Own Less, Live More: Finding Peace in a Cluttered World (minimalist Joshua Becker)

Dad Tired

Jerrad Lopes

Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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You don’t need more stuff.

You need more clarity.

In this episode, Joshua Becker and I talk about minimalism, contentment, and why so many men feel overwhelmed right now.

We get into the connection between your possessions and your peace… and how simplifying your life can actually help you become a better husband, dad, and disciple of Jesus.

Grab a copy of Joshua's Book HERE

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0:00.0	three, two, one.
0:16.0	I'm from the West Coast.
0:17.4	I grew up in California, lived out in Oregon for a long time, now I'm here in South Carolina.
0:22.6	But Arizona's got a different kind of beauty about it. I kind of like it.
0:26.6	That's a great way to say. I grew up in South Dakota and Minnesota and then lived in Vermont, Wisconsin.
0:35.6	And yeah, it's very, very different, but we loved it.
0:39.0	Like all these new plants and vegetation and picking out favorites.
0:43.3	We did a, we did a ATV tour out there.
0:47.9	And it was, I'm like, sometimes I can say things that are a little bit dramatic.
0:52.5	I know that about myself.
0:53.5	But that truly was one of the most fun things I've ever done with my family in my entire life. Like going through the Sedona Desert on an ATV with my kids was top five most fun experiences I've ever had. It was so fun. Well, they come from all over the world to see it. Yeah. Well, man, what are you up to?
1:12.2	What are you up to these days? I'm already recording, if that's okay. We can just jump right in,
1:15.4	unless you have any questions for me. No, I should be fine. Uncluttered Faith came out in February,
1:24.0	so that's what I'm up to. It's been amazing. Hit the New York Times bestseller list. My first book to hit the Times list. So that was always a goal of mine. So that was fun. Congratulations, man. That's cool. So coming out of that like big promotion season, we're planning a book tour this upcoming summer. For my first book, we did a West Coast book tour,
1:46.8	second book, East Coast, third book, right down the middle of the Midwest. And so I wasn't quite
1:52.5	sure what to do this time. So I just put out an email, like anybody have a church that would host me
1:58.4	in the evening. And we've had over 185 churches offered to host us this summer.
2:04.1	So we're going to tomorrow, actually, we're sitting down with all the options.
2:08.5	My son wrote a computer program to upload the spreadsheet and map out.
2:13.3	Like you could go do these four churches in a week and fly home and then fly over here and do four churches.
2:18.4	So we're pretty excited about it.
2:21.2	That's cool.
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