Calling Out Purpose in Your Children

Calling Out Purpose in Your Children

From Famous at Home by Josh + Christi Straub

April 15, 2026 · 37 min · Season 8 · Episode 7

About this episode

Josh and Christi discuss the concept of purpose in relation to children and how it is influenced by modern culture and biblical teachings.

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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Christi

Topics covered

  • purpose
  • parenting
  • mid-life crisis
  • biblical perspective
  • children's development

Keywords

  • Tender and Fierce
  • fullness of life
  • Teresa of Avila
  • shepherding hearts

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bible, Ecclesiastes, Famous at Home, Find My Way Home

Places: Avila

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