Podcast appearances and mentions of jefferson bethke

This is one of the foundational, fundamental things you should be doing if you want to build your family into a team that works together. At first it doesn't sound exciting, and, you might actually think you HATE this idea, but trust us, we've been doing this for years and it has made ALL the difference.  For dad, it turns you into a leader. For mom, it stops you from having to be the leader and be the only one who cares about what's going on in the family. For kids, it gives direction, purpose, momentum, and growth. Today we're joined by upcoming Accelerator coaches Jeremy and Kristin Netting to talk about why and how to run family team meetings! --- Free Family Meeting PDF: https://familyteams.com/meetings --- On this episode, we talk about:  0:00 Intro 1:14 Meetings 4:05 Why Meetings? 9:11 5 Types of Meetings 11:10 The Weekly Team Meeting 17:01 How Meetings Affect Moms 22:06 Why Dad Should Embrace Team Meetings 25:05 Meeting Tactics and Encouragement Follow Family Teams:   Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Free Family Meeting PDF: https://familyteams.com/meetings Family Kickball Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0vWa3pqCs  ---  Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!   

This can transform your family's life so deeply. It's THE tool that, done consistently, turns your family into a team. What is it, you ask? The Family Meeting. BEFORE you roll your eyes and delete this, hear us out! We've been doing some form of this for 12+ years, and it has radically transformed our family. It hardly takes any time, it hardly takes any prep, and it gives us immense peace, clarity, and a way to find and fix problems before they get too big. Every productive team has meetings (sports, business, etc.). If you're serious about turning your family unit into a family team, this podcast is a MUST listen. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:46 Meetings and Resources 7:10 Sunday Morning Meeting Rhythm 11:12 3 Elements of the Family Meeting 14:39 CAV 21:00 1 Improvement 27:39 100 Improvements in 2 Years Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: familyteams.com/meetings familyteams.com/accelerator --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

In this episode, we're tackling a pressing cultural issue—the crisis of masculinity. You'll hear from Jefferson Bethke, a New York Times bestselling author and speaker who has spent years exploring what it means to live with purpose, faith, and biblical manhood. He says: “Men want a story worth living and sacrificing their whole life for it.”  Jefferson unpacks the confusion surrounding masculinity in today's world. He challenges both the extremes of toxic masculinity and passive manhood, offering a vision of strength, leadership, and responsibility rooted in God's design. Let's listen in as he reminds us that true masculinity isn't about dominance or passivity—it's about servant leadership, strength under control, and living with intentionality. Resources Learn more about Jeff, including his books and his work at FamilyTeams. Create a free THINQ Account and download the THINQ Media app on your smart TV to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com. Apply the THINQ Framework as you think through cultural topics. Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom: Sign up for THINQ Summit 2025 October 2-4 in Nashville, TN.   More from the THINQ Podcast Network: Rhythms for Life with Rebekah and Gabe Lyons The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips NextUp with Grant Skeldon NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons Now on YouTube! Subscribe, Like, and Share:  THINQ Media UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons NextUp with Grant Skeldon Rhythms for Life with Rebekah and Gabe Lyons

How do you care for a new mother? How do you care for a family? If you're a citizen of the West, the answer is basically: you don't. There's no recognition, value, or care for family anymore. Yet there is an ancient way that most of humanity for most of time has followed that helps mothers and families thrive as multi-generational teams. That way is still kept in places like Uganda, which Jeremy and April discuss today. Can you even imagine this kind of support? And if you didn't receive this support, don't worry...you get to be the one to choose to build this type of family downstream, and the work starts today as you build relationship with your children. Stand at the crossroads and choose the ancient path. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 2:14 Stark Differences Between How Mothers Are Treated in The West vs. Africa 14:14 Ancient vs. Western Ways 21:02 The nuclear family is not the ideal Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/05/mother-west-uganda-parenting-uganda-society-switzerland Family Plan Calendar: https://shop.familyteams.com/products/family-plan-calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

The natural, Biblical progression for a woman's life is to go from Maiden to Mother to Matriarch. Each of these are seasons, and they're glorious in the way God guides us through them. But...our culture HATES that last step. Nobody is aspiring to grandmotherhood. The idea seems to be to go BACK to maiden after motherhood. In this episode, Jeremy and April break down Michelle Obama's recent comments, the destructive nature of "therapy culture", and how it's impacting the way young women are interacting with religion. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:53 Michelle Obama vs. Matriarchy 7:37 A wife and grandmother's perspective 16:14 Becoming one with your spouse 24:04 First time in history young women are less religious than young men 33:23 How young moms can resist the worldly temptation to put themselves first 39:12 The modern self-obsessed culture is the opposite of Jesus' teaching Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: 1000 Households Discipleship: https://1kh.org Michelle Obama Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axWovz0V_Kw Modern Wisdom Podcast Clip: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIUKUFrN3u6/ Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578526123/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Matt Walmsley starts our new mini-series called Fighting Shadows - directly confronting those things that mess up our lives. This week is about how to fight loneliness with God.  This series is inspired by the book of the same name by Jefferson Bethke and Jon Tyson.

