The Family Discipleship Podcast OQ - How Do You Balance Work and Home?
Dec 8, 2025
Adam and Chelsea explore the all-too-common struggle between work and family life. They discuss how work often feels more urgent, leaving families with leftover energy. The hosts emphasize that family discipleship is crucial, even if it feels less pressing. They share insights on reordering priorities, setting boundaries, and finding joy in family leadership. Practical tips for maintaining enthusiasm in discipleship highlight the importance of nurturing home relationships, making family time a priority over workplace demands.
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Urgency Makes Work Seem More Important
- Work often feels more urgent because it has clear external consequences and accountability.
- That urgency tempts parents to give their best at work and only leftovers to their families.
Families Get Leftovers, Not Priority
- Giving family our leftovers makes home feel secondary even if we'd drop everything in an emergency.
- Functionally, parents often exhaust themselves elsewhere and never bring their best energy to family life.
Affirmation Pulls You Toward Work
- Work can be more immediately rewarding and affirming than parenting.
- That external affirmation draws people to invest energy at work instead of the less-visible labor of discipleship.
