Minimalism with Purpose: Owning Less to Live More with Joshua Becker
Marriage After God
Aaron & Jennifer Smith
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Marriage After God podcast, Aaron chats with Joshua Becker, author of Uncluttered Faith, founder of Becoming Minimalist, speaker, and longtime advocate for living with less in order to live more. Based in Peoria, Arizona; 26-year marriage; two adult children.
They explore how owning less can deepen your faith, strengthen your marriage, and free up time, energy, and resources for what matters most—family, faith, and shared purpose. They also discuss the real-world realities of minimalism in marriage, practical compromises, and how technology and consumer culture influence our everyday choices.
Key Takeaways
- How Joshua Becker’s personal journey led to a minimalist lifestyle and a faith-centered approach to possessions.
- How minimalism can strengthen marriages by aligning values and freeing up time for what truly matters.
- Strategies for couples to tackle decluttering together without resentment or conflict.
- The cultural factors behind rising consumerism and practical steps to resist overconsumption.
- 00:00: Introduction and Joshua’s perspective on happiness, meaning, and possessions
- 00:20: Podcast purpose and Joshua Becker’s background
- 02:00: Joshua’s bio and family
- 03:33: How minimalism started for Joshua; blog origin
- 04:36: Marriage and shared values; navigating differences
- 06:08: Realities of marriage when pursuing minimalism
- 07:56: Why minimalism is gaining traction in society
- 09:21: Broader economic and cultural factors fueling minimalism
- 10:21: The debt landscape and its relation to consumerism
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Keywords: minimalism, uncluttered faith, Joshua Becker, becoming minimalist, marriage and minimalism, decluttering for marriage, owning less, living with less, consumerism, technology and minimalism, faith and possessions, marriage tips, biblical minimalism
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| 0:00.0 | All the things I owned weren't just not making me happy, but all the things I own were actually |
| 0:08.4 | taking me away from the very thing that did bring me happiness in life. |
| 0:13.6 | And not just happiness, but meaning and joy and purpose and significance and fulfillment. |
| 0:20.9 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:21.4 | Welcome back to another episode of the Marriage After God podcast. |
| 0:24.8 | In today's episode, I am speaking with Joshua Becker, the author of Uncluttered Faith. |
| 0:30.0 | He is a well-known minimalist. |
| 0:32.1 | He's a believer, loves God, and his desire is that more people would understand the beauty |
| 0:36.8 | and the power of owning |
| 0:38.1 | less and enjoying more of the things that make you happy, like your family, your life, |
| 0:43.4 | getting out of debt, all of these things that I totally agree with and believe in. |
| 0:48.5 | It was very convicting conversation for me in my life. |
| 0:52.2 | Just I want to downsize a lot. |
| 0:54.0 | And if you're one of those people that you have |
| 0:56.5 | a lot of stuff in your life, you just feel like it's constantly taking your energy time resources. |
| 1:01.9 | And you're just trying to find a way to unclutter, to get focus, which is his whole point in this |
| 1:08.1 | conversation is that getting rid of things that we don't need |
| 1:12.5 | or things that someone else can use and do it does need. |
| 1:16.6 | It helps us have that energy and time and resources back to refocus on what's most important |
| 1:22.1 | in our life, the things that actually makes us happy, the things that draws us closer to |
| 1:25.9 | Christ. |
| 1:27.0 | And so this conversation is really important, really encouraging, and I hope you enjoy it. Before we get into the conversation, I just want to invite you as usual. Hit that like button, subscribe to our show so you don't miss an episode. And if you'd like to support this show and also support your marriage, you visit shop.marchaftorgat.com. Pick up one of our resources our prayer books or devotionals we wrote those |
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