This is the one thing I wish I knew earlier in my fatherhood journey. Fathers, especially, have a HUGE amount of influence with helping their kids achieve mastery over skills and parts of life that they might not otherwise accomplish without dad's influence. In this episode, we share 3 extreme examples of fathers casting huge visions and helping their children become world-class. We're not saying to go to these extremes, but it shows the power of high-support / high-expectation fatherhood. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 4:05 The 2 Ditches of Fatherhood 12:22 Example 1: Raising Chess Prodigies 17:47 Example 2: Prime Time 19:37 Example 3: Tennis Champions 30:44 How To Train Your Kids In Mastery Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578526123/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

What if the very success you're chasing is costing you what matters most? In today's powerful episode, Mark Casto delivers a prophetic wake-up call for every entrepreneur, builder, and dreamer. It's not enough to build wealth—you must build legacy. Drawing from insights in Dan Martell's Buy Back Your Time and Jefferson Bethke's Take Back Your Family, Mark challenges the hustle culture mindset that glorifies busyness and burns out families. He reveals why true wealth isn't measured by followers, fame, or fortune—but by presence, margin, and multi-generational blessing. In this episode, you'll learn: Why success at the cost of your family is not success—it's sabotage. How digital products can help you create wealth without trading time for dollars. The real meaning of wealth in the Kingdom: time, presence, peace, and legacy. Practical strategies to start buying back your time right now. How to shift your focus from personal destiny to generational legacy. A prophetic invitation to build businesses that serve your family, not steal from them. This isn't just business advice—it's a blueprint for building a life you'll never have to apologize for. If you're tired of the grind, desperate for margin, and longing to show up fully for your family, this episode will ignite your heart and give you a clear path forward. You were born to build. But you were born to build the right things. Key Takeaways: ✅ Real wealth is not more money—it's more margin. ✅ Digital products are tools for time redemption, not just cash flow. ✅ Your greatest legacy won't be your platform—it'll be your presence. ✅ You don't have to choose between building income and building family—you can do both through Kingdom wisdom. ✅ You are called to raise multi-generational blessing, not just personal success. Links and Resources Mentioned:

Listening to this episode and then taking some action could be the biggest peace-giving thing you've done in years. Training your children well is often the difference between "we're done having kids" and "every child we add is a joy and blessing". Grant and Kelly Stine completely changed the culture of their home in a very short amount of time by going all-in on training their children. They're our community coaches in the Accelerator this month, and give us some incredible, practical tools and stories in this episode.

Most parents don't know you can (and should) train your kids. Our Western mindset has most people believe that how kids turn out is mostly just due to their personality. This is absolutely incorrect and is KILLING family cultures and peace in homes. Today we're giving you some game-changing mindset shifts and some super practical ways to train your kids - for your benefit AND their benefit. --- FREE DOWNLOAD: 12 Tips for Training Your Kids (with Scripture): http://familyteams.com/train --- On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:51 Our Daughter's Feminine Rhythm on Tuesdays 3:29 How To Build A Family Business So You Can Truly Live As A Family Team 10:58 Training Your Kids 13:24 Develop A Training System 25:50 Start Early 34:00 Get The Playbook, Join The Accelerator 35:05 Crafting Training Routines Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Inc: https://courses.familyteams.com/familyinc Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator Top 12 Tips for Training Your Kids: http://familyteams.com/train --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

This feminine superpower is designed to build relational connectivity and love in big, multigenerational families, but is often misunderstood and completely ignored in the modern world. Jeremy discusses the ideal use for this in a large family and how it is such a blessing to husbands and the entire family, but also shows why it's so maligned these days. He reacts to a couple videos, one from Jonathan Haidt, and another of Jordan Peterson to show just how important it is for wives and mothers to cultivate this amazing superpower. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:29 Jonathan Haight on Girls and Social Media 2:39 The Superpower of Social Mapping in Families 5:53 The Role of Mothers in Family Dynamics 7:55 Balancing Authority and Relational Health 11:49 Feminine Relational Dynamics from Adam and Eve 17:09 Practical Applications for Modern Families Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Jonathan Haidt Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeRmxUGRgVc Jordan Peterson Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R-vkbxX8r4 --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

The decision to have kids - or, more commonly these days, to NOT have kids - isn't just some random decision your kids make. It comes after years of seeing how you treat fatherhood and motherhood. Whether you value it. Whether you've taught them the importance of their gender and how God intentionally created them that gender, and that He loves certain things about that gender. If you value family, having kids, and obeying God, then you need to actually train your kids to WANT to become parents. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:23 Raising Kids Who Want to Become Parents 3:05 ANNOUNCEMENT: Family Inc Opening Again! 6:40 Success Stories from Family Inc. 9:37 Teach Your Kids To Want Kids 12:13 Fertility Crisis and Cultural Influences 22:28 The Risk of Hyper Individualism 29:56 Idea Viruses Attacking Our Children's Desire To Be Parents 31:35 Creating A Pro-Feminine Culture 44:46 Modern Fear of Correcting Children 50:01 Modeling Thriving Parenthood Resources Mentioned: Family Inc: https://courses.familyteams.com/familyinc Discipleship Program: https://1kh.org/ --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined by Accelerator Coaches Brent and Katie Kruithof to explore how to incorporate biblical holidays into your family's traditions. We dive into the significance of these holy days, creative ways to make them fun and meaningful for kids, and the importance of combining ancient traditions with modern family life. Discover practical tips from Passover baskets to wearing handcuffs at dinner (this will make sense when you listen to the episode!) all aimed at deepening your family's faith and identity.

