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Life’s tough--Get a helmet...or a relationship with Jesus! Join Dennis and Christine each week as they use over 3 decades of experience in church ministry and faith formation (with a little wit and wisdom!) to help listeners encounter the love of God and live well in the modern world.

"Every valley shall be lifted up, every mountain and hill made low . . . Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed.”
Isaiah 40:4-5
The Future Is Ours © 2020 by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

Episodes

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Music for the Soul
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4 days ago
Tom Kuchler, Director of Music for St. Albert the Great Parish in Huntingdon Valley, PA, returns to the pod for a candid discussion on the role of music in sacred liturgy and worship. Christine is imbued with a sense of worried optimism, as memories of our Trivia Face-Off episode remain fresh in her mind. Dennis continues to play to role of contrarian because he's "that guy."

Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Pornography
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
In their first episode with a content advisory, Dennis and Christine address the darkness of pornography and respond to the common myth that it's harmless. Our hypersexualized culture has desensitized us, not only to the harm of pornography, but to the very nature of sex itself. But God wants to restore what the devil seeks to destroy and so this episode concludes with a deliverance prayer against the work of the enemy.
Content Advisory: Not suitable for children

Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Celibacy and the Priesthood
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Can priests marry? Is a married priesthood the solution to the "vocation crisis?" Why is the discipline of priestly celibacy even practiced in the Catholic Church? Join Christine and Dennis as they examine these questions and more concerning the practice of celibacy in the Catholic Church.

Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Coffee (& Tea) Talk 5 - Candid Conversations on Faith
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Join Dennis and Christine for this latest Coffee Talk episode where they delve into the topics of being saved, attending Catholic weddings outside of the Church, and if there are occasions when missing Mass is permissible.

Thursday May 29, 2025
Hope Is For Hard Things
Thursday May 29, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
In this episode, Christine and Dennis delve into the virtue of Hope and how hope sustains us in all things, especially during those times when things are at their hardest or darkest. Listen to find out how and why!

Thursday May 22, 2025
Your Role As a Missionary Disciple
Thursday May 22, 2025
Thursday May 22, 2025
Join Dennis and Christine as they delve into our baptismal calling to be missionary disciples and the practical ways that we can live our this calling in daily life.

Thursday May 15, 2025
The Sanctity of Motherhood
Thursday May 15, 2025
Thursday May 15, 2025
Dennis and Christine challenge today's modern view of motherhood in light of the beauty and sanctity of motherhood championed by Church and found in the sacred Motherhood of Mary.

Thursday May 08, 2025
Losing F.A.C.E.
Thursday May 08, 2025
Thursday May 08, 2025
We all want to save face because no one ever wants to look bad, but to grow in holiness we need to lose F.A.C.E. In this episode Dennis and Christine talk about Fear, Attachments, Control, and Entitlement, which are the four tools that our Ego uses to form our self-image, and how we can overcome them so that we are free to live in the image of God.