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The House We Build

The House We Build

By: Dr. Michael & Stephanie Blue
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Every home, relationship, and legacy is being built, whether intentionally or by default.

The House We Build is a podcast about leadership that starts where it matters most: at home. Hosted by Dr. Michael and Stephanie Blue, this show explores marriage, family, faith, identity, and purpose through honest conversations and lived experience.

Each episode invites listeners to slow down and reflect on the foundations shaping their lives, how decisions are made, how love is practiced, how leadership is formed, and what is ultimately passed on to the next generation.

This is not a podcast about perfection or performance.
It’s about formation over time and building lives, families, and futures with intention.

Whether you’re a parent, leader, spouse, or someone asking deeper questions about legacy, The House We Build offers thoughtful dialogue for those who want to lead from the inside out.

2026 Dr. Michael & Stephanie Blue
Episodes
  • A Love Moment
    Feb 14 2026

    Love looks different after ten years.


    After three kids.
    After sleepless nights, hard conversations, growth seasons, and choosing each other again and again.

    This Valentine’s bonus episode opens with laughter because joy matters, but moves quickly into something deeper.


    We talk about:

    • The changes love goes through after the butterflies
    • Why love requires adjustment
    • How faith anchors marriage when emotions fluctuate
    • The quiet tension between growth and comfort
    • Why self-reflection is one of the most loving things you can offer your spouse

    This isn’t a perfect-love story. It’s a formed-love story.

    A love that has been stretched, refined rebuilt and still learning.

    Because real love isn’t static. It grows, if you let it.

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    24 mins
  • The Real Battle Inside Every Home
    Feb 12 2026

    Every home has a battle.

    It’s not always loud.
    It’s not always visible.
    But it’s shaping everything.

    In this episode, we unpack the unseen influences that quietly form our marriages, our parenting, and the culture inside our homes. The voices we allow in. The beliefs we inherit. The patterns we repeat without noticing.

    Because the real battle isn’t always between people.

    Sometimes it’s between formation and drift.
    Between intention and influence.
    Between who we say we are and what we’re actually building.

    We talk honestly about prayer, responsibility, transformation, and the courage it takes to confront what’s shaping your family before it shapes the next generation.

    If leadership starts at home, this conversation matters.

    What We Explore:
    • The unseen influences shaping your home
    • Why formation matters more than control
    • How personal transformation impacts parenting
    • Creating intentional culture inside your family

    Topics Covered:
    marriage
    family leadership
    parenting
    faith and formation
    home culture
    personal growth

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    28 mins
  • The Hard Truth About Agreement In Marriage
    Feb 12 2026

    Marriage isn’t 50/50.

    And if you’re keeping score, you’re already losing.

    In this episode, we talk honestly about partnership not as a slogan, but as a discipline. Agreement sounds simple, but in reality it requires humility, sacrifice, and alignment long before decisions are ever made.

    We unpack:

    • What real unity looks like (and what it doesn’t)
    • Why leadership in marriage isn’t dominance
    • How disagreement can either divide you or refine you
    • The quiet power of presenting a unified front to your children

    We also explore the 90 - 10 reality of marriage, how seasons shift, responsibilities flex, and how self-sacrifice strengthens rather than weakens partnership.

    Agreement isn’t automatic. It’s built.

    And when a husband and wife learn to move in alignment, it doesn’t just change their home, it changes the atmosphere their children grow up in.

    This conversation is honest, practical, and rooted in lived experience.

    Because unity isn’t emotional. It’s intentional.


    What We Explore:

    • Why 50/50 thinking quietly damages marriages
    • The difference between control and leadership
    • How alignment impacts your children’s security
    • Why unity must be chosen before it’s tested

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    23 mins
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