One of our favorite ways to disciple our kids - while having a ton of fun - is to celebrate the 7 Biblical feasts. They're not just for Jewish people...they all prefigure Christ, and are an amazing opportunity to talk about the Gospel to our kids on an annual rhythm. This month's focus in the Family Teams Accelerator is how to lean into the 4 Spring Festivals, and in this episode we give you a sneak peak into some of our tips and rhythms, as well as what to expect as you begin to celebrate things like Passover, Shavuot, etc. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:39 It's Odd That Most People Don't Live Spiritual Seasons 1:32 The 4 Biblical Spring Holidays 3:49 Why Celebrate These Holidays 4:31 How The Pryor's Have Developed Their Family Festival Celebrations 10:56 These Festivals Are All About Christ 17:30 How To Celebrate Passover 24:10 Family Shavuot Celebrations 27:12 Join The Accelerator This Month! Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Free Passover Celebration Cheat Sheet for Families: https://familyteams.com/passover Join us in the Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

What comes to mind when you think of the word family? Maybe it's those cute family pictures you see on social media, or some awkward family gatherings, or maybe just chaos and yelling? What if I told you that God's plan for family was actually supposed to be the hub of identity formation and purpose what would you say? Sounds foreign for many of us, but this is exactly what the book “Take Back Your Family” by Jefferson Bethke unpacks- how western individualism has hijacked God's plan for family and how it's affecting us all. Today we talk through 6 keys to get started on crafting a healthy family so that you can help your kids know who they are and where they belong.  Love, Brittany Ready to become a peaceful wife and Mama? Sign Up for the Pain to Peace Academy HERE. Come say hi and join the Morning Mama Facebook Group! I would love to hear your story and know your name.    ALL THE LINKS FOR ALL THE THINGS! Morning Mama Website Pain to Peace Academy Morning Mama Facebook Group Follow Us on Instagram Find a Restoration Therapist Come say hi by emailing hello@morningmamapodcast.com  

What comes to mind when you think of the word family? Maybe it's those cute family pictures you see on social media, or some awkward family gatherings, or maybe just chaos and yelling? What if I told you that God's plan for family was actually supposed to be the hub of identity formation and purpose what would you say? Sounds foreign for many of us, but this is exactly what the book “Take Back Your Family” by Jefferson Bethke unpacks- how western individualism has hijacked God's plan for family and how it's affecting us all. Today we talk through 6 keys to get started on crafting a healthy family so that you can help your kids know who they are and where they belong.  Love, Brittany Ready to become a peaceful wife and Mama? Sign Up for the Pain to Peace Academy HERE. Come say hi and join the Morning Mama Facebook Group! I would love to hear your story and know your name.    ALL THE LINKS FOR ALL THE THINGS! Morning Mama Website Pain to Peace Academy Morning Mama Facebook Group Follow Us on Instagram Find a Restoration Therapist Come say hi by emailing hello@morningmamapodcast.com  

Jeremy is joined by Rory Groves, who moved his family to a homestead 12 years ago and eventually quit his software engineer job to build a family economy. They talk about the implications of the industrial revolution and how anti-family (and anti-God) it is, and how families can start to make the mindset shift to build a family economy in a modern world. There are some really fundamental, theological questions that require wrestling with, because so many Christians today give up some fundamental arguments to the secular world, and Jeremy and Rory break many of these down around topics like work, family, economy, and more. They look ahead at the next few years and what to expect with AI, and Rory gives an overview of his book Durable Trades as a way to defend your family against the likely devastation that's incoming. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:05 Rory's Journey From Programming To Farming 5:55 Did God Design Family To Work Together? 8:07 The Industrial Revolution...Disaster? 17:53 The Economic Implications of a Family-Centered Life 23:12 The Family as The Basic Economic Unit 29:36 How Important is Land? 31:01 How To Launch Into A Family Economy 35:14 The Future of AI and How Families Can Properly Defend Themselves 41:30 Family Worship Rhythms Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Life by Kevin Swanson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996171983/ The Natural Family by Allan Carlson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0747Q5XKL/ Durable Trades by Rory Groves: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1725274140/ The Grovestead Newsletter: https://www.thegrovestead.com/newsletter/ Gather and Grow: https://gatherandgrow.us/ Family Inc: https://courses.familyteams.com/familyinc --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Has America ruined the family? In this episode, we dive into Jefferson Bethke's Take Back Your Family. Is it time to dismantle the nuclear family? Why do women feel so isolated in motherhood? Is it normal for our children to hate us as teenagers? How do we build family bonds so close that healthy relationships thrive past adolescence? Happy Monday! Let's hang out!

Is it pointless to try to leave a family legacy when your great grandkids probably won't even know who you are? That's what business influencer Alex Hormozi said recently. "Just help people now, don't worry about a family legacy", is essentially his argument. Reilly Pilgrim and Chris Cirullo join Jeremy to discuss whether this is the right way to think about this as Christians building Family Teams. Jeremy shows us that the Bible actually explicitly answers this question. You might be surprised to find out where! On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:39 Hormozi Says Future Legacy Is Pointless 14:20 The Bible Explicitly Answers This Question 29:25 Getting A Story Of Your Family 36:09 Knowing Your Family Line 40:40 Should You Want To Be Famous? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: The Mission-Fit Father by Chris Cirullo: https://www.missionfit.co/book/ John Adams by David McCullough: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC0QHA/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

