• Why our agenda takes precedence over our values
• How to know what your spouse needs to really feel loved
• Why the misbehavior of both children AND adults grows out of an empty love tank
• How to be a great listener
• The three ways to help your children feel loved
• And the most sobering question Dr. Chapman asked of himself while raising his kids 

As he stated, “The question is not, ‘Do you love your children.’ The question is, ‘Do your children feel loved?’”

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:19 What’s coming up with Famous at Home
4:02 Dr. Gary Chapman joins the show
10:13 What is the love language that matters most?
18:30 The dialects of each love language
23:02 The emotional love tank
27:40 The qualities of being a great listener
35:00 How to help your children feel loved
42:57 The most sobering question Dr. Chapman would ask of himself raising kids 

Show Notes:
Purchase The Love Language That Matters Most by Dr. Gary Chapman by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4bHmXDy
 
Take the Love Language Premium Assessment: https://5lovelanguages.com/store/premium-assessment

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To download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here. 
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
 
To download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here.
 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US

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

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Welcome to a brand new season called Loving Well!

In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about bringing order to all of the things in your home and life that might feel disordered. Why order? Because love gets smothered where chaos reigns. When we're in survival, we have a limited ability to look outward and love well. 

Josh and Christi share what we need to love well, talk about being victims of parenthood, and discuss very practical ways to move from "survival mode" to order and love. 

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to a new season
2:43 Calling back to order that which feels disordered
9:00 Upcoming guests on Season 7 of “Loving Well”
10:11 The foundation of loving well
16:56 Are we victims of parenthood?
27:42 We are what we focus on
33:00 Ways to work through “survival mode” and lead your family into order and love
40:45 Ways to love your spouse well 

Show Notes:
To download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here. 
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To download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
 
Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage

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

What does the star have to do with your soul? What does it mean to "make room" in your heart?

In this episode, Josh and Christi each offer a personal Christmas reflection and message to you, our Famous at Home family.  

May this Christmas be filled with wonder and awe for you and your family. 

Merry Christmas from Famous at Home!

Show Notes:
Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
 
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We have three special guests this week to share with you content and a TV series that has created such helpful, engaging, and at times, challenging dialogue between us as parents and our children.
 
In the episode, Josh and Christi’s kids, Landon and Kennedy, join the show to interview Daniel Harmon, the creator of the Tuttle Twins TV show. The Tuttle Twins book series and TV show tackles topics we often don’t know how to address with our kids.
 
If you’re looking for family friendly content you can engage with your kids, check out Tuttle Twins on Angel Studios. Seasons 1-3 are free. See link in show notes.
 
Time Stamps:

0:00 Introduction
0:59 Daniel Harmon describes behind the scenes of Tuttle Twins TV show
8:00 Teaching kids to think critically 14:06 How topics, like entrepreneurship, are chosen and developed for the TV show
18:20 Inflation, bitcoin, college, personal responsibility, civil disobedience, and other favorite topics 20:33 How rhymes keep kids remembering lessons
24:23 Other behind-the-scenes questions related to Tuttle Twins TV
35:20 Disagree does not mean enemy

Show Notes:
Check out the Tuttle Twins Show on Angel Studios: http://www.angel.com/tuttletwins

Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

Get 25 Days of the Christmas Story! https://amzn.to/49kHiO1

Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage

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

Why does it feel like stress always has the loudest voice during “busy” seasons? We want everyone in our family to get along, enjoy the holidays, and be truly present. Yet, it seems we all too often end up bickering, overwhelmed, and somehow wishing it could be different.

Good news! Your family doesn’t have to succumb to the stress. You can find “the good!” In this episode, we walk through 5 ways to find “the good,” not just at Christmastime, but in any busy season you find yourself in.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:22 “Experiencing” Advent as a family
5:42 Make quick decisions
11:20 Get off screens
15:00 Say yes, to the hard, but good thing
18:50 Say no to what feels disconnecting
22:02 pursue relationships
24:47 The faces of those under your roof 

Show Notes:
Get 25 Days of the Christmas Story! https://amzn.to/49kHiO1

Buy 25 Days of the Christmas Story in bulk: https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/25-days-of-the-christmas-story-P005829480

Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
 
Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage

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

Have you ever felt stuck in knowing how to disciple your kids? Or perhaps even where to begin?

We’ve got some answers! In this episode, biblical scholar and founder of Walking the Text, Brad Gray joins the podcast to talk about his new book Bringing Heaven Here, and his new feature film now airing on Angel Studios called The Lord’s Prayer.

Brad joins us to talk about what fascinated him so much about the Lord’s Prayer, why it’s the heartbeat of Jesus’ entire ministry, and how it applies contextually to our lives today. As Brad says, “Salvation is never the end game, it’s just the beginning.”

Brad helps us as families begin to see how we can lead our kids to partner with Jesus in bringing heaven here.

**Now playing on Angel Studios, The Lord’s Prayer.

For key highlights of this episode, see time stamps below.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:11 Brad Gray shares his journey into parenting and biblical literacy
6:54 Brad breaks down The Lord’s Prayer
12:45 Brad’s first “ah ha” moment when it came to the Lord’s Prayer
15:44 The familial nature of “Our Father” and what it means for your family
20:51 How the film, The Lord’s Prayer, came about and how you can watch it
26:48 The heartbeat of The Lord’s Prayer — partnering with Jesus in building the Kingdom of heaven
36:12 Coming alongside our kids in hard times
40:40 Where to get started in discipling your kids with The Lord’s Prayer
46:55 How Bringing Heaven Here helps parents implement the Lord’s Prayer with kids

Show Notes:
Walking the Text: https://walkingthetext.com/
 
Get a copy of Bringing Heaven Here: https://amzn.to/4861Ozq
 
Watch the new film The Lord’s Prayer: https://thelordsprayer.com/
 
Get 25 Days of the Christmas Story! https://amzn.to/49kHiO1

Buy 25 Days of the Christmas Story in bulk: https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/25-days-of-the-christmas-story-P005829480

Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
 
Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage

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

Advent season is about “waiting in anticipation” for Jesus’ coming. In the Western world, we wait by throwing Christmas parties, buying presents, and trying to avoid the hustle and bustle.

But instead of trying to avoid, what if we tried to embrace? It’s one thing to avoid, it’s quite another to step into something with intention. In this episode, Josh and Christi share ways of embracing presence this Christmas — both with your spouse and kids, and with God as well.

They cover some key highlights from their Advent book for families, The 25 Days of the Christmas Story, and also talk about what’s coming for Tender & Fierce in 2026!

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction and 25 Days of Christmas Story
4:50 What’s coming up for the podcast
6:15 Christi updates on Tender & Fierce and what’s coming for 2026
15:08 Embracing presence this Christmas
20:50 Ideas for helping your kids experience God’s presence this Christmas

Show Notes:
Get 25 Days of the Christmas Story! https://amzn.to/49kHiO1

Buy 25 Days of the Christmas Story in bulk: https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/25-days-of-the-christmas-story-P005829480

Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
 
Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
 
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome