As For Me And My House
by As For Me And My House
Husband and wife duo Jordan and Milena Ciciotti take you on a raw and unfiltered journey through their lives as followers of Jesus and parents of five littles. Whether they are sharing truth and Biblical wisdom, giving relationship advice, or telling funny stories of their dogs, Jordan and Milena seek to exist as a platform for encouragement, love, and support for all who listen.
Episodes
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How To Build REAL Biblical Community As A Christian Woman (Q&A!)
How do we, as Christians, live to the fullness of what God has in regards to Christian community? Hey everyone! We asked you to submit your questions about fellowship, community, and friendship over on Instagram, and in this episode, we'll share our experiences in answering 9 of the most common...
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Gamechanging Habits in the Thick of Raising Littles
Starting and ending our day like this has been a total gamechanger during this busy season with so many littles. It's taken tweaking and refining, and we're still open to feedback on it, but it's blessed us so much that we just had to share it with you guys. This routine gives us time to focus on...
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Can 3 Year Olds Get Saved?
We came across a beautiful clip of Rich Mullins recently, where he tells the story about how he got saved when he was 2 or 3 years old. It's sweet, but it brings up the question: can kids that young really be saved? Which brings up...a lot more questions. Join us as we dive into this question…
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God Miraculously HEALED Jordan! Our Testimony
Hey friends, we're excited to welcome you back into a more regular rhythm with As For Me + My House! This first episode (after our re-introduction episode) is all about testifying and giving glory to the Lord for the incredible miracle He worked in Jordan's life recently, and to encourage you to...
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We're Back (But Things Are Different)
Welcome back to As For Me and My House! We're back for another season, and while there will be more of what you know and expect, we're also pressing record at a very different stage of life than any of our previous seasons. We've taken an intentional break over the past almost-year, we now have 5...
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How To Navigate TV and Media with Our Kids (Featuring Kirk Cameron)
Hey Friends! We are thrilled to bring this episode to you this week! One of the most requested topics we are asked about is how to navigate television and social media consumption with littles. The modern world of technology has presented unique challenges that parents are facing on top of the...
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How To Have A Peaceful Home
Hey Friends! If you've ever felt a desire to fellowship with others by opening up your home, but have held back from doing so due to fear of a chaotic and wild home life deterring your company, then we pray this episode encourages you with some practical insights. In order to have peace in our...
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Milena's Miracle: A Visit From Angels
Hello friends! Thank you for joining us for another episode of As For Me and My House podcast! On this week's show, Milena and Jordan discuss a recent encounter with angels. While this may be cause for skepticism for some, we who believe the Bible and take it seriously should not be surprised to...
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Navigating Major Life Changes With Elisha and Katie From Now That We're A Family
As the saying goes, "life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans," and that statement couldn't be more true when your family is in the midst of major life shifts. Maybe you're moving across the country. Perhaps you just welcomed your first child into the world. Or it could be...
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Bible Conspiracy Theories with @JTfollowsJC
Hey friends! This episode is certainly different from our traditional content, but we had an absolute blast hearing from JT and his journey in pursuing the deeper things of the Lord! There comes a point in every serious Christian's walk where they have to examine what they've been taught (at one...
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Pregnancy After Miscarriage
Join us as we share our experience of how the Lord brought us through the valley of miscarriage into the gift of child-bearing once again. We know so many people who have experienced multiple miscarriages in a row and feel beyond discouraged and defeated by the repetition of grief. Can we…
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What The Lord Is Currently Teaching Us
Welcome back, fam! In this week’s episode we’re switching things up a little… Join us as we sit down to share what God is currently teaching us through our personal Bible readings, group studies, and devotional time. While Jordan has been diving deep into the book of Genesis with a group of men...
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When Your Spouse Feels Like A Roommate…
What happens when the honeymoon phase wears off? What do we do when the person we married becomes just someone we live with? In marriage, we can often find ourselves choosing convenience over covenant— meaning we get so caught up in our everyday life that we neglect the very person we vowed to…
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Family, Deconstructionism, and Doubt with Pastor Craig Groeschel
Is there a healthy way to "deconstruct" your faith? How can we best lead our children to follow the Lord, although it is ultimately their own decision? In this week's episode no topic is off the table as we speak with Husband, Father of 6, Pastor, and Author, Craig Groeschel. From prioritizing…
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A Husband's Take On Home Birth
In this heartfelt episode, we take a deep dive into the topic of home birth from the perspective of a Christian husband and father. If you're feeling uncertain or hesitant about your wife's desire for a home birth, this episode is for you! Join us as we share our personal journey of navigating…
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Throwing Away Her Entire Wardrobe at 17 - Modesty with Joana Sosa
Have you been feeling a nudge towards dressing more modestly but don’t know where to even start? We often overcomplicate modesty while failing to see the heart behind it. The way we dress and carry ourselves as women of God is an outward expression of inward transformation. In today’s episode...
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Honoring Toxic Parents
“What if my parents aren’t deserving of honor?” “You don’t know what they did to me!” You’re right. We don’t know your exact story and we’re not claiming to. The truth is our parents will not always be deserving of honor. And yet the truth is we’re called to honor them anyway. In this episode we...
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Submission… It’s Easy to Get It Wrong with Feminine Not Feminist
Why is the word “submission” so taboo in today’s society? What does submission *actually* look like according to God’s word? Formerly known as Feminine Not Feminist on IG, today we hear from Anneliese as she recounts her struggles with submission early on in her marriage. From an unhealthy view…
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Stop Letting Other Kids Raise Your Kids
Who has the most influence over your children? Whose voice does your child value the most? As parents, we’d love to think it was us, but more often than not, it’s actually other children. Peer-centered settings in school, church, sports, and extracurriculars have created an environment where our...
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Don’t Waste Your Waiting - Singleness with Alia Jones
Practically speaking, what does preparing for marriage look like? How can we use our singleness to set ourselves up for success in marriage? In this week’s episode we bring back our good friend, Alia Jones, to share her journey to contentment in singleness while still contending for her future...
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We Can't Keep Outsourcing Our Kids' Education
How can we expect our children to have a biblical worldview and know their identity according to God's word when they're so influenced by the world? Why is it so weird that parents want to actually have a say in the education of their children? Christian parents are often told we're...
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Your Child's Behavior Isn't The Problem with Ginger Hubbard
This week’s guest has been one of the *most* influential voices in our parenting - Ginger Hubbard! You can have all the parenting books and study all the articles, yet if the Word of God is not your source of wisdom it will accomplish absolutely nothing. Ginger has taken principles found in the...
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Dear Parents, the World is Lying to You.
Continuing our World vs. Word series, today’s “hot take” is God’s original design for raising children. When we look at the Scriptures we see how much emphasis God places on family, yet when we look at our society today we see more and more people choosing to delay starting their families or even...
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Trusting God through the Heartache of Miscarriage & TTC with Brittany Dawn
TW: miscarriage and TTC. Welcome back fam! This is an episode that is long overdue. Milena sits down with Christian Content Creator and good friend, Brittany Dawn. If you’re familiar with Brittany, you know that she boldly takes a stand for the Kingdom of God and in the wake of cancel culture...
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Q&A - 5 Years of As For Me And My House
Dear friends, it’s an honor to reach this milestone with you all. Today marks 5 years since we released this podcast, and it’s been such a joy to share parts of our lives with you all and receive such encouraging feedback from you. Whether you have been here since the beginning or are just tuning...
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World vs Word on Marriage
Hey friends! This week’s episode is a continuation in our examination of the various ways in which the world’s ideas have influenced our way of life. Join us as we look at what God is calling us to regarding His institution of marriage versus the rationale the world has to offer. May God richly...
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Family Vision and Mission
Hey friends! We are thrilled to hear your feedback from last week’s episode, and how so many of you are thinking and feeling the same as we are regarding the need to take an objective look at the world around us. As we delve into our series on opting out of the ways of the world, we—like…
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Opting Out of the World’s Systems
Hey friends! Have you felt that it is becoming increasingly difficult in our world today to raise children in the way of the Lord and seek to live out the Scriptures in a practical way? We shouldn’t be surprised by this, as we are told throughout the Bible that we are in a spiritual battle and…
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Stop Parenting Your Children
Hey friends! This week’s episode is probably going to be a spicy one, but necessary. We want to encourage our listeners who have children how important your role as a mother or a father are in your child’s life. Confusion around the specific roles and identity of mother and father in our world...
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Preparing for 4 Under 5
Hey friends! In this episode, we are sharing our 2¢ on what our family & parenting plan will be as we get ready to welcome our newest addition to team Ciciotti. If you’re a new parent, first time parent, or expanding your family with us, please share with us your thoughts and feedback on what…
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How to Show Hospitality
“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” - Hebrews 13:2. Hey y’all! Join us on this episode as we share some of the ways we show hospitality and use our home as ground zero for ministry opportunities. As Christians, we ought to…
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Sure Ways To Have A Failed Marriage
Hey all! On today's episode, we discuss some of the key mistakes we made (and still sometimes make) when it comes to our marriage and how we are striving to improve in those areas. If you want to fail in marriage, do what we did and make no changes, LOL. If however, you want to have forward...
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Why Now Is The Best Time To Have Children Featuring Now That We're A Family
Hey friends! We are honored to have our dear brother and sister in Christ, Elisha and Katie, from Now That We're A Family on today's episode! We often hear about the downside of having children in today's day and age, and that position is only growing more and more popular in society. But what if...
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Serving Your Pregnant Wife
Hello Friends and Happy 2024! We pray your year is off to a good start thus far. Since announcing the news that we are expecting again, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity for Jordan to share seven ways to care for your wife during pregnancy in hopes of helping other husbands out there...
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Celebrating Christmas Differently
Hey friends! It's hard to believe this is our last episode of 2023!! We are just blown away at the love and support y'all have shown us this year and we are so grateful you've been with us for the journey. We wanted to share some new adjustments we are making to our Christmas traditions in an...
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Glorify God With Your *Entire* Life
What’s up Fam! Today we’re diving into the nitty gritty of what the life of a Christian should truly look like– glorifying God in ALL things. On this Christian walk, it’s crucial to reflect often, taking the time to determine if our habits are truly reflecting Christ as they should. God has given...
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Touching the Untouchable
Hey friends! Wow, this episode was emotional for us (clearly lol). We thought it would be cool to take a look at some of the aspects of Jesus’s encounters with others in the gospels—and this week in particular—how his hands played such a powerful role in his ministry. We pray this episode blesses...
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Teaching Your Children The Gospel
Hey friends! On today’s show, we are discussing some practical ways to implement rhythms of instilling Biblical truths in your household from the time your kids are very little all the way through their young adult years. The Bible tells us that when we train up children in the way of the Lord,...
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Speaking Life and Death Over Your Children
Hey friends! As you can tell, we are in a different set for today’s show, thanks to our friends at XO Marriage, whom we had the pleasure to spend some time with at their brand new headquarters facility in Southlake, Texas. We are looking forward to doing some fun stuff with XO in 2024, and can’t...
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Juicy Q&A - Sex Toys, Social Homeschoolers, and More
Hey y’all! It’s been a minute since we did a Q&A and these were some GOOD questions you sent in! Let us know in the comments your thoughts on the topics discussed, and tell us what questions you want us to answer next time!
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Why We're Not Celebrating Halloween
Hey friends! As we pivot slightly away from our most recent series on the Spirit Realm, we thought a discussion on Halloween is both timely and relevant to what we've been discussing previously. While we both grew up trick or treating, dressing in costumes, and even going to ghost and…
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The Spirit Realm Part VIII: Post-Flood Nephilim
Last week we examined some of the discussions surrounding the first-generation Nephilim and what the ancient historical records mention about their reign of terror in the antediluvian (pre-flood) world. This week, we are discussing the post-flood return of the Nephilim and looking at some…
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The Spirit Realm Part VII: Pre-Flood Nephilim
Hey y'all! On today's show, we are tackling one of our favorite Biblical topics to explore: The Nephilim. Who were they? How did they come to be? What does the Bible and other extra-biblical books have to say about them? If you had those questions, tune in today as we attempt to seek some clarity...
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The Spirit Realm Part VI: The Third Rebellion
Hey fam! We hope you enjoyed the last episode featuring the Alexanders, but we are also very excited to pick back up with our conversation on the Spirit Realm! On today's show, we wrap up the rebellions that happened in the spirit realm by looking at what happened with humanity after the Tower of...
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Married Life & Parenting So Far with Josh and Sav Alexander
Hello friends! We are so glad to be back with you and to share this fun episode we did with our good friends Josh and Sav before they moved across the country! While we are sad they are no longer living nearby, we are so excited for them to begin their journey in a new place close to family. Join...
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The Spirit Realm Part V: The Seed War (Continued)
Well, we wish we could say we are surprised that we had to make a part 2 to this topic, but we aren't (LOL), and if you've been around here for a while, you know we can be long-winded on things. The depth of the subject matter doesn't help with how much there is to cover in only so much time, but...
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The Spirit Realm Part IV: The Seed War
Ok y'all, buckle up. If you've been intrigued by the content in this mini-series thus far (which is the overwhelming majority) then get ready to go even deeper with us today. So far, we've taken a look at the first rebellion which happened in the Garden of Eden, but now we are going to examine…
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The Spirit Realm Part III: The Serpent
Welcome back for another installment of our series on the spiritual realm! If you are new to the show, welcome! You might want to check out the previous episodes in this series, as they build onto one another each week. So far the response has been overwhelmingly positive, and we are so glad…
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Understanding the Spirit Realm Part II: The Three Rebellions
If you were to ask a Bible-believing Christian, what the reason for all the evil in the world is, the answer you’ll most likely get is “Adam and Eve giving into temptation by the serpent.” While this is certainly a major part of the story, it is not the full answer. In today’s episode, we are...
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Understanding the Spiritual Realm Part 1: Intro
Dear AFM+MH Family--It is a joy and honor to bring you our first ever miniseries! It is our hope and prayer that this series builds up over the coming weeks and gets better with every episode to leave you eager for the subsequent episode. And we couldn't think of a better subject to discuss than...
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Husband and wife duo Jordan and Milena Ciciotti take you on a raw and unfiltered journey through their lives as followers of Jesus and parents of five littles. Whether they are sharing truth and Biblical wisdom, giving relationship advice, or telling funny stories of their dogs, Jordan and Milena seek to exist as a platform for encouragement, love, and support for all who listen.
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