This month in the Family Teams Accelerator, we're going deep on The Romantic Partnership. Marriage is so much more than just romance or just partnership. We think it fundamentally has three parts to it that we've spent a long time trying to get right. In this episode, we're joined by Rhett and Angela Barbour, who are our Accelerator coaches this month, to discuss super practical ways to apply these three fundamental principles to your marriage, so you can build a true romantic partnership that creates a family that lasts generations. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 3:29 Covenant As The Foundation 14:16 Stoking Romance with Date Nights 24:32 Partnership and Organizational Leadership 35:02 How To Thoughtfully Apply This Mentioned: Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator 7 Tips For Date Night: https://familyteams.com/date Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

FREE GUIDE: 7 Tips For Leveling Up Your Date Nights: https://familyteams.com/date The world...even most of the Christian world...sees marriage wrong. Marriage is not primarily a romantic, love-based relationship. It's much more than that. It's a covenant, designed to create a God-honoring family that lasts 1000+ generations. In this episode, you'll learn 3 things we've done to build our own marriage that also seems to have worked for the dozens if not hundreds of couples we're closely connected with. To get the FULL deep dive into all of these topics (and more), join us in the Family Teams Accelerator this month! On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro and Sydney's Wedding! 2:07 Family Teams Sees Marriage Differently 4:37 Play #1: Found Your Marriage On The Bedrock of Covenant 12:35 Play #2: Date Night 17:56 Play #3: Building Your Romantic Parntership With "Co-Founder Meetings" 25:47 Join Us In The Accelerator! Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator FREE GUIDE: 7 Tips For Leveling Up Your Date Nights: https://familyteams.com/date --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Birth rates are declining rapidly across the Western and developed world. Yet...there are still families out there having 5+ children, completely defying modern trends. What encourages someone to have a large family? How do we promote the benefits and joys of having a lot of kids? What does it mean for the future of our country and our world? In today's episode, Jeremy dives into this topic with economist and author, Dr. Catherine Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America, to discuss her work on the subject, specifically her book Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying The Birth Dearth. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:01 Why Write A Book About Mothers With 5+ Children 5:35 Why Women Choose To Have More Children 8:04 How Do Lawmakers React To Such A Faith-Focused Finding? 14:21 A Purpose So Strong You Can Withstand Anything 24:18 Individual vs Team Mentality in Family 31:04 Roles in Family 36:30 The Healing Power of an Infant 41:48 The Benefit of Having Older Kids Around Young Siblings Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying The Birth Dearth by Catherine Pakaluk: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684514576/ Catherine Pakaluk Website: https://pakaluk.com/ Family Plan Calendar: https://shop.familyteams.com/products/family-plan-calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Modern parenting experts are saying some pretty bizarre things. Is it truly good for children to get a sense that they're not in charge? Or does parental authority somehow limit their freedom of expression? Is the chief aim of parenting to create a "safe" environment for our kids? Should we force our kids to create their own version of good and evil? We answer these questions and more on today's podcast. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:45 How does authority interact with children? 1:41 Dr. Becky Talks Authority 11:55 Gabor Mate on 3 Modes of Parenting 20:10 The Issue With Parenting As An American 24:27 The Collapse of Parenting 31:24 Feeling-Driven Parenting 34:21 Parenting Prosperity Gospel? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Dr. Becky Reel: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDj6bW4u2ts/ Gabor Mate Reel: https://www.instagram.com/p/DES_PqEoYv9/ Dr. Leonard Sax on Andrew Klavan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6BFgkdIcy0 Adam Lane Smith Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrSuMeck9hI Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082YHJ62F --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! (See below and listen to the episode!) Today we'll will give you a sneak peak into a HUGE topic at the core of what we do at family teams... How To Transform Your Family From A Nest Into A Team We break down the importance of family movie night (including two of our top 10 picks that show family teams in action), and share an important hack we learned when our kids were younger to practically build our family into a team. You'll also learn about a HUGE announcement in the Family Teams world that'll help you on the practical side more than anything else we've ever done. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:54 Huge Announcement! 3:50 The Importance of Family Movie Night 4:50 Movie Pick #1 11:21 Movie Pick #2 17:57 Do Individual Things Together 19:53 Swap Individual Sports for a Family Team Sport 27:48 Join The Family Teams Accelerator! Resources: Top 10 Family Team Movies: https://familyteams.com/movies/ Family Kick Ball Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0vWa3pqCs Family Kick Ball: https://familykickball.com/ Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Love Christ. We talk about a Spoken word done by Jefferson Bethke years ago about the difference between RELIGION and a RELATIONSHIP.

Jeremy's daughter, Sydney, is getting married soon, so Jeremy starts off today's episode talking about something every daughter wants to talk to their dad about: Contraception in marriage!

