Healthy Homes Podcast Luke Johnson

This episode of Healthy Homes is an interview with Bott Radio Network in which Pastor Luke shares about the upcoming Dad Tired Conference. Men, check it out!

This week's episode is the second half of a marriage talk I gave about a year ago. In this second installment, I address communication, conflict, and intimacy. There are lots of practical steps for any marriage in this! Hope it is a blessing!

In this episode, I share a clip from a 4-week course on families that I taught about a year ago. This first clip from those lectures is on marriages. I encourage you to listen to this with your spouse and to dialogue about these concepts together.

One of the most destructive forces in our homes is when we are someone else in public than we are at home— when we tell our kids to go to youth group but don't prioritize church for ourselves or when we smile in public and shake hands but are short-fused and angry at home. The Scriptures call us to be people of integrity— the same person in any given context. If we're honest, we all fall short in this. But there is grace and hope to grow. Allow this episode to encourage you in that direction!

If we are honest, we know conflict in our homes! Whether in marriage or in parenting, we can relate to the escalated conversations in which we are listening to respond rather than listening to hear and learn. We also know that those conversations often leave damage when they're over— but it doesn't have to be that way. Listen to today's episode to consider how you can grow as a listener for the ones you love most. God bless! 

Most of us are busy, rushed, and lacking in joy. God desires something else for you— He desires for you to be rested and renewed so that you can live a life of love. But if you want to move into that reality, it requires change. Listen to today's episode to consider how you can pursue rest in your home!