Famous at Home

We have one of those unique humans in our lives who just lives what he says he lives. He said recently, "I don't idealize certain values. If I hold to a value, I just go do something to live out that value." It was a convicting moment for us. What about you? Do you find yourself idealizing certain values, or do you find yourself actually living them? In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about ho...

How do you respond to difficult questions about science and God from your kids? How can you help them grasp who God is, and how the world was created? In this episode, we talk to Louie Giglio, pastor, author, and communicator about his new devotional The Wonder of Creation: 100 More Devotions About God and Science and how to have healthy conversations about science and God with your kids. Show Not...

Where do you want to be in your marriage 5 years from now? 10 years from now? Whether you realize it or not, where you will be is a product of the rhythms you have in place today. In this episode, Chris and Jenni Graebe, faith leaders, writers, and hosts of The Rhythm of us Podcast join us to talk about how to craft a "rule of life" for your marriage, through five healthy rhythms: * Speaking life*...

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and while the romance side of it is special, celebrating this day with your kids can be even more memorable, especially for them. In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about the deep impact of prioritizing a rhythm of one-on-one time with your kids. Show Notes: PREORDER THE FAMOUS AT HOME BOOK! Preorder a copy of the Famous at Home book and get one month FREE...

Last week we talked about how to have hard conversations with your spouse. This week, we're highlighting one of the topics that is so often difficult to talk about--sex. Joining us is our dear friend, a licensed marriage and family therapist whose specialization in graduate school was sex therapy, Laura Dugger. In this episode, Laura talks about how sex literally makes everything better. Wait unti...

Difficult conversations in marriage are inevitable. Unless you're avoiding them. But that's a recipe for not living fully alive together. Whether it's parenting, sex, holidays, work schedules, or in-laws, all couples deal with "an elephant in the room." How can we best show up in these conversations? In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about how to talk about hard things in marriage. Some of th...

Have you ever been in a place where, when asked how you're doing, your tendency was to lead with the stuff that wasn't going well? The negative emotions. The painful circumstances. The things you wish were different. Maybe you're there now. Or maybe you know someone who does this. We all have, especially in the times we're living in. If we see life through these "glass half empty" lenses, our spou...

As we continue our series on a "new year, new life," we have a special guest to help us answer a listener's question about the reality of practical daily rhythms of the Straub family. In this episode, Josh and Christi sit down with their family assistant, Janae Torgeson, to talk about what a day in the life with the Straub family looks like. Talking about what has and has not worked, our hope is t...

One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is that we don't have enough. We don't have enough time, rest, or money to do everything we need. What would it look like for you to leave behind a mindset of scarcity, and move forward with a mindset of abundance in 2022? In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about the ripple effects each of these mindsets have on our marriage, our kids, our work environ...

Join the Straub kids as they walk your family through a Christmas devotional and talk about being followers before we can be leaders. Show Notes: ORDER A COPY OF THE 25 DAYS OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY! An advent family experience by Josh and Christi Straub.

Did you ever read a book you just had to tell someone about? Or learn a lesson you needed to shout from the rooftops? This episode is our "you must know" game changers in 2021. In this episode, with laughter and grateful hearts, we discuss some of the books, music, practices, daily rhythms, and lessons that changed the course of our lives, so that we can hopefully inspire you as you prepare for 20...

Have you ever put your kids to bed feeling like you failed them? Maybe in your attitude or how you acted toward them? Justin Whitmel Earley noticed some patterns in his own life and started to question the kind of influence he was leaving on his kids in the trenches of day-to-day life, or what he calls the liturgies of the day. We all have a liturgy in how we live our lives. The question is whethe...

Josh recently spoke at the Focus on the Family chapel service about navigating today's cultural moment as a family. Since so much of what Josh has been trying to live out in his own life was presented in this talk, we wanted to share it with you here on the podcast. In this episode, Josh talks about: * How to live and lead well in a world plagued by fear.* The ripple effect of showing up as the be...

While the Christmas season is meant to be fun, special, memorable, and joyful, it can also be stressful and exhausting for parents. Whether it's trying to find the perfect gift for your kids, fit in holiday traditions while balancing your work load, or feeling the loss of past loved ones--each parent feels the weight of the holidays in some way. But what if you could find a way to make it feel a l...

Josh posted on Instagram a few weeks ago about his changing relationship with social media and his phone. The post had many people asking questions related to what he is learning, with some even asking him to talk about his experience on a podcast episode. Alas, this is that episode. In a world so driven by social media and technology, we don't recognize how enslaved we are to the things that keep...

If you've found it difficult to get your kids to read the Bible, pay attention to you as you read it, or keep them engaged in learning about the faith, you will find great solace in this episode. Author and fellow Dad, M.J. Thomas is on this week's episode to talk about his book series The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls and how it helps kids travel back in time and explore major events in the Bible....

Making his Famous at Home podcast debut is Josh and Christi's son, Landon. In what you'll find to be quite an endearing episode, Landon joins his Dad this week to talk about making Christmas count. With Advent just around the corner, making Christmas memories doesn't just happen. In this episode, Josh interviews Landon about his favorite Christmas characters, family activities, and memories. You m...

When your time, attention, and energy are pulled in so many directions, how do you have anything left to give your family? By the end of the day, it may feel like your spouse and kids need more from you than you have to give. But what if the one thing they really needed from you brought you to life just as much as it brought them to life? In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about the importance...

Emotions are the gateway to the heart. When we use words that communicate emotion in our home, the environment changes. In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about why it's important to understand the difference between emotions and feelings, especially for the intimacy in our marriage and how we connect with and guide our kids. Josh and Christi talk about: * The difference between emotions and f...

One of the biggest challenges we face, as parents, is learning what to say yes to and what to say no to as a family. Whether it's serving in church, putting your kids in sports, hosting friends at your home, going on work trips--everything is dependent on the season you are in. In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about how to prioritize what brings your family life, and how to put on the choppi...

Whether it comes to parenting style, money, sex, or even how we spend the holidays as a family, it’s not uncommon to hold a different point of view than our spouse. But what happens if we sense our spouse go to the opposite extreme on an issue? Is too lenient with the kid’s discipline. Spends more money than we feel comfortable. Desires sex more than we have the energy for. So often, their lop-sid...

Google recently found, in a major study of its hiring process, that its top employees possess empathy, emotional intelligence, and emotional safety (at the top of the list). These “soft skills” have now become the basis for what companies desire most in their leaders. That’s why the environment of emotional safety and the principles of emotional intelligence are the foundation of who we are and wh...

If we want to be famous at home, we have to take care of ourselves. In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about emotional and spiritual ways to take care of yourself right now, especially in the midst of the fear and overwhelm in this cultural moment. Josh and Christi talk about: * Practical ways they have intentionally taken care of themselves the last couple of weeks.* Ways to limit screens or...

Life has a way of throwing us curveballs, interruptions in our health, job, or circumstances that force us to slow down or alter our lifestyle. While setbacks aren't that enjoyable at first, they have a way of being perspective-shifting moments that reshape how we live our lives. Last week we touched on things that wake us up. This week, Bill and Laurie Lokey are back to talk with Josh and Christi...

Each of us have experienced a wake up call in some way or another. This could be related to a car accident, a bad health report, losing a loved one, or walking through a divorce. No matter the situation, there is an "in-between" time of living in the unknown. In this episode, Josh and Christi sit down with their dear friends, Bill and Laurie Lokey to discuss how we can live our life to the fullest...