The Family Teams Podcast

FREE PDF: How To Start A Weekly, Multigenerational Family Meal Rhythm: familyteams.com/meal --- This month we've talked about why having a weekly, multi-generational family meal is such a game changer for families who want to build a family team that lasts for generations. We've talked about how to make the meal fun and how to make it sustainable. Today we dive into how to maximize the meaning of...

🎁 FREE PDF: How To Start A Weekly, Multigenerational Family Meal Rhythm: familyteams.com/meal --- This month we're talking about how to start having weekly, multi-generational family meals, because we are convinced that this is one of the most practical ways to turn your family into a multi-generational team on mission. Our goal is to have our kids want to be around this table every week now, whi...

FREE PDF: How To Start A Weekly, Multigenerational Family Meal Rhythm: familyteams.com/meal --- If you decide to craft a weekly, multi-generational family meal, and stick with it every week, we're convinced that this is THE thing that will unlock a close, cohesive, loving family that lasts for generations. BUT... And it's a big but... If it's not fun, nobody's going to want to do it. You can only...

There's an unhinged consensus that patriarchy is a problem, it's bad, and it needs to be dismantled. That's one of the core tenets of the new, secular world order and "morality". It's totally false, but it's been spurred onward over the past 100 years by feminism, which has also become a consensus. We're so steeped in it that seemingly everyone has assumed feminist tendencies and beliefs, just due...

🎁 Start Connecting with Your Kids' Hearts FREE 1-Pager: https://familyteams.com/hearts --- Many of us are very cut off from our emotions and our own hearts, which makes connecting with our kids' hearts almost impossible. In this episode, we're joined by Philip and Natasha Dosa of Stay and Go. They're our community coaches for January 2026 in the Accelerator, and they talk today about the lightbul...

You've probably heard about this phrase, "DINK Lifestyle"...it stands for "Dual Income, No Kids". This is a lifestyle that some couples are choosing to live, whereby they prioritize work and income and doing whatever they want, without the "burden" of kids. This is a selfish, anti-family, and very sad way to live, and it's vital that we put forward a more compelling vision for the future so that w...

🎁 Get our top 10 questions to ask kids to build connection: https://familyteams.com/connect --- This is the tool you need to be using as often as possible to win the hearts of your kids. And don't worry about it being this huge chore you need to somehow fit into your schedule... This can be done mostly doing the same things you already do, with a bit of extra intentionality and connection. We're...

🎁 FREE toolkit for capturing your kids' hearts: https://familyteams.com/hearts --- A father's emotional availability is one of the biggest drivers of generational faith and a peaceful home. But it's misunderstood, not well practiced, and definitely not well supported. In this episode, you'll learn why the father's heart posture is SO important, how he can start to shift it more toward his kids, h...

🎁 FREE Handbook on How To Capture Your Kids' Hearts: https://familyteams.com/hearts --- None of the rhythms, habits, tactics, or strategies we talk about will work if you lose your kids' hearts in the process. This is the foundational, fundamental connection you need in order to truly build a family team that survives the ups and downs of life. In this episode, we're trying something new, and we'...

We think having an annual family summit is one of the most important rhythms families can add to help them start to become a family team. In this episode, we're joined by Blake and Chandler Smith, who will be our coaches inside the Family Teams Accelerator in December. They are EXPERTS when it comes to meetings (which means they're fun and connective, NOT boring and horrible like you'd think). The...

We have been doing this for over a decade, and it's paid off HUGE dividends for our family. Today we're talking about our annual family summit, including why you should consider doing one, and how to pull it off. This is SUCH an impactful day for us, and for so many of the other families in the Family Teams ecosystem that we really wanted to give you guys our full playbook. That's why we're dedica...

Do you know why you're living the style of life you're living? Do you know just how new it is, and what the modern western society has done to family? It's been a long march to get here, but the results have been devastating. Rory Groves joins us today to talk about the book their ministry is re-publishing, Henry and the Great Society, and why this is an important cultural message that we need to...

