Calling Out Purpose in Your Children

Quick note: We announced the Tender and Fierce fall cohort. See show notes below. What’s the first question we ask our kids in kindergarten? “What do you want to BE when you grow up?” We do our children a disservice by asking this question because the very nature of the phrase implies that what you DO is who you are. What about for ourselves as adults? What does it means to live in “fullness of life,” even when our circumstances might not match our heart’s desire? Perhaps Teresa of Avila held a clue to this mystery when she said, “God is among the pots and the pans.” In this episode, Josh and Christi define what we mean by the word “purpose” and also identify other flaws of our modern cultural understanding of purpose and how it influences how we shepherd the hearts of our kids. One question to consider, “Is our understanding of purpose, especially when raising our children, filtered through a biblical lens?” In other words, who is God calling our children to “become?” Josh and Christi also discuss Christi’s own “mid-life” crisis, the many layers of purpose, what the Bible tells us about meaning, and how we squelch our children’s desire for purpose even in early childhood. Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:40 Welcome to our own mid-life crisis 4:40 Tender & Fierce fall cohort announcement! 5:40 Christi’s mid-life crisis and rethinking what “purpose” really is 13:00 The layers of purpose and helping our children find theirs 20:00 Ecclesiastes and the discovery of meaning 23:20 Finding “fullness of life” no matter your life circumstances or current occupation / role 29:07 What keeps us from living in purpose 33:00 What multiplication and expansion of our purpose actually means Show Notes: Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort: Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here . Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here . Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here:

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Calling Out Purpose in Your Children is an episode from Famous at Home by Josh + Christi Straub.

This episode is 36:41 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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