We live in a decidedly "therapeutic culture". There are a million questions we could ask about the implications of this, especially as it relates to fatherhood and motherhood, but the one we focus on today is, "Is embracing this therapeutic culture maladaptive for men?" Put another way, we discuss whether fathers are different enough from mothers that the question of therapy itself has to be broken down among gender lines. As always, we believe fatherhood and motherhood are the anchor points of gender. The entire REASON for gender. So, it makes sense that we talk about roles and how each member of the family could or perhaps even should approach therapy. Hit play to find out if dads should approach therapy differently. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:25 Has therapeutic culture done some kind of damage to fatherhood? 2:48 Boys vs. girls talking about their feelings (Christina Hoff Summers Clip 5:55 Gender impact on therapy 8:04 Modern and ancient world collide over therapy 11:45 Therapy in the Sopranos 18:59 Therapy to become a victim 29:15 The risk of being too extreme and not having a support network Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Tyler Graham: https://www.3mphfatherhood.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/3mphfatherhood/ Philip Dosa: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilipDosa/ Christina Hoff Sommers on Dad Saves America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKe8BxvjZIs Dewayne Noel on Modern Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB8ma6fmb1A Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBYHTV2D Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082YHJ62F --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Our first granddaughter is 10 days old, and we have a family story to share with you, that we hope will encourage and give hope to all of you mothers out there (and the fathers who lead family teams!). The story you're about to hear absolutely shocked the nurse involved...but we thought it was totally normal. It's just one more proof point to the goodness of God's ancient plan for families, and why we think the Family Teams model works so well. This wasn't something we planned for, or even had as a goal, but our hope is that in sharing it with you, it gives you a direction and perhaps even opens your eyes for the first time to just how deeply connected you can be with the other people in your family. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:44 Why Kelsey included her mom in her birth experience 7:21 How April is processing her role as matriarch (especially with the birth of her grandchildren) 15:00 The transition from mothering a teen to mothering an adult child 17:28 How moms can start laying the groundwork for an extremely close lifelong relationship with their daughters 22:16 A daughter's encouragement to other mothers and daughters 25:55 Building a family team beyond the early years 29:54 Intentional birth training Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Plan Calendar: https://shop.familyteams.com/products/family-plan-calendar Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082YHJ62F --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

It is SO strange that a new parenting trend emerges every 5-10 years. For generations, there was basically just "parenting"...passed down from one generation to another. Multi-generational wisdom, essentially...very Family Teams. But with the disintegration of generational families and the rise of hyper-individualism, parents these days are left to come up with their own methods, focusing a little on this, then a little on that. Not only is it dangerous to use an untested parenting method, MOST of them that come out these days (formerly in books, now often via social media influencers), are extremely secular and certainly not wise (the fear of God being the beginning of wisdom...). Jeremy digs into this issue, and how to root yourself in a solid Biblical understanding of fatherhood and motherhood, joined by his wife April and Donna Cheung. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:48 The rise of "parenting trends" 2:35 Why modern culture has led to so many different parenting philosophies (clip) 8:30 The risks of being a young mother in the information age 19:10 Why most parenting studies are bunk and how to weigh advice 26:44 Potential for deception, especially with secular parenting books 32:37 Don't go down the "way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaleen Doucleff, PhD Maiden, Mother, Matriarch Podcast Clip The Case Against The Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

One of the biggest reasons for the birth rate nosedive is that people no longer hear the positive arguments for having kids. All they hear is the constant societal push for "freedom" being the ultimate virtue. It's led to a culture of hyper-individualism, where having kids makes absolutely no sense, because kids necessarily infringe on your freedom. In this episode, Jeremy is joined by Tyler Graham to make the case for fatherhood from 3 different angles: 1. The Benefits for You 2. The Benefits For Your Family/Business/Marriage 3. Your Duty To Have Kids Dive in, and remember that one of the major ways you can impact your own kids and community is by constantly telling and showing everyone how great fatherhood and motherhood truly is. On this episode, we talk about: 00:00 Intro 00:31 Making the Case for Fatherhood 02:35 The Best Possible Relationship (Jordan Peterson on Parenting) 10:40 A Venture Capitalist's Take on Having Kids 18:37 Grandchildless Grief From Wrongly Engineering Society 20:41 Matt Walsh's Duty Argument For Having Kids 33:26 Reaping the Fruit of Hyper-Individualism Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Jordan Peterson Clip @nikunj on X.com How Generational Selfishness Is Destroying Our Future by Matt Walsh Do Kids Owe Their Parents Anything? on Jeremy Pryor's Podcast Tyler Graham on LinkedIn 3mph Fatherhood Newsletter Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy and April Pryor are joined by Annalisa Barraza to talk about Annalisa's book, You Are Because He Is. Annalisa has worked for Family Teams for almost 5 years, so it's a joy to have her on the show in this capacity and dive into the power of speaking blessings over our children. The book emphasizes the importance of speaking the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus over children to help shape their identity in Christ. This episode also explores the cultural challenges of identity for young women, the role of family in shaping identity, and the significance of grounding identity in Christ rather than emotions or cultural pressures. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 2:12 Why Write This Book: The Power of Speaking Blessings Over Our Children 5:41 The Importance of Helping Daughters Get Grounded in Their True Identity 8:04 Challenges of Modern Identity Formation (Feelings vs. Christ) 17:28 Practical Applications and Examples of Speaking Blessings Over Your Kids 22:33 Blessings as a Motherhood Tool 36:33 Conclusion and Where to Find the Book Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: You Are Because He Is by Annalisa Barraza Family Inc --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

