Did Protestants miss something when it comes to contraception? What about hanging our faith on a set of very defined propositions (as opposed to actions and deep inner change)? This episode with Jeremy Pryor and Phil Cotnoir challenges a couple of oft ignored areas of growth in the Protestant church, by hearing from a couple of influential non-Christians and reacting to some fairly accurate critiques being level against the church. We can learn about family and faith from those on the borders of...
Nov 14, 2024•40 min
Jeremy is joined today by Jonathan Holmes to talk about why identity is such a hot topic today, and what it means for us as Christian parents of kids facing enormous cultural pressure. How do we give our kids a gospel-centric identity in Christ? Do we need to spend more time and effort building a family identity to combat peer-pressured identity formation? How can the church start to take back ground on gender, identity, and the Christian sexual ethic? These topics are hard to talk about, becaus...
Nov 07, 2024•54 min
Jeremy is joined by his wife April, and friends Michelle Akrami and Brittany Stewart to discuss the story of Rebekah, Isaac's wife, in Genesis. How does this story of a mother and her two sons impact our view of motherhood? Did God work through her trying to do things "her way", or did God work in spite of her attempt to ensure her favorite son was blessed? Whatever the implications, we hope this episode gives you pause to think through what the meta narrative is telling us, and allows you to ap...
Oct 31, 2024•46 min
In a culture that constantly attacks manhood and faith, how do we help our boys as they transition into manhood? How does a father maintain influence in his son's life amidst the chaos of social media, friends, and sports? Today Jeremy is joined by Stephen Meeks, author of Save The Boys. Stephen helps fathers take their sons through an initiatory rite of passage so that they become men in the best sense of the word. This process is powerful enough to eliminate the "rebellious teenage years" in a...
Oct 24, 2024•35 min
Jeremy is joined by Jason Weening, husband, father of 10, homesteader, and author. Learn the wisdom that's discovered by necessity when you've got a big family that can help you navigate your own family...whether big or small! Jason talks about how to manage a family with 10 kids spanning 18 years, how to get your kids to sacrifice for the family without traumatizing them or creating resentment, how he navigates the creative process and successfully published a book, and why we need to get our k...
Oct 17, 2024•32 min
It's strange to us that so many conservative Christians hold up the "nuclear family" as an ideal. The nuclear family has failed, and needs to be replaced. Now, before you think we've gone crazy, let's talk about what it needs to be replaced by... The TRADITIONAL (or, in Family Teams-speak, the "MULTI-GENERATIONAL") Family. There's a huge difference. Jeremy is joined by Tyler Graham and Chris Cirullo to talk about what that difference is, and how to get back to a Biblical blueprint of family that...
Oct 10, 2024•53 min
In this episode of the Family Teams Podcast (Motherhood Edition!), Jeremy and April are joined by Annalisa Barraza and Miranda Foust to discuss the countercultural idea of women actually enjoying motherhood. Then, the group reacts to a short clip from The Spillover podcast and discuss whether we should be sending our kids to preschool. We hope you notice that, yes, our ideas are often counterintuitive, but it's because something is desperately wrong with the way our culture is doing family. Our ...
Oct 03, 2024•45 min
Jeremy and April Pryor wade into the sensitive topic of what happens in marriages when a wife earns more money than a husband, and eventually becomes the "alpha". This conversation is a reaction to a recent video by Patrick Bet-David. Is it guaranteed to cause problems? What are the effects on family in a world where this is becoming increasingly common? This deeply impacts how we raise our daughters and how we work together as family teams, so at risk of offending everybody, we're diving in to ...
Sep 26, 2024•49 min
Jeremy and Curt Storring react to Steve Irwin's multi-generational mission, then Jeremy finds the phrase he's been searching for to describe who a great father is today (especially compared to the "fun dad" as shown on Bluey and other modern media). On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:39 Steve Irwin's Multigenerational Family Vision 6:41 Do we all need massive, narrow, world-changing visions? 8:37 Families (not institutions) should be multi-generational vehicles to fulfill missions 10:3...
