The Rhythm of Home: Five Intentional Practices for a Thriving Family Culture

by Chris Graebe, Jenni Graebe

Overview

Feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of parenting? Want to cultivate a home life that aligns with your deepest dreams and values as a family?

Chris and Jenni Graebe, authors of The Rhythm of Us: Create the Marriage You Long For, are back to share the intentional habits of flourishing families who love God and truly enjoy each other. You’ll take inventory of your current family rhythms, consider your unique core values, and move toward the life you truly envision for your family. Along the way, Chris and Jenni offer practical tips and strategies to navigate the challenges of parenting and cultivate a thriving family life.

Through exploring five intentional practices of flourishing families, you will learn to

• map out a vision for your family legacy,
• create a home environment that supports your deepest family values,
• connect on a deeper level with your kids in ways that will last a lifetime, and
• shape a loving and joy-filled family culture.

Whether you are just starting your family or are farther along in your parenting journey, The Rhythm of Home will help you create a strong foundation. You don’t have to let the family life you dream of slip through your fingers, you can intentionally cultivate the loving, flourishing home you truly desire. The Rhythm of Home will lead the way!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641582926
Publisher:	The Navigators
Publication date:	06/04/2024
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

As a faith leader, writer, and host of The Rhythm of Us Podcast, Chris Graebe helps encourage couples to move towards the life they long for, offering fresh insights and powerful conversations on the practices that make up a life well lived. Chris has been married to his wife Jenni for seventeen years. They live deep in the trees of Franklin, Tennessee, with their five children.

As a faith leader, writer, and host of The Rhythm of Us Podcast, Chris Graebe helps encourage couples to move towards the life they long for, offering fresh insights and powerful conversations on the practices that make up a life well lived. Chris has been married to his wife Jenni for seventeen years. They live deep in the trees of Franklin, Tennessee, with their five children.

As a faith leader, writer, and host of The Rhythm of Us Podcast, Jenni Graebe helps encourage couples to move towards the life they long for, offering fresh insights and powerful conversations on the practices that make up a life well lived. Jenni has been married to her husband Chris for seventeen years. They live deep in the trees of Franklin, Tennessee, with their five children.

What People are Saying About This

Jeannie Cunnion

I can’t think of a better couple to write this beautiful book. As a mama to five boys, two of whom are now in college, I can testify to how quickly the years fly by, and how vital it is to be intentional with the foundation we lay and the time we have! The five practices found in The Rhythm of Home are a trustworthy road map to follow for creating the thriving family culture you desire.

Jason and Tori Benham

Wow. If only this book had been published a decade ago—it would’ve saved us years of trial and error! This isn’t your typical “how-to” parenting book—it’s a manual on how to establish healthy habits for a vibrant family life. A must-read for anyone who wants to take their family to the next level.

Melanie Shankle

One of the most important components of raising emotionally and spiritually healthy kids is to create a family environment that is filled with love and joy. In The Rhythm of Home, Chris and Jenni have given us a guidebook on how to cultivate a family culture where our kids can grow and thrive. If you are searching for guidance on how to forge healthy, deep relationships with your children that will last a lifetime, then this is the book you have been waiting for.

Meshali Mitchell

This book is a must-read in the day we live in, teaching us to center our hearts on God and others. The rhythms and intentional practices taught in it are what make where we live not just a house but a life-giving, thriving home.

John and Stasi Eldredge

This is not a book of to-do lists but a warm invitation to consider how you can intentionally cultivate the home you truly want your family to flourish in. Chris and Jenni do that beautifully with simple rhythms and invite you to join them on the journey of creating the space where children are cherished and enjoyed, know they are deeply loved, and love coming home to.

Angie Smith

What I love about this book is the fact that it isn’t just a concept that sounds good in theory; it is a practical, valuable approach that the Graebes share from experience. I’ve had the benefit of knowing their family outside of the book, and they’re the kind of people you’d love to learn from. These words are your chance to do just that and to benefit from the patterns that shape our days. This book is approachable but also meaningful and Christ-centered. I’m happy to put my name alongside theirs, and I know you’ll want to do the same as you read!

Kay Wyma

In life, we are unavoidably shaped by the unseen yet powerful rhythms that surround us. We might not always have a say in the circumstances and situations that impact our days, but we can choose the rhythms that inform our vision, our responses, and even our peace. Chris and Jenni are terrific guides to help us navigate and choose purposeful rhythms for our family. In this excellent book, they creatively offer hands-on, tried-and-tested tips to life-affirming practices, all from a place of honesty, insight, compassion, and love—the cornerstones of their own home and relationships.

Anne Beiler

A book about how to do family life in the twenty-first century is certainly timely and necessary. Chris and Jenni have lived the highs and lows of family life and share them with us in this book. It will leave you with practical tools and loads of hope to build a healthy, godly home. The stories and examples will give you hope, warm your heart, and show you ways to be a healthy family, no matter how difficult the culture may be. If your family feels broken or dysfunctional, or you just need some help getting through the daily grind of life together, you will find the help you’re looking for in The Rhythm of Home.

Willie and Korie Robertson

Chris and Jenni have given us all a beautiful reminder of the remarkable gift it truly is to be a family. With grace and wisdom, The Rhythm of Home will ground you in the true purpose of parenting—to love and shape these incredible humans God has entrusted you with through the habits that fill your home. A must-read for any parent!

Christy Nockels

I’ve had the privilege of getting to see Chris and Jenni live this book out in the way that they steward and savor their family with such grace and intentionality. This book is brimming with wisdom and go-to rhythms that are approachable and attainable. How I wish that I had had this beautiful resource when I first embarked on parenthood! The life-giving truths and practices shared here are bound to reap a harvest in your family for years to come.

Mark and Jan Foreman

For anyone who has never met Chris and Jenni Graebe and their wonderful family, you are in for a treat. They will warm your heart, stimulate your thinking, and inspire you as parents. The Rhythm of Home has the heartbeat of God to help us all rethink and reimagine what our own home could be. Their style is invitational, never with the taint of guilt or shame. The stories from their lives help us grab hold of the truths they share. With each chapter, the family map unfolds, leading us to the treasure of our own home and what we want it to be. Enjoy this new best book on the family.