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Author: Elisha and Katie Voetberg

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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 experience growing up in large families of 10 and 11 kids, to encourage parents to take back control, stop listening to popular relationship advice, and embrace their God-given role as their children's primary authority.

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Voetberg Music Academy 2025 Fall Competition Tue, Oct. 21, 2025 12:00 PM - Wed, Oct. 22, 2025 3:30 PMJoin us this fall for a music competition that includes: Guitar | Fiddle | Piano | Mandolin | Ukulele Entry to the fall competition is free for VMA students. If you are not enrolled Voetberg Music Academy then we would love to have you! You can either sign up for one of our signature courses or pay a one-time $20 entry fee.Learn more information here - https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/2025-fall-competition-Father Josiah Trenham is a native Southern Californian. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in 1993, and was awarded the Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Durham, England, in 2004. He has served as pastor of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, Ca. since 1998. Father Josiah was married in 1988, and has ten children and five grandchildren. Website - https://patristicnectar.org/ Marriage Conference - https://www.themarriageconference.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/patristicnectar/App - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/patristic-nectar/id6502949324
Voetberg Music Academy 2025 Fall Competition Tue, Oct. 21, 2025 12:00 PM - Wed, Oct. 22, 2025 3:30 PMJoin us this fall for a music competition that includes: Guitar | Fiddle | Piano | Mandolin | Ukulele Entry to the fall competition is free for VMA students. If you are not enrolled Voetberg Music Academy then we would love to have you! You can either sign up for one of our signature courses or pay a one-time $20 entry fee.Learn more information here - https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/2025-fall-competition
Voetberg Music Academy 2025 Fall Competition Tue, Oct. 21, 2025 12:00 PM - Wed, Oct. 22, 2025 3:30 PMJoin us this fall for a music competition that includes: Guitar | Fiddle | Piano | Mandolin | Ukulele Entry to the fall competition is free for VMA students. If you are not enrolled Voetberg Music Academy then we would love to have you! You can either sign up for one of our signature courses or pay a one-time $20 entry fee.Learn more information here - https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/2025-fall-competition-Send us your questions for future podcasts! You can submit them here: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcastquestionsubmission
Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful?  Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week.  Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:  https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass-Mentioned during podcast: - “Atomic Habits” by James Clear - https://amzn.to/3V5gxET - “When Your Child is 6 to 12” by John Drescher - https://amzn.to/4m3NrRl
Voetberg Music Academy 2025 Fall Competition Tue, Oct. 21, 2025 12:00 PM - Wed, Oct. 22, 2025 3:30 PMJoin us this fall for a music competition that includes: Guitar | Fiddle | Piano | Mandolin | Ukulele Entry to the fall competition is free for VMA students. If you are not enrolled Voetberg Music Academy then we would love to have you! You can either sign up for one of our signature courses or pay a one-time $20 entry fee.Learn more information here - https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/2025-fall-competition
Voetberg Music Academy 2025 Fall Competition Tue, Oct. 21, 2025 12:00 PM - Wed, Oct. 22, 2025 3:30 PM Join us this fall for a music competition that includes: Guitar | Fiddle | Piano | Mandolin | Ukulele Entry to the fall competition is free for VMA students. If you are not enrolled Voetberg Music Academy then we would love to have you! You can either sign up for one of our signature courses or pay a one-time $20 entry fee. Learn more information here - https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/2025-fall-competition - Mentioned during podcast: Mythology books - “A Severe Mercy” by Sheldon Vanauken - https://amzn.to/4g8TQtg "D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths" by Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire - https://amzn.to/3VuvDDW Shakespeare books -"Green Tiger's Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare" by William Shakespeare - https://amzn.to/3HFIjEZ "Leon Garfield's Shakespeare Stories" by Leon Garfield - https://amzn.to/4p7Enha “Tragedies” by William Shakespeare “How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare” by Ken Ludwig - https://amzn.to/4lZ75xU
Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetbergThis is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way.  -OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful?  Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week.  Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:  https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass
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OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).- Send us your questions for future podcasts! You can submit them here: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcastquestionsubmission
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).- Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetbergThis is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way.
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Dr. Jeff Myers is president of Summit Ministries and has become one of America’s most respected authorities on youth leadership development. Through his speaking engagements and media appearances, Dr. Myers has become a fresh voice offering humor and insight from a Christian worldview. He is the author of 19 books, including Understanding the Faith, Understanding the Times, and Understanding the Culture textbooks which are studied by tens of thousands of students. Dr. Myers holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Denver. Jeff and his wife Stephanie and their family live in Colorado. His newest book, Raising Gender-Confident Kids, co-authored by Dr. Kathy Koch, released nationwide July 29, 2025. You can get the book here for free - www.genderconfidentkids.com You can learn more about Dr. Jeff and follow along with him here - - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjeffmyers/ - X: https://x.com/drjeffmyers - Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-changes-everything/id1560449387 - Summit Ministries Website: https://www.summit.org/
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Mentioned during podcast: "The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results" by Gary Keller - https://amzn.to/415SBVr
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students). - Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an American economist and social philosopher at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Pakaluk is author of the acclaimed ethnography Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth (Regnery, 2024), a multidisciplinary account of American women choosing to have large families against the global trend to sub-replacement fertility. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Slate, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and more. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. The mother of eight children, she is married to American philosopher Michael Pakaluk. They split their time between suburban Maryland and New Hampshire’s White Mountains. “Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth” by Catherine Pakaluk - https://amzn.to/41uGXmT Website - https://pakaluk.com/ Twitter - https://x.com/CRPakaluk/highlights
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Back to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students). - “When your Child is 6 to 12” by John Drescher - https://amzn.to/41nJnno
Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful?  Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week.  Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:  https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).- Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetbergThis is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way.
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Back to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students). - Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetberg This is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way. Planning My Homeschool Year - https://elishaandkatievoetberg.substack.com/p/planning-my-homeschool-year?r=5siwo8 Mother's Timetable: Explained - https://elishaandkatievoetberg.substack.com/p/mothers-timetable-explained?r=5siwo8 - Homeschool Course: The First Three Years Laying a foundation of joy, confidence, and a love of learning from the start. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool For 15% off the course, use discount code: YTHOMESCHOOL -  Curriculum - https://www.memoriapress.comBooks mentioned during podcast: - "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" by Siegfried Engelmann - https://amzn.to/3GM55KZ - “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll - https://amzn.to/46YLf9I - “Socrates' Children” by Peter Kreeft - https://amzn.to/4kWmGgY - “The Heroes” by Charles Kingsley - https://amzn.to/44ZJDdm - “D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths” by Ingri d'Aulaire - https://amzn.to/44QpM1m - “The Children of the New Forest” by Captain Marryat - https://amzn.to/4maPALp - “Marco Polo” by George Makepeace Towle - https://amzn.to/4o56pJl - “This Country of Ours” by H. E. Marshall - https://amzn.to/4nXTGbs - “Parables From Nature” by Mrs Margaret Gatty - https://amzn.to/44NB1HX
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-“Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It" by Ginny Yurich - https://amzn.to/4m7g1BQ
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetbergThis is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way.  
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Send us your questions for future podcasts! You can submit them here: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcastquestionsubmission-Mentioned during podcast: "When your Child is 6 to 12" by John Drescher - https://amzn.to/3GMOIxw
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).- Sue Becker is a gifted speaker and teacher, with a passion to share principles of healthy living in an encouraging way. She is the co-owner of The Bread Beckers and founder of the ministry, Real Bread Outreach, all dedicated to promoting whole grain nutrition. Sue has a degree in Food Science from UGA and is the author of The Essential Home Ground Flour Book. Sue is a veteran home-schooling mom with 9 children and 13 grandchildren. She and her husband Brad, live in Canton, GA. Through her teaching, countless families have found improved health. Website: https://www.breadbeckers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breadbeckers/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJf3-zJkeYKNdreDdDuW2hQ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sues-healthy-minutes-with-sue-becker-the-bread-beckers/id1609279985 "The Essential Home-Ground Flour Book": https://amzn.to/4lwvsUa
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Marilyn Kleinsasser