Sep 19, 2024•38 min
Jeremy is joined by his wife April and their friends Jess and Brittany to react to a couple of recent Youtube videos about family and daughters in particular. First they tackle the question, how do we raise daughters differently from sons, particularly from the Family Teams perspective? Then they dive into the trad wife movement and ask what sort of contingency plans women should have in case the men in her life all let her down. This is a highly nuanced and important conversation to have from a...
Sep 12, 2024•59 min
Jeremy and April Pryor are joined by Annalisa Barraza, Holly Worley, and Jess Gonyea to discuss two topics surrounding motherhood and femininity, all through the Family Teams lens. First they react to whether there's a place for women to "be" in the family, when compared to working outside the home. Our culture has put "self-expression" as the highest virtue, but can we as Christians really buy into that? Next, they comment on the reality of a woman's biological clock (in reaction to a Brett Coo...
Aug 29, 2024•52 min
Jeremy Pryor is joined by Chris Cirullo and Reilly Pilgrim to talk about inheritance. Inheritance is one of those issues that has been dealt with intentionally and maturely in many cultures for millennia...but Christians are generally really bad at understanding this. However, we can see by looking at the broader cultural narrative in which we live that it's actually liberalism as a worldview that is destroying our idea of inheritance and causing so much confusion for fathers and resentment for ...
Aug 22, 2024•47 min
Jeremy is joined by his wife April, Kristin Netting, and Jess Gonyea to talk motherhood and parenting advice, specifically in reaction to some of the ultra-popular mainstream parenting influencers giving their opinions out there. Can the advice of parenting "experts" like Dr. Becky Kennedy be reconciled with a Biblical worldview? Is it helpful? How do we know what parts are helpful and which are harmful? On this episode, we talk about: 0:49 Processing Dr. Becky's parenting advice through a Bibli...
Aug 15, 2024•55 min
Listen to Jeremy Pryor's Father's Day sermon to the Linked UP Church in Atlanta, where he explains how our modern idea of family is broken, while giving hope for the future by diving into God's original, ancient design for family. This talk is a great introduction to the Family Teams ethos and what we stand for, so we encourage you to share this with anyone in your life who hasn't heard of this glorious, God-breathed idea of family before. Thanks for listening! On this episode, we talk about: 1:...
Aug 08, 2024•46 min
Jeremy Pryor is joined by his children Jackson, Sydney, and Elisa to talk about debt, and how young people today are getting so easily sucked into making horrible financial decisions that often lead to LITERALLY giving up their first born child as payment. They do all this by dissecting the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, which is absolutely packed with symbolism that we can use to glean wisdom from for today. Learn the sad reality of why most young people get into debt, the various forces out there...
Aug 01, 2024•48 min
Jeremy Pryor is joined by Chris Cirullo and Phil Cotnoir to react to the recent interview between Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk, specifically focusing on Elon's personal experience with the woke transgender mind virus, and his vow to destroy it. This is a must-listen interview for all dads, because it is fathers who have the responsibility to stand up to these demonic attacks on our culture and our children and our neighbours. Jeremy, Chris, and Phil discuss awareness, counterattacks, the import...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Jeremy Pryor reacts to 2 recent videos on topics important for Christian dads to consider, joined by fellow dads Phil Goodwin and Phil Cotnoir. Today's discussion includes attachment theory, what the "ideal" or "mature" version of masculinity and fatherhood really looks like, how to become a coach (not a babysitter) as a father, and how to balance being like Jesus with an intellectual belief in Jesus. On this episode, we talk about: 2:38 Attachment theory and what it means for fatherhood 11:01 T...
Jul 18, 2024•43 min
Jeremy and April are joined by 5 members of the Steward family to talk about how Jim and Jennifer built a tight-knit, successful multi-generational family team with 8 kids, 22 grandkids, and counting! This is an episode for anyone out there who feels like nobody gets your vision for a family team... For anyone who needs HOPE that the hard work you're putting in is worth it. This is an incredible, inspiring, and insightful conversation with a family who built a family team their way by following ...
