Podcast

In today’s podcast, we’re discussing the impact that virtue can have on our lives. Many of us are searching for ways to be heroic and change the world, but we overlook the opportunities to practice virtue in ordinary moments.

Today we’re talking about the conflict that arises when we feel called to serve God and share the Word of Christ, but worry that we aren’t worthy messengers. By using examples from the Bible, we see that God doesn’t always pick perfect people to be His messengers. 

In this podcast we’ll learn that:

• The Devil loves it when we fixate on our limitations and use them as excuses to give up hope
• God is waiting on us to bring our needs before Him and ask for grace
• We have limitations but God does not

In this special bonus episode of “Just a Guy in the Pew,” I am honored to speak with Bishop David Talley. In Memphis and throughout West Tennessee, Bishop Talley is committed to bringing Christ’s message to an increasingly secular world.

In this episode we discuss:

• The New Evangelization and what it means
• Why the New Evangelization is meant for ALL of us
• How to bring the freshness of the Lord back into our hearts and share it with others.

Today we’re excited to talk about our ministry’s new project, “The Narrow Road,” which launches in March. Most of us desire to do good and be good, but we lack a set of directions to help us form positive habits. That’s why I created a monthly program of prayers, scriptures and virtues called “The Narrow Road: The Everyday Guide for the Everyday Guy.”  

Each month “The Narrow Road” offers:

• A single virtue and a plan to inspire your progress 
• Weekly focus on a specific relationship
• Daily reflections, prayers, gospel readings and prompts to help you organize your thoughts and stay on track
• The “Opportunity for Grace” chart, a list of simple but powerful practices you can add to your life, such as morning prayer, Mass, time with your family or a nightly prayer. 

Today on the podcast, we’re talking about a persistent enemy — repetitive sin. How many times do we beat ourselves up for falling back into habitual sins or vices? Whether it’s drinking, pornography, gambling, or pride, we convince ourselves that we don’t have a choice, that the sin has the power.  

On today’s podcast we’ll learn that:

• We should examine our approach to confession and whether we truly renounce sins or just seek mercy
• We have free will and so the choice to continue to sin is up to us
• With God all things are possible.

I want to start this bonus episode off by saying thank you so much to all the patrons and supporters that have recently joined us, as well as those who have been here from the beginning.

Thanks to your support we have been able to do more video interviews and this week we have a special interview with Matthew Leonard. So many of you have been asking me to do something on prayer and this week I finally get to answer that request!

In this bonus episode, you’ll learn:

• How to begin to pray and where to start
• Why prayer should happen daily
• How to grow in our spiritual maturity through communication with the Lord

Matthew Leonard is a catholic speaker and the founder of Next Level Catholic Academy – https://www.nextlevelcatholicacademy.com/