Building an Intentional Family - Interview with Elisha & Katie Voetberg
Marriage After God
Aaron & Jennifer Smith
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of the Marriage After God podcast, Aaron interviews Elisha and Katie Voetberg, who share their remarkable journey of building an intentional family life - from embracing a large family to living off-grid in a wall tent. With their sixth child on the way, they demonstrate how stepping away from modern conveniences has actually brought their family closer together.
In this inspiring conversation, we explore:
- How growing up in large families shaped their vision for their own home
- Why they chose to live off-grid and disconnect from smartphones and social media
- The importance of modeling authentic conflict resolution for children
- Creating a multi-generational vision for family legacy
- Practical ways to build an intentional family culture
- The beauty of embracing simplicity in family life
- How to maintain joy and purpose while raising children
Whether you're just starting your family journey or seeking ways to create a more intentional home environment, this conversation offers biblical wisdom and practical insights for building a family culture that honors God.
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KEY WORDS: Marriage After God, Aaron Smith, Elisha Voetberg, Katie Voetberg, intentional family, off-grid living, digital detox, family culture, parenting wisdom, family legacy, multi-generational vision, Christian family, family ministry, authentic marriage, simplicity, biblical parenting
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| 0:34.8 | Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of the Marriage I Forgot podcast. I'm your host, |
| 0:38.6 | Aaron Smith. In this episode, I get the chance to talk to Elisha and Katie Vogueberg, long-time |
| 0:44.1 | friends of ours, my family have known them for about eight years. They currently have five children, |
| 0:48.8 | about to have their sixth. They currently live in a huge wall tent out on their property in Idaho. |
| 0:55.1 | And we had an awesome conversation just talking about the beauty of family, God's vision |
| 0:59.5 | for family, and the legacy that we're building in our families. |
| 1:04.6 | We also got into a really awesome sign tangent about getting off of cell phones and screen time |
| 1:10.3 | and technology and social media |
| 1:12.3 | and the benefit of that. So I hope you enjoy this conversation that I had with Elijah and Katie |
| 1:16.6 | Vogue. They are the hosts of the Now That We're a Family podcast. They have a website called now |
| 1:21.5 | that we're a family.org or dot com. I'm sorry about that. And they encourage families in their ministry of family, in the beauty of children. |
| 1:34.3 | And so enjoy my conversation with Katie and Elijah Vogberg. |
| 1:38.3 | Hey, I'm Aaron. |
| 1:39.2 | And I'm Jennifer. |
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