Jul 11, 2024•55 min
Jeremy and April Pryor are joined by friends Donna, Brittany, and Kristin to discuss a mother's role within the family team. They react to Zuby's recent comments on feminism, and just how different a family team that values feminine motherhood really looks (even in Christian circles), then talk about how April has intentionally turned her kids' hearts toward Jeremy as their father. This is a highly practical discussion from experienced mothers who are still "in the thick of it", to give you hope...
Jul 04, 2024•48 min
Jeremy Pryor is joined by Chris Cirullo, father of 5 boys, to talk about raising boys well. They react to a couple of topical and recent videos about how school feminizes boys, and whether to judge masculinity by the amount of "surplus value" you create in the world, then provide commentary and personal anecdotes on raising boys from their own lives. Chris Cirullo is a former Army ranger, now coach and consultant who focuses on both individuals and organizations of impact. This includes health, ...
Jun 27, 2024•52 min
We're excited to continue our motherhood series! Today Jeremy is joined by Michelle Akrami, Justine Cirullo, and Jess Gonyea. They react to a recent interview with Erica Komisar, where she laid out very counter-cultural but traditionally and logically obvious truths about motherhood, shame, attachment, and the cost of feminism. This episode will encourage you to seek the ideal when it comes to motherhood, but to turn to the Gospel to heal the guilt or shame that can sometimes result from knowing...
Jun 20, 2024•43 min
In this episode, Jeremy Pryor uses the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" to essentially train his son and daughter, live, on how to escape poverty as a family. He breaks down this timeless fairy tale, getting feedback from his kids along the way, and shares how a father can actually lead his family out of poverty, including the 3 steps you need to take (and the right order to take these steps...put the harp down!). If you're looking to build family wealth and live a life full of beauty and art...
Jun 13, 2024•59 min
Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Jeremy is joined by Phil Goodwin and Chris Cirullo to discuss Abrahamic Hospitality. Of the three Abrahamic religions, only one is commanded (in Hebrews) practice hospitality, yet it's the only one that seems to completely neglect it. That is, of course, Christianity. Why is this? How can we start to obey by hosting and rediscovering what it means to ...
Jun 06, 2024•38 min
Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Derek England joins Jeremy on the podcast today to talk about the importance of family identity, and how to practically find and utilize your family's identity. Derek is a husband and father, and currently serves as Executive Director of Family ID, where he helps empower families through the discovery of Identity, and who God has called them to be. On...
May 30, 2024•52 min
Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Jeremy and his wife April are excited to bring you episode 1 of our new series all about motherhood! Today we're joined by Michelle Akrami and Justine Cirullo, who just so happen to be the wives of some of our guests on the fatherhood episode side of things, Cameron Akrami and Chris Cirullo. The main thrust of this conversation surrounds the recent co...
May 23, 2024•47 min
Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Jeremy is joined by Reilly Pilgrim, Tyler Graham, and Blake Smith to talk about the feminization of fatherhood and what type of support men should expect from their wives when they're going through a difficult time. Jeremy shares videos and topics he's been pondering over the past week, and the panel of fathers reacts and gets some clarity to help you...
May 16, 2024•58 min
Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Jeremy is joined by Tyler Graham to discuss how to figure out what your family's mission actually is, then how to implement it. From the philosophical to the practical, Jeremy breaks down what we are designed for - fatherhood and motherhood - and how to submit to those roles while fighting against cultural values like freedom, equality, and individual...
May 09, 2024•49 min
Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Jeremy, Cameron Akrami, and Curt Storring discuss the problem with "luxury beliefs" around screens, kids, and the family in general. Screens are incredibly destructive if left unchecked in the hands of our children...but is that simply a family problem, or is it big enough that it requires government oversight? On this episode, we talk about: 0:29 Rob...
May 03, 2024•27 min
Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Jeremy and April lay out a case study on what a family could look like after just 5 generations of faithfully obeying the Genesis 1:28 blessing. American society is so divorced from this ideal that it's often hard to even understand what we're talking about when we talk about building multigenerational family teams...that's why we're breaking down a v...
Apr 26, 2024•32 min
Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. In this episode you will join Jeremy Pryor for a fatherhood round up!
Apr 19, 2024•54 min
