Now That We're A Family

Now That We're A Family

Hosted by: Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Culture has reduced the modern family to a joke -- informing parents they are only capable of shuttling their children from expert to expert who experiment with untested agendas. Katie and Elisha lean on their...

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012: How We Live A Low Drag High Impact Life

We are in the process of shopping for a family vehicle and as a result we’ve been having conversations around the topics of “drag” and “impact.” We dig deeper into what we mean by that in this episode.
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011: Should Marriage Make Us Happy Or Holy?

Did God create marriage to make us holier or happier? He definitely calls it a blessing in the Bible but what if it doesn’t feel like a blessing? Should we just grin and bear it if we are in a bummer marriage and...
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010: Twenty Five Years of Marriage and 11 Children — How to Keep The Spark Alive with Chad and Jenise Johnson

What a treat to sit down with Katie’s parents and pick their brains about marriage and family. Here are the links we mention in the show: Keep up with Chad, Jenise and the Big Ski Family here:...
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009: How Many Kids We Can Afford

Since becoming pregnant with our third child, the topic of how expensive children are has come up so much! So, we thought we would share our thoughts. We hope you enjoy!
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008: The Giant 5: Our Tool For Making ALL Decisions

We GET to make decisions in life. That said, how do we filter our decisions? We’ve got a tool that helps us SOOO much. We hope that you can use this tool too! // Top 5 Tuesday//Join our weekly email list to keep up to...
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007: Marriage Q And A: Sex, Insecurities, Cheap Dates. . .

Thank you so much for participating on this episode with your fun questions about our marriage! We don’t know much but we do like talking about our own experiences and what we’ve learned from them. We hope our stories...
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006: How We Get Out Of Funks

The truth is, we get bummed out sometimes. Since this is a thing for pretty much all human beings, we decided to share the practical tools we use to get out of these emotionally hard seasons and overcome funks. // Top...
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005: Interacting With In-Laws As A Married Couple

Everybody has such different experiences with their in-laws. That said, we thought we would share what we have learned, how we have grown, and what we are working on in regards to OUR in-law relationships. All...
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004: Pros and Cons of Growing Up in Big Families.

The truth is, we loved growing up in big families. However, from our experiences there are some pros and there are some cons. In this episode we dive into what those were for us. // Top 5 Tuesday//Join our weekly...
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003: Oneness And Individuality

Are married people supposed to become one or are they already one? How does individuality play into all of this? Can we grow towards a unified vision? // Top 5 Tuesday//Join our weekly email list to keep up to date...
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002: Lessons Learned From Having Two Kids in Two Years Of Marriage

The original plan was to not get pregnant in our first year of marriage. That said, it was only three days into our honeymoon that we had a dramatic change of heart. In this episode we share how getting pregnant on...
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001: Our Vision For Family // Finding Fulfillment In Fatherhood

BOOM! We did it. We started a podcast. So what are we going to talk about? Well, in this episode we talk about why we are so excited about having our own family and why family has been a huge part of both of our...
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