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slash parenting podcast. You know these days it can be pretty easy to get wrapped up in what we have, all those physical things,

and just kind of let relationships, the important parts of life slip away.

I'm John Fuller, along with Danny Werterta and today we're going to hear from

Joshua Becker. He's written a number of books and articles about removing

clutter from our lives so we can focus on the things on the people who are important.

Here he is talking with Jim Daly.

Welcome back to Focus on the Family.

Well, it is good to be here, thank you so much.

Sounds like this is important. It feels like I'm going to be here. Thank you so much. Sounds like this is important.

It feels like I'm going to the principal's office.

Yeah.

We had a lot of guilt associated with Joshua's last visit. Why did we have him back?

Who's that?

It must have been Eva, our producer, but I think she's feeling guilty too.

It was a great program.

Joshua, it is good to have you back.

I love, this is a biblical application and in our materialistic world we tend to look by that and just kind of chuckle and it's funny.

When it comes to kids, which is part of the emphasis today, why is it important for kids to be

clutter free?

Yeah, well I think because we are always communicating and teaching values to our kids and

if they see us living in a home where we already have more than we need and yet we are

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