May I just take a moment and say, the wisdom of you two is beyond your years! Keep seeking the Lord and sharing it..I'm a mom of 3 with kids a bit younger in age then yours and I'm loving the depth and wisdom of your podcast

Apr 21st
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Erica Reis

great job guys! I agree on soooo many aspects of this!! I grew up celebrating and going trick or treating. but we do not celebrate with our kids because all the reasons you mentioned. so we are part of the "5" of us. lol I don't get the churches that do trunk or treat?!

Oct 23rd
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Dané Meyer

This was such a helpful and inspiring podcast! !Thanks so much!!

Feb 15th
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Dané Meyer

Not akward at all..loved it!! We have to remember these things it keeps our marriage sweet, and exciting!! Thanks all the way from South Africa!

Aug 12th
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Aimee Call

Your songs are SO good!!! i cant wait to share this with my children. i have one daughter right now and hopefully more in the future. i am a Christian and memeber of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! Your values align exactly with mine! you should check out comeuntochrist.org . You would love the info/videos/etc there to share with your family💙💙 love your youtube and podcast . keep sharing light.

Nov 8th
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Connie

Amen! This was so rich and encouraging. Thank you New Creation Elisha and New Creation Katie!

Oct 10th
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Emily

Thanks for sharing. I found you through Katie's channel through Megan fox's channel. been a faithful subscriber since. thank you for being an example of what it looks like to be a Christian family in today's culture. for demonstrating "love for marriage and family" when there are Soo many negative voices even in the Christian media. God bless!

Sep 6th
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Emily

Found you through Katie's YouTube channel. interesting thoughts. Thanks!

Jun 11th
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Christa Houghton

Love this! My siblings were my best friends growing up, and they still are! ♡

May 22nd
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Connie Demske

So much wisdom! My husband and I have been married for 33 years, so we have some experience, but it's still encouraging to hear your grounded, wise, Christ-centered stance on marriage and family. Thank you!

Mar 21st
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Sarah Muela

Love this so much you guys! we've been married almost six years but have just recently moved close to my in-laws and navigating those relationships has been harder than I imagined. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and practical things you have done🙌

Jan 30th
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