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This week on Just a Guy in the Pew, Victor and I walk through Acts 3—the crippled man at the Beautiful Gate. For over 40 years, he sat in the same place… asking for coins.

But when Peter and John show up, they don’t give him what he’s asking for—they give him what he actually needs:

Healing.

And it raises a hard question for all of us: What are you asking people and things for… that only Jesus can actually give you?

A lot of us are doing the same thing—settling for things that manage the pain instead of bringing it to Christ to be healed.

Jesus didn’t come so you could survive. He came so you could be restored.

In this week’s episode:

~ Why we settle for things that manage our wounds instead of heal them
~ The “coins” we keep reaching for—approval, comfort, distractions
~ What it really means to “look up” when we’ve been stuck too long
~ How Jesus doesn’t just want to help you cope… He wants to transform you

And maybe the biggest question of all:

What are you asking people and things for… that only Jesus can actually give you?

It’s easy to treat Easter like the finish line. But what if it’s actually the starting point? In this episode, John challenges the temptation to return to old habits once Lent is over and instead calls listeners to something deeper.

If you’ve ever felt the slow drift back into old patterns after a spiritual high, this episode is a direct call to stay the course, make a decision, and follow Him with everything.

It’s easy to follow Jesus when everything is good. It’s much harder to stay with Him when He is suffering. The question is simple but challenging: will you stay with Him, or will you move on to what’s more comfortable?

John walks through the reality of Holy Week and why so many of us are tempted to skip past the cross on our way to Easter. This is an invitation to do more than go through the motions. It is a call to be present, to stay in the garden, to stand at the cross, and to walk with Jesus through every moment of this week.

Lent is an invitation to encounter Jesus. In this episode, John and Victor reflect on how easy it is to approach Lent as a checklist of sacrifices instead of a path toward deeper relationship with Christ.

If your Lenten practices have ever felt mechanical or disconnected from real change, this conversation is an invitation to refocus the season where it belongs. Lent is not about what you give up. It is about who you encounter.

Becoming the man God created you to be does not happen by accident. It requires intention, surrender, and a willingness to be formed.

In this episode, John welcomes Fr. John Burns back to the pew to talk about what real formation looks like for men and why so many settle for comfort instead of transformation. If you have ever felt stuck, passive, or unsure of what God is asking of you, this conversation is an invitation to step forward with purpose.

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The Church was never meant to thrive on priesthood alone. In this episode, John sits down with Fr. John Burns to talk about a part of the Church many people rarely think about until it is missing: consecrated women and religious life.

Fr. John shares his own vocation story and the moment God redirected his life from pursuing success to becoming a priest. He shares the heart behind Friends of the Bridegroom, the apostolate he founded to help renew the Church by renewing consecrated life. Together, he and John discuss why the presence of sisters is essential to the life of the Church, what happens when that spiritual motherhood disappears, and how every Catholic has a role in helping restore it.

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