Now That We're A Family

Megan Fox is a Mennonite who lives in a very busy area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Lancaster is full of Mennonite and Amish people. She has 3 kids (ages 5,4 & 1). She has a Youtube channel where she has a lot of homemaking content, shares what life is like in Lancaster County and breaks down some of the misconceptions of the Mennonite lifestyle. She started her YouTube channel to give p...

Chuck Black is a former F-16 fighter pilot and currently is the president and general manager of a chemical injection automation company in the oil and gas industry. He has a degree in electrical and electronic engineering and served eight years in the United States Air Force. Chuck and his wife have six children and nine grandchildren. Chuck first wrote Kingdom’s Edge to inspire his children to r...

Chad & Jenise Johnson (Katie’s parents) have been married for 30 years. They have 11 children and 10 grandchildren. You’re going to hear about marriage, child training and parenting in today’s episode. They are the coaches in our Marriage Maximizer program. Marriage is something they have been speaking to for a lot of years. They are my favorite marriage coaches of all time! They have been doi...

He is here! Woohoo! Wow. Is there anything better? What a miracle. What a pure blessing. Lionel Peter Voetberg was born on Sunday, July 23rd at 5:36 AM. 8lbs 11oz. God is so generous.        Is there a more glorious thing than being a vessel that carries, incubates, delivers, then sustains a person that bears the image of our great Creator and King? I cannot do that. Katie just did that. Mothers d...

Why does it seem that sometimes the most spiritually mature men/families are reluctant to joining a local church? A question that on the surface seems rather puzzling or maybe as though it was an enigma. This has been the case in our own experience in the families we have been a part of and it seems to be the case in many people that we observe from a distance. We both had similar experiences in o...

Eric Conn has a degree in sports journalism. He attended seminary in Louisville, KY and has worked for over a decade in the firearms and outdoor media industry as a journalist. He served as a pastor for several years in a small western town, chief of staff at a conservative media company, editor in chief at Gun Digest Magazine and various other managing editor roles at Guns and Ammo Publications a...

Today we have the great privilege of seeing and answering some of the questions that you have asked us. We always love doing this because it’s a fun insight into what you are going through in your life and some challenges or breakthroughs you’re experiencing in your home. We get a lot from these Q&A’s and we hope you do as well! If you follow us on Instagram and have any questions you would li...

Today we have a very fun episode for you! I have seven incredible sisters and today I’m here with two of them. These two are currently pregnant with me. Karaline is in her first trimester and Kyla is in her second trimester and I’m wrapping up my third trimester any day now. I thought it would be fun timing, because who knows when this will happen again, and talk about pregnancy, postpartum, big f...

Today on the podcast we are answering a listener question: Are you raising your daughter to become a career woman or a homemaker & wife? We thought that it was an interesting question because we have seen this exact same question asked to multiple different people that we follow online and it’s been interesting to hear their responses.     One gal said specifically that she was not raising her...

Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular, young people to make the case for the Christian faith. Sean still teaches one high school Bible class, which helps give him exceptional insight into the prevailing culture so he can impart his observations poignantly to fellow educators, pastors, and parents alike. In 2008, he received the Educat...

Do we have friends outside of our family? Do we have church friends? Do we have community? If so, how do we allocate our time accordingly with friends and family? How do we protect our home, but still be a part of the community? Is there some hospitality linked in there?     We have gotten these questions more and more since we have spoken on family. We are clearly advocates of family time. Our in...

Lisa Bass is a mom of 7 (expecting #8 in July) who shares wholesome from scratch recipes, natural living, handmade projects and her simple life in their 1860s farmhouse. Blogging is her family’s full-time gig. She has a podcast called Simple Farmhouse Life where she shares the same thing, but in audio form what she shares on her blog and YouTube channel, Farmhouse on Boone. After the pandemic, she...

Here we are once again tackling one of those topics that I think at one point we said we never wanted to talk about. We don’t want to talk about parenting from a “here’s how you do it" perspective because our oldest is six and if our children ever listen to this one day, they know that we were imperfect parents. We love them very much and we want to get better and better at this. That said, th...