Christmas is one of the most approachable ways to start building your family team. It's one of the few things that still has SOME semblance of meaning to us here in the west, as long as you look a little past the commercialization of it. That's why we think it's an amazing opportunity to start to build lifelong family traditions, to start to coalesce as a true family team, and to bless one another...

Your family's Christmas traditions might be coasting on autopilot - some things you do because you've always done them, some events that just happen to you instead of being chosen intentionally. What if this year you flipped the script and designed a December that actually centers on Jesus while creating memories your kids will carry into their own marriages? Jeremy and April Prior break down thei...

Some of our recent reels on Instagram have exploded, and it's no mystery why. These clips are touching nerves on parenting, priorities, and the way we raise our kids in today's world. In this episode, we dive into two of the most viral ones: Brett Cooper's reflections on homeschooling and Erica Komisar's insights on the emotional fragility of young boys. From family sacrifices to neurological deve...

What if your family was never meant to run on the system you've been handed? In this powerful episode of the Family Teams Podcast, Curt sits down with Jeff and Jeremy to expose the "failed experiment" of modern family and rediscover God's original design - one that leads to joy, belonging, and legacy instead of burnout and isolation. They break down why families today are collapsing, the biblical...

What happens when a true father steps into the life of another man? In this reaction episode, Jeremy Pryor reflects on a powerful conversation between Jason Wilson, author, mentor, and founder of The Cave of Adullam, and former NFL quarterback Cam Newton. Jason doesn't just talk about manhood...he models fatherhood in real time, speaking into Cam's fears, struggles, and hopes. Jeremy unpacks how J...

What does it really mean to live as a family on mission? In this inspiring episode of the Family Teams Podcast, Jeremy is joined by Mark and Michelle Tiderman, this month's Accelerator community coaches, to share their journey of following God as a family. From meeting on the mission field in Mexico City to planting roots in Fairfield, Ohio, the Tiderman's reveal how they've woven mission into eve...

Ever feel like your family is just surviving - keeping up with school, meals, and schedules - but missing a bigger sense of purpose? In this episode, April and Jeremy get real about what it looks like to move from "just doing family" to becoming a family on mission. They share the seasons when mission felt impossible, the small ways they started anyway, and the surprising fruit that followed. You'...

God is a good Father who uses holidays and festivals to disciple His children all throughout the Old Testament. But for some reason these have been lost in modern Christianity. Now, we don't HAVE to celebrate these holidays, Christ fulfills them all, BUT we've found over the past 10+ years that they are a POWERFUL tool to disciple our kids, follow God more closely, and build deep memories that imp...

I want to show you why celebrating a week outside in a handmade booth becomes the most unforgettable family tradition - without feeling like a chore. We're joined by community coaches Brent and Katie Kruithoff, who previously helped us learn to celebrate spring holidays like Passover and Pentecost. This time, they share how the fall Biblical festival of Sukkot became a unifying, joy-filled anchor...

In this episode, Jeremy reacts to 5 popular clips that show why the modern, western idea of family is so broken. Learn the Family Teams perspective on a lot of these relevant topics of our day, and see why God's ancient ideas for family are still the best ones today, and finally put your finger on WHY modern society is so broken. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 2:17 Doug Wilson finds th...

Jeremy reacts to a viral Tweet explaining the difference between a mom's conservative and liberal child. He explains why we needed to invent some moral framework for society after Christian ethics were broadly discarded, and why our culture is suddenly anti-life after choosing "consent" as the moral framework. This new "religion" doesn't value life, and is leading to the sterilization of the next...

Young men are abandoning leadership, being sucked into addiction, and rejecting building a family. What's at the heart of this? How do we stop it? Jeremy is joined today by Bryce Bouchard, who leads Noblemen Ministries. Bryce spent a lot of time working with college-aged men and has seen a lot of the shift over the past couple of decades. Learn practical steps about re-engaging our young men, enco...

The Akrami's join us today to talk about their journey of bringing the Bible into their home and making it a cornerstone of their life with their kids. They're our coaches this month inside the Accelerator (familyteams.com/accelerator)! They cover the big WHY, what their journey looked like as Cameron started to lead in this area, and a couple of tips to make this easy and accessible, instead of f...