The modern culture offers no wisdom when it comes to running a family. In fact, it's designed to burden and disrupt God's good design for family. In this episode, Jeremy sits down with Justin Kershaw, who's modelled much of his family life around the Family Teams principles. They discuss the 3 major levers Justin has pulled to successfully lead his family in relationships, faith, and business: - Implementing a weekly Sabbath - Integrating kids into the business - Seeing birth order as an intentional gift from God Justin Kershaw is a husband, father of 5 daughters, and entrepreneur. Make sure to check out the company he runs with his family, Sow Strong Food! (link below) On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Justin's mission, vision, and 5 daughters 7:31 Implementing a weekly Sabbath rhythm 15:10 Integrating your kids into your business 25:44 The importance of birth order (especially in larger families) 37:28 The branding of Sow Strong Foods and building up mothers Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Inc Sow Strong Food Justin Kershaw on IG --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Did Protestants miss something when it comes to contraception? What about hanging our faith on a set of very defined propositions (as opposed to actions and deep inner change)? This episode with Jeremy Pryor and Phil Cotnoir challenges a couple of oft ignored areas of growth in the Protestant church, by hearing from a couple of influential non-Christians and reacting to some fairly accurate critiques being level against the church. We can learn about family and faith from those on the borders of Christianity or Christian ideas...but we should also be able to frame the debate properly and not be overly influenced by liberal social experiments just because the culture seems to agree with them. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 2:27 Naval Ravikant on contraception and family 5:58 Reaction to Naval's 3 points 19:18 How should Protestants approach the conversation of kids for young married couples? 22:22 Personal preference vs. theological question 24:40 Jordan Peterson's problem with Protestantism 32:39 Should Jordan Peterson risk being categorized as a Christian? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Scott Adams and Naval Ravikant Interview Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor God, Marriage, and Family by Andreas J. Köstenberger Jordan Peterson and Russell Brand Interview The Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined today by Jonathan Holmes to talk about why identity is such a hot topic today, and what it means for us as Christian parents of kids facing enormous cultural pressure. How do we give our kids a gospel-centric identity in Christ? Do we need to spend more time and effort building a family identity to combat peer-pressured identity formation? How can the church start to take back ground on gender, identity, and the Christian sexual ethic? These topics are hard to talk about, because so many people want to focus solely on the exceptions to the rule, and forgo talking about the general teaching, so it was a blessing to wrestle deeply with these issues with Jonathan. This conversation needs to be happening way more often, especially for those of us with children being impacted by an outside world heavily influenced by the enemy. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:38 Why is "identity" such an important topic today? 4:32 Identity in the gospel 10:06 Peers vs family in the identity-formation process 14:17 Practical tips to ground your children in a Christ-centered identity 19:30 Can family identity cure a lack of identity culturally? 30:07 Competing ideas about gender, and how the Church should respond 35:47 Family vs individual consequences of "gender identity" 41:57 The narrow sexual ethic of the Bible Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Fieldstone Counseling Grounded in Grace by Jonathan Holmes Family Plan Calendar   --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined by his wife April, and friends Michelle Akrami and Brittany Stewart to discuss the story of Rebekah, Isaac's wife, in Genesis. How does this story of a mother and her two sons impact our view of motherhood? Did God work through her trying to do things "her way", or did God work in spite of her attempt to ensure her favorite son was blessed? Whatever the implications, we hope this episode gives you pause to think through what the meta narrative is telling us, and allows you to approach Scripture in a thoughtful and curious way to really let it sink in. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:54 First Pryor granddaughter! 2:30 Rebekah as a mother in Genesis 11:55 Moms react to Rebekah 19:39 Did Rebekah help or attempt to hinder God's plan? 40:38 What can moms take away from Rebekah? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor The Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

In a culture that constantly attacks manhood and faith, how do we help our boys as they transition into manhood? How does a father maintain influence in his son's life amidst the chaos of social media, friends, and sports? Today Jeremy is joined by Stephen Meeks, author of Save The Boys. Stephen helps fathers take their sons through an initiatory rite of passage so that they become men in the best sense of the word. This process is powerful enough to eliminate the "rebellious teenage years" in a family, because it fosters such connection and responsibility. Learn what we face as dads in the modern age, plus the CORE process Stephen helps dads lead their boys through, and get equipped to raise your boys into men. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:38 What is Save The Boys? 2:42 Leading Boys Into Their Teens 7:25 Why Are There Certain Age-Related Inflection Points in Our Relationships With Our Kids? 11:40 Showing Your Kids You're On Their Team 14:52 The Boy Crisis 20:15 What Fathers Need To Raise Their Boys 31:25 How To Create Your Own Man About Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Father Media Group Save The Boys by Stephen Meeks Family Inc --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined by Jason Weening, husband, father of 10, homesteader, and author. Learn the wisdom that's discovered by necessity when you've got a big family that can help you navigate your own family...whether big or small! Jason talks about how to manage a family with 10 kids spanning 18 years, how to get your kids to sacrifice for the family without traumatizing them or creating resentment, how he navigates the creative process and successfully published a book, and why we need to get our kids into the game. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:48 Writing a kids book that includes family and mentorship themes 4:01 The inspiration for Jason to focus so much on family and building a large one 7:25 Building a family on mission for the Kingdom 9:34 How to manage a family with 10 kids across 18 years 12:42 Living situations with a big family (and why Jason picked homesteading) 16:30 How to get kids to sacrifice for your family without harming them 22:00 Creative process and output as a dad of 10 28:54 Living a life with mistakes and opting out of a culture of curated perfection Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Danger in the Jungle by Jason Weening Above Rubies Family Revision Family Plan Calendar heydads.ca wehelpmen.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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It's strange to us that so many conservative Christians hold up the "nuclear family" as an ideal. The nuclear family has failed, and needs to be replaced. Now, before you think we've gone crazy, let's talk about what it needs to be replaced by... The TRADITIONAL (or, in Family Teams-speak, the "MULTI-GENERATIONAL") Family. There's a huge difference. Jeremy is joined by Tyler Graham and Chris Cirullo to talk about what that difference is, and how to get back to a Biblical blueprint of family that builds up and blesses, rather than tears down and destroys. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:15 Should we really be defending the "Nuclear Family"? 4:37 "The nuclear family has failed" article 11:25 The paradigm shift from modern to traditional family 22:12 Does the nuclear family actually work? 27:31 The traditional family was a business enterprise 31:17 Multiple generations in DAILY contact 33:11 Traditional family as part of a broader congregation 43:09 Do you believe family is a vehicle? 51:04 Take courage and be hopeful! Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: 3mphfatherhood.com missionfit.co The nuclear family has failed - Article Take Back Your Family by Jeff Bethke Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor Mere Christianity by CS Lewis --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