I thoroughly enjoyed the interview you are about to listen to with Skyler Kressin. Skylar is local to this community and has become a friend of mine. He really is an example of somebody living out Christian values and it going noticed. I just noticed Skylar a couple years back when we were working together in the same co-working space. I noticed him bringing his kids to work with him and how he ha...

Today we get to answer more of your questions. Oftentimes, these episodes turn into our favorite episodes! We get to hear what you’re thinking, some of the concepts you’re throwing around your household and the conversations you’re having with your spouse and then we get to have those conversations here in real time.   If you follow us on Instagram and have any questions you would like us to answe...

Dr. Emerson Eggerichs is an internationally known public speaker on the topic of marriage, parenting, communication and more. Based on over three decades of counseling as well as scientific and biblical research, Dr. Eggerichs developed the Love and Respect Marriage Conference which he presents to live audiences around the country. This dynamic and life-changing conference is impacting the world,...

Today we’re sharing with you the most influential preachers and Bible teachers in our lives. Some of these may be controversial…ok, maybe all of them…just a warning :) To list off a few that we discuss: - Dave Hunt - Shield of Faith ministries - Douglas Phillips - Vision Forum - Bill Gothard/ATI/IBLT - Michael & Debbie Pearl - No Greater Joy - Lifeway Bible studies - Mark Driscoll - Mars Hill...

It’s only May, but summer weather has officially started for us…and skin is out! It seemed like a good time to talk about modesty. It’s something Katie really wanted to avoid talking about for a long time, but she felt really at peace now doing this episode. We’re excited to share with you guys our thoughts on this topic! Immodesty is distracting. It’s loud either in attitude, dress or deed. When...

Dr. Matt enjoys life with his wife, Dr. Amadea Angove, and their seven children. Dr. Amadea is a licensed naturopathic physician, acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. Dr. Matt also enjoys inspiring people to overcome poor habits so that they reach their full potential. He loves helping people overcome food addiction and sedentary living. Taking control of food and seeing someone enjoy physical act...

We love getting your questions on Instagram! We aren’t on Instagram anymore, so hearing from you through our Instagram page is really really fun. We love to hear what you guys are thinking and today you get to hear what we are thinking….about what you’re thinking :) If you follow us on Instagram and have any questions you would like us to answer, put them in the Q&A box that is in our stories...

For nearly three decades, Peter van Stralen has succeeded in creating remarkable experiences for his employees and customers through his principles of C.A.R.E. leadership. He is a visionary leader that energizes and inspires audiences with his C.A.R.E Leadership keynote, imparting the tools and ideas curated from his business success. In 2015, he and his family embarked full-time on an Epic Family...

Today we are going to be talking about battling discontentment in motherhood, more specifically with stay-at-home motherhood. I think a lot of mothers can struggle with this, but especially stay-at-home moms. We will also be touching on discontentment in parenting in general and some mindsets and thoughts around that. Katie’s natural bent was not one of wanting to rear children and nurture them in...

Jodi Mockabee is a photographer, writer, blogger, speaker and homeschooling mother of five (ages currently ranging from 11-17) living in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has a passion for health, wellness, parenting, and homemaking, She is super passionate about parenting and raising her children to love the Lord, as well as raising children that are enjoyable to be around. The idea behind her...

We didn’t find out the gender for our first three babies until they were born. Our 4th was the first one we found out during an ultrasound, which was anticlimactic and lame, to be honest. We weren’t sure what we wanted to do with this pregnancy, so we had them put the gender in an envelope. We decided during today’s episode if we were going to open the envelope with the gender inside or wait again...

Alisa Childers is an American singer and songwriter. She’s best known right now for being an Apologist. Prior to becoming known as an Apologist, she was known for being a singer in the all-female Christian band ZOEgirl. She experienced a period of profound doubt about her faith in her mid-thirties. She felt uncertainty and didn’t know where to find answers to her questions, or if answers existed a...