For over a decade, Malia prayed for her atheist husband to come to Christ. This is the episode where Jason and Malia tell you what happened.

This is the final episode in the Our House series on the Five Silent Killers of a Peaceful Home, and Jason and Malia saved the biggest one for last: spiritual misalignment. It’s the killer that almost ended their marriage before it started.

Jason shares the secret he carried for years. To get permission to marry Malia, he promised her father that God would be at the center of their home. The problem? He was a militant atheist who didn’t believe God existed. For over a decade, Jason and Malia lived in what they now call “separate boats,” drifting in different spiritual directions while life kept hitting harder. Two battles with kidney cancer. A Crohn’s diagnosis. A pregnancy. And underneath all of it, a God-sized hole Jason couldn’t name and Malia couldn’t fix.

In this episode, Jason and Malia walk through:

- The Four Boats analogy and how to figure out which boat your marriage is actually in right now

- The 90% rule and why a father coming to faith changes the spiritual trajectory of an entire family

- The difference between faux peace and the peace that surpasses understanding

Why Malia never stopped praying, and what finally broke through for Jason

If you’re a believing spouse praying for someone who doesn’t believe yet, this episode is for you. If you’re the skeptic in the marriage, this one is for you too.

Timestamp:

00:00 – Intro

01:44 – The Four Boats Analogy

08:50 – Personal Testimonies

10:05 – Malia’s Upbringing

11:45 – Jason’s Journey to Atheism

15:30 – The Secret Promise

35:10 – The Turning Point

41:50 – The 90% Rule

46:25 – Finding Real Peace

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We lived with a "contingency plan" for 13 years, and it almost cost us our entire marriage.

In this vulnerable episode, we are sharing, for the very first time, the story of our prenuptial agreement. We’re pulling back the curtain on how a legal document intended for "protection" became a silent killer in our home, creating a wedge of resentment and mistrust that nearly led to divorce.

Whether you have a prenup or are simply struggling with the "separateness" of money and bank accounts, this conversation is for you. We discuss:

The "What If" Mindset: Why entering a marriage with an exit strategy is a dangerous foundation.

Contract vs. Covenant: Shifting from legal protection to biblical unity as "one flesh."

The Breaking Point: The raw moment when we realized we had to dissolve our agreement to save our connection.

Total Transparency: Why we believe joint accounts and shared goals are vital for spiritual breakthrough.

📍 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – The hidden danger of financial "protection"

01:23 – The 5 Silent Killers (SAFES)

05:52 – Why we required a prenup for 13 years

15:28 – The emotional cost and the breaking point

27:54 – The act of faith: Dissolving the contract

35:15 – Why we ditched separate bank accounts

46:41 – Making big financial decisions with God

51:36 – How tithing shifted our hearts from scarcity to abundance

Watch the full episode to hear the advice that changed everything for us.

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A lot of families go decades not talking about the things that matter most.

Issues get put on the back burner, they fester, and deep-seated resentment begins to build. For a long time, we tried to solve our family issues like a business, treating our home like a franchise and each other like employees. It didn’t work. In fact, it almost cost us everything. In this episode, we dive deep into the "A" of our SAFES framework: Avoiding Issues. 

We get vulnerable about our own struggles with "correcting vs. connecting" and share how we transitioned from a cold, secular business model to what we now call the Faith-Filled Family Meeting. Whether you are dealing with surface-level chores or deep-seated disrespect and "meanness" between siblings, this episode provides a practical, 4-step blueprint to stop the drift and start building a home centered on God’s peace.