In this episode of the Family Teams Podcast (Motherhood Edition!), Jeremy and April are joined by Annalisa Barraza and Miranda Foust to discuss the countercultural idea of women actually enjoying motherhood. Then, the group reacts to a short clip from The Spillover podcast and discuss whether we should be sending our kids to preschool. We hope you notice that, yes, our ideas are often counterintuitive, but it's because something is desperately wrong with the way our culture is doing family. Our goal is to have honest and challenging conversations so that you as a listener can consider things from a new, and hopefully Biblical and multigenerational light. It's not always easy to have these conversations, but it's so worth it if we're going to raise up families that glorify God. On this episode, we talk about: 00:00 Intro 01:43 Celebrating Kyra's Birthday 03:56 Annalisa's Unexpected Response on Motherhood 06:54 The Struggle Against The Flesh as a Mother 14:26 Maintaining A Joyous Perspective in Motherhood When Things Are Hard 18:12 Encouraging Other Mothers 25:21 The Lifelong Joy of Motherhood 28:45 Should We Be Sending Our Kids To Preschool? 31:02 Debating the Role of Preschool 42:11 Bonus Clip: The Lies of Feminism Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Plan Calendar Libby You Are Because He Is by Annalisa Barraza "How To Raise A Securely Attached Child." With Attachment Specialist Adam Lane Smith | The Spillover --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy and April Pryor wade into the sensitive topic of what happens in marriages when a wife earns more money than a husband, and eventually becomes the "alpha". This conversation is a reaction to a recent video by Patrick Bet-David. Is it guaranteed to cause problems? What are the effects on family in a world where this is becoming increasingly common? This deeply impacts how we raise our daughters and how we work together as family teams, so at risk of offending everybody, we're diving in to explore relationship dynamics and what this means for modern families. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:43 Should couples workout together?  2:24 Do alpha women destroy marriages? 5:35 We are running multiple societal experiments...what is the impact on the family? 10:18 Is being a workplace leader and a wife incompatible? 20:18 Niceness and agreeability 29:25 Why it's so hard on marriages when women try to "beat" men 33:28 Do women "lose attraction" to husbands who earn less than them? 40:37 When government reforms fix unimportant problems and do more damage to the family 44:33 Raising daughters to want to be moms, and equipping them for motherhood Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Patrick Bet David Video Family Inc --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy and Curt Storring react to Steve Irwin's multi-generational mission, then Jeremy finds the phrase he's been searching for to describe who a great father is today (especially compared to the "fun dad" as shown on Bluey and other modern media). On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:39 Steve Irwin's Multigenerational Family Vision 6:41 Do we all need massive, narrow, world-changing visions? 8:37 Families (not institutions) should be multi-generational vehicles to fulfill missions 10:32 Levels to fatherly visions 16:25 Can a super narrow family vision subtly create disunity in a family team? 20:11 Leading with your mood 24:06 The difference between the modern, Western dad and the Biblical patriarch 31:47 Where are you giving up your agency? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Robert Irwin Video Modern Wisdom Video Family Inc Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

In this episode, Rebekah and Gabe talk with author Alyssa Bethke about managing mental, spiritual, and relational health, especially for women who often feel overwhelmed by expectations from society.Alyssa shares her experiences of living a public life with her husband Jefferson Bethke, both New York Times bestselling authors and YouTubers. She speaks about the challenges and joys of raising children in today's culture, particularly the importance of communication within families and protecting children from negative influences in modern media.Listen in as Alyssa opens up about her personal journey with emotional overwhelm and shares some practical steps she took to heal emotionally, including counseling, leaning on mentors, and taking daily reflective walks to reconnect with God and herself.ResourcesCheck out Alyssa's new book: When Doing It All Is Undoing YouTake inventory of your emotional, relational, and spiritual health with Rebekah's Inventory Guide.  Rhythms Retreat is November 21-22 in Franklin, TN. Reserve your spot now and use code RFL100 to save $100.Create a free THINQ Account to access more trusted content like this on topics from all channels of culture at thinqmedia.com.Attend THINQ events where you can gather with like-minded leaders, ask better questions and have conversations that lead to wisdom:Before the upcoming election, hold a Let's Talk Politics conversation with your family or small group. Register for Next Gen Summit, November 8-9, 2024 in Nashville.Bring the 28-Day Digital Fast to your family, workplace, or church throughout the month of January.More from the THINQ Podcast Network:THINQ Media Podcast with Gabe LyonsThe InFormed Parent with Suzanne PhillipsNextUp with Grant SkeldonNeuroFaith with Curt ThompsonUnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons

Jeremy is joined by his wife April and their friends Jess and Brittany to react to a couple of recent Youtube videos about family and daughters in particular. First they tackle the question, how do we raise daughters differently from sons, particularly from the Family Teams perspective? Then they dive into the trad wife movement and ask what sort of contingency plans women should have in case the men in her life all let her down. This is a highly nuanced and important conversation to have from a Christian perspective to compare it to the modern, anti-God cultural story we're being told. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:41 Topics 2:03 Reaction Clip 1: Marriage and Childbirth Culture in China 10:49 How do we raise daughters differently? 19:02 The biggest story wins 25:46 Should women create contingency plans in case every man in her life fails her? 27:55 Reaction Clip 2: Trad wife movement and contingency plans 35:02 Why Christian wives aren't thinking about contingency plans 40:32 Fathers as contingency plans when daughters are in need 52:06 "We roll deep." Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Is Traditional Marriage Doomed for Millennials and Gen Z? The evolution of phony female empowerment trends --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy and April Pryor are joined by Annalisa Barraza, Holly Worley, and Jess Gonyea to discuss two topics surrounding motherhood and femininity, all through the Family Teams lens. First they react to whether there's a place for women to "be" in the family, when compared to working outside the home. Our culture has put "self-expression" as the highest virtue, but can we as Christians really buy into that? Next, they comment on the reality of a woman's biological clock (in reaction to a Brett Cooper video). Even in Christian circles, nobody is talking to young women about the reality of fertility, aging, and the process leading up to having kids, and it's creating a tragic epidemic of "unplanned childlessness". These are the conversations we need to be having to point people back to Truth, Reality, and Christ in a world that's absolutely bent on distorting it all in order to do violence to the family as a vehicle for God's will. On this episode, we talk about: 1:34 Does the "Christian right" need more of a vision for women than being a wife and mother? 5:34 Moms react...is there a place for women to "be" in a family setting? 20:23 The cultural lie that "self-expression" is the ultimate goal 22:48 The Proverbs 31 woman as a vision for mothers and wives 30:35 Brett Cooper on The Reality of a Woman's Biological Clock 40:54 The pill, society's view of children, and "babymoons" 47:40 Integrating your entire life Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Brett Cooper Video --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy Pryor is joined by Chris Cirullo and Reilly Pilgrim to talk about inheritance. Inheritance is one of those issues that has been dealt with intentionally and maturely in many cultures for millennia...but Christians are generally really bad at understanding this. However, we can see by looking at the broader cultural narrative in which we live that it's actually liberalism as a worldview that is destroying our idea of inheritance and causing so much confusion for fathers and resentment for adult children. We'll dive into what responsible inheritance looks like in Family Teams, and how to navigate the question around stewarding resources over multiple generations. On this episode, we talk about: 1:24 Is inheritance a blessing or curse? 3:48 Set your kids up for multigenerational success with business and opportunity (reaction to Myron Golden) 17:49 Jeff Goldlum is not planning to give his kids any money...is he right? (reaction to Michael Knowles) 26:07 What if your kids don't want to be on your team? 39:45 Are you prepared to be the CEO of your family? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Myron Golden Reel on Generational Wealth Jeff Goldblum Is Going Way Too Far Family Inc Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined by his wife April, Kristin Netting, and Jess Gonyea to talk motherhood and parenting advice, specifically in reaction to some of the ultra-popular mainstream parenting influencers giving their opinions out there. Can the advice of parenting "experts" like Dr. Becky Kennedy be reconciled with a Biblical worldview? Is it helpful? How do we know what parts are helpful and which are harmful? On this episode, we talk about: 0:49 Processing Dr. Becky's parenting advice through a Biblical lens 2:18 The difference between making a request and setting a boundary 11:00 Women react to "turning up the volume" when there's an issue in the family and both spouses need to get on board 17:41 The framework issue between modern, Western marriages and Family Teams 21:13 Parenting from the belief that your child is innately good 36:57 Are our kids destined for shame and failure if we don't believe they're "good inside"? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Dr. Becky Kennedy on The Knowledge Project Podcast Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Listen to Jeremy Pryor's Father's Day sermon to the Linked UP Church in Atlanta, where he explains how our modern idea of family is broken, while giving hope for the future by diving into God's original, ancient design for family. This talk is a great introduction to the Family Teams ethos and what we stand for, so we encourage you to share this with anyone in your life who hasn't heard of this glorious, God-breathed idea of family before. Thanks for listening! On this episode, we talk about: 1:57 What to expect (and how Jeremy met April) 4:28 What is family? 5:42 Family, Shame, and the Gospel 10:27 What do we do about our collective societal family problem? 17:11 Abrahamic Fatherhood 32:02 The 5 Part Mission for Families 39:40 Why we're all called to this mission as followers of Jesus, regardless of our family structure Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy Pryor is joined by his children Jackson, Sydney, and Elisa to talk about debt, and how young people today are getting so easily sucked into making horrible financial decisions that often lead to LITERALLY giving up their first born child as payment. They do all this by dissecting the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, which is absolutely packed with symbolism that we can use to glean wisdom from for today. Learn the sad reality of why most young people get into debt, the various forces out there looking to "get" us (and our future earning years...and even our sense of meaning), and what we can do about it. On this episode, we talk about: 1:56 How to get the most out of fairy tales (and why they're not irrelevant today) 5:34 The story of Rumpelstiltskin 6:48 The point of the story...how and why debt starts 17:00 The vulnerability of young people entering into adulthood 20:06 The most brilliant symbol in the story...what happens when you run out of things to give? 33:31 The happy ending that requires you knowing the name 42:57 The gratitude your children will have if you train them and teach them about the traps of the world Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!