Stop Running Your Home on Willpower: 3 Signs Your Household Was Built to Be Managed, Not to Form Saints

Stop Running Your Home on Willpower: 3 Signs Your Household Was Built to Be Managed, Not to Form Saints

April 2, 2026 · 1h 9m

About this episode

The episode discusses how to manage a household effectively to foster spiritual growth rather than relying solely on willpower.

Most Catholic dads are working hard in their home. The problem? They’re not working on it. There’s a difference between a household that runs because you’re there holding it together — and one that’s been designed to form your wife and children for heaven even when you’re not in the room. In this episode, Dave and Adam get into John Cuddeback’s framework for the domestic church, pull from their book Living Beyond Sunday, and share the 3 telltale signs your home is running on willpower instead of design. Plus: what to do about it, how morning chaos is actually a design problem, and why the living room might be the most important room in your house. In This Episode Why Holy Week is the lens through which this entire conversation happens The Deacon’s homily: “You are a thought of God made flesh” — and what that means at your most broken moments Adam’s son Luke wins concert tickets — then realizes it’s Good Friday. What happened next. Adam announces M6 Marketing and The Grounded Builder Substack The body-soul composite of the home: daily life vs. moral and spiritual formation Working IN your family vs. working ON your family (the entrepreneur analogy every dad needs) 3 signs your…

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