TIMESTAMPS:

• 00:00 - The danger of "festering" resentment

• 00:58 - Welcome to Our House: Why we almost lost it all

• 01:43 - Deep Dive: The "A" in SAFES (Avoiding Issues

• 02:40 - Why running your home like a business fails

• 05:58 - Correcting vs. Connecting: The missing piece

• 08:42 - Handling sibling disrespect and "meanness"

• 10:18 - The power of starting with prayer

• 14:58 - Parent Humility: Asking your kids for forgiveness

• 23:10 - Attachment Theory: Avoidant vs. Anxious styles

• 26:44 - The 4 Ps of solving family issues

• 30:34 - Why our 4-year-old was the "Peace Killer"

• 41:35 - How we handle marriage conflict differently now

• 45:34 - Why you must be careful who you share your issues with

• 49:52 - A special gift for your family

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ABOUT OUR HOUSE:We're Jason and Malia, married parents of four boys. We help families build the rhythms and rituals to bring God to the center of their home. Everything we share comes from our own living room, not a textbook. This podcast is for any family that's tired of surviving and ready to start thriving together.

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Do you ever feel like your family is constantly running from one activity to the next and you can't remember the last time you all actually sat down together? Your schedule might be the thing silently destroying your family's connection.

This episode unpacks how the overscheduled family trap steals your connection and what you can do this week to start getting it back. From rethinking club sports to protecting family dinner to turning your daily car ride into the most important 15 minutes of your day, this conversation will change how you look at your calendar.

0:48 - Welcome to Our House

1:37 - How the overscheduled trap starts

7:48 - Why we chose one sport and one instrument

10:30 - Protecting family dinner and the Happy Crappy ritual

17:10 - No devices at the table and what to do instead

18:18 - Adding faith to your family routines

21:13 - Turning car rides into real connection

23:41 - Daily prayer with your kids on the way to school

30:07 - Why your marriage can't wait for the schedule to slow down

31:31 - Date nights and the shared family calendar

39:42 - The Faith-Filled Family Meeting framework

46:02 - How to get started with the free guide

50:45 - You don't have to change everything at once

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Website: https://ourhouse.faith

ABOUT OUR HOUSE We're Jason and Malia, married parents of four boys. We help families build the rhythms and rituals to bring God to the center of their home. Everything we share comes from our own living room, not a textbook. This podcast is for any family that's tired of surviving and ready to start thriving together.

LISTEN TO THE FULL SERIES This is Episode 2 in our series on the 5 Silent Killers of a Peaceful Home, our original framework called SAFES: Spiritual Misalignment, Avoiding Issues, Financial Separation, Emotional Disconnection, and Scheduling Chaos.

Episode 1: The 5 Silent Killers of a Peaceful Home (Be Emotionally Intimate with Your Spouse) Upcoming: Avoiding Issues, Financial Separation, and Spiritual Misalignment

We almost didn't make it.

We were the couple that looked like we had it together. Church on Sunday. Kids in the right schools. Nice house. And behind closed doors, we were falling apart. We weren't connecting. We weren't talking. We were roommates running a household, not partners building a home.

In this episode, we break down the 5 silent killers that keep homes stuck in survival mode: spiritual misalignment, financial separation, lack of emotional intimacy, scheduling chaos, and avoiding issues. We get honest about how every single one of these almost destroyed our marriage, including the Mexico City story we've never told publicly before.

If your family loves each other but it still feels like you're just surviving, this episode is for you.

OUR GIFT TO YOU:

Download the Faith-Filled Family Meeting Startup Guide: https://ourhouse.faith

CONNECT WITH US:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ourhouse.faith

Website: https://ourhouse.faith

ABOUT OUR HOUSE:

We're Jason and Malia, married parents of four boys. We help families build the rhythms and rituals to bring God to the center of their home. Everything we share comes from our own living room, not a textbook. This podcast is for any family that's tired of surviving and ready to start thriving together.

Four boys. Chaos. Almost broke us.

This is Our House — a channel for families who are tired of surviving and ready to start thriving. We're Jason and Malia, and we're sharing the rhythms, tools, and faith-centered practices that brought peace back into our home.

New videos regularly on faith, marriage, parenting, and building a Christ-centered home.

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