Now That I'm A Father

Here’s the link to join our Top Five Tuesday Email List: https://nowthatwereafamily.lpages.co/now-that-were-a-family-website/ We did not want to leave you hanging after last week’s episode regarding the future of the podcast. We also didn’t want to miss an opportunity to share our engagement story. These two topics are not related. At all.

This episode turned into quite the venting session. Sorry about that . . .We really don’t want to make a drastic decision but we also want to acknowledge the fact that we may need to make changes in our life. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. We want what the Lord wants with …

The topic of money can be so intimidating and emotional. We’ve had some ups and downs in this area and certainly don’t have the answers. But we do have our story and we share on this episode! Bible Verses Referenced: Mathew 5:45 Proverbs 22:13 Proverbs 26:13 Colossians 3:23 Info On Understanding Proverbs: https://bibleproject.com/learn/proverbs/ The Business/Self …

So many of us have a desire to raise our children in a way that is counter cultural. But why? It might be easy to see that culture and society aren’t in accordance with God. However, that doesn’t make everything counter to culture Godly. What is our motivation for raising our children differently and how …

Thank you for all the great questions! We received hundreds so obviously we are not going to get around to answering all of them on this episode. However, some of the questions were SO GOOD that we decided to wait and do full episodes on them in the coming weeks. This one gets a little …

This is definitely one of those episodes where we bring you guys in on a conversation we are currently having. We never want to stop pruning our marriage and chasing out the foxes. Hopefully we hit on some things that resinate with you and relate to your marriage and that you are able to grow …

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation. Biblical roles in marriage can kinda be a sensitive subject. Kinda? . . .yeah right! It is a straight up emotional and dicey topic. That said, being on the same page with your spouse on this subject is such a blessing! Yet not being on the same page …

First off, if you listen to the end then you will hear something that has never been done in Now That We’re A Family Podcast history. . . Second, we are passionate about being parents, yet, we get distracted from our priorities and sometimes fall prey to the many traps the devil sets for Christian …

Every day we have picture-perfect living rooms, vacations, and families showing up in our newsfeeds. It’s easy to discredit or demonize the person we are envying, believing it is their fault that we are faced with this sin in our hearts. But in reality, we are hating the good side of envy. There isn’t anything …

You hear about people loosing themselves when they become a mother or father. They no longer have the time they once had, and it seems like overnight life has completely changed. Today on the podcast we are talking about the two outcomes that can come from finding our identity in parenthood — pride or despair. …

Today we’re just going to hang out as friends and probably tell you guys more than you need to know about how we grew up, our personal finances, some of our most embarrassing moments as a married couple, and why Elisha nearly passed out when I suggested a date for our wedding that was only …

Anytime we are sleep deprived, isolated, or adapting to a new life-season, we find ourselves susceptible to a funk. But the funny thing is, it’s usually not the big things that get us in our out of these stages . . . it’s the teeniest tiniest changes. Sometimes just a mindset shift! As a married …

Praise the Lord! We welcomed our newest son into this world at 2:56am in our home on February 6th, 2021. . . . Lawrence! Thank you to everyone who prayed with us through this journey of him turning breech at 37 weeks and spinning around just in time for us to have a smooth natural …

We laugh through this episode, because you know . . . it can be a little awkward. And personal. But the truth is, we know people feel very strongly about this topic because children do effect our lives in such big ways. Coming from wonderful families of 10 and 11 children, we have always wanted …

Postpartum is a season in your marriage that can draw you together or draw you apart, and we’ve experienced both in our short four and a half years of marriage. We believe God meant what he said when he wrote, “children are a blessing,” so we’ve never blamed a new baby for entering the world …

This isn’t the first time people have felt hopeless. This isn’t the first time darkness has been in the world. Since the fall of man, it has been tempting to fall into despair, fear, and anxiety for our future and that of our children. But as Christians we have such a hope–both eternally and for …

As humans, we naturally gravitate toward law—what we can do. We want to take our future into our own hands and somehow guarantee an outcome. Yet the gospel gives us a guarantee that requires no action on our part. Just belief. The beauty we experience or the terror we fight is that the gospel is …

It’s easy to feel you have already talked about everything with your spouse–maybe a few too many times. The same conversations, hot spots, and discussions keep circulating, and Elisha and I can find ourselves assuming we know what the other person is thinking, wanting or feeling. The New Year is the perfect time to ask …

It’s one of our favorite times of year. A time to pause and reflect on the past 12 months, learn, and see how we can leverage that knowledge moving forward. We used to think of the New Year as a time to set SMART goals. You know, the ones that are “Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, …