Blood Sweat and Joy

Tune in as we discuss some helpful tips on how to pray! Remember this: A.C.T.S -- Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, "Stuff".

Tune in as Chris has a fascinating discussion with his friend Joel on what it's like to grow up in a communist country.

Part 2 of 4 of the podcast's series on Fatherhood & Masculinity. This week's conversation is about Fatherhood. Tune in!

BSJ Episode 35 is the first of a 4-part series on Fatherhood & masculinity. Join the conversation about what to do in a world that's trying to take away masculine identity. Let's change the culture together, men.

We all desire connection and friendship. But what's more, we need friends in our lives who will champion us and celebrate our gifts, authentically. Tune in to today's conversation between friends about the beauty of true friendship.

Have you found yourself thinking about the cultural shift in recent years and wondered, "why has this all happened?" Tune in for today's episode with Dr. Scott Powell as we talk through counteracting our daily miseries with the unconditional love of the Father.

It is a wonderful thing that God chooses to cooperate with us and our work! But sometimes we forget that He doesn’t depend on our work to do His own. Tune in as I discuss this with my friend Scott Powell!

This week, tune in for story time with Chris and Fr. Michael O'Loughlin during BSJ Episode 31. Together, they unpack the powerful way that our lives are undoubtedly tied to our understanding of the love the Father has for us.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. (John 3:16) On this week's podcast episode, Chris and Fr. Michael O'Loughlin are talking about the reality that we probably won't be liked by everyone in this world, and that's okay. Join us for a discussion on living joyfully and how to love truthfully.

Fearless Lesson 7 with Jim Beckman! Romans 8:35 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other thing in creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

In Lesson 6, Chris and Paul J. Kim address one of the most relevant and incessant fears facing each of us today: the fear of being canceled. We want to be liked. We all have a yearning to be acknowledged, accepted, and affirmed. The question is where do we take this desire to be fulfilled? To others, to our social media platforms, or to God?

In this episode, Chris and exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger zero in on a topic that can seem scary and intimidating at first but is another area in which Jesus is ultimately in control: spiritual warfare. Together they expose the devil’s goal in each of our lives: to destroy us by using fear as a weapon. “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy,” Jesus teaches us in John 10:10. But in the same verse he goes on to say, “I have come that they might have life, and have it to the full.” Our very lives are at stake in this spiritual battle within us, accurately called warfare.

In Fearless Lesson 4, we face the ultimate fear: death. This may be the shortest lesson in the series, but it may prove to be the most difficult to listen to. The fear of death is one that most of us want to avoid thinking about altogether. Nothing puts life in perspective quite like the reality of death. Having an open heart to face our fear of death in the presence of Jesus will yield in us a new fervor and gratitude for life, and a more courageous approach to death as a pathway to victory and true life. Sarah Kirchner is a witness of someone who lived in the reality of the Resurrection. She shares her journey of how she went from being a lukewarm Christian to finding Jesus in the midst of illness and suffering, and how she embraced the courage of final victory in Jesus Christ, who won Heaven for us through His own death and resurrection. James 1:2: “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.”

In this Episode of Fearless we move beyond identifying the biggest fears that threaten us (Lesson 2), into equipping ourselves for the counterattack. Chris and Fr. Dave present an ancient spiritual exercise for conquering fears, inspired by the desert father Evagrius of Pontus: ‘talk back’ to them with Scripture.

In case you missed Fearless Lesson One or wanted to be able to listen on-the-go, now it's available for you on the podcast! Don't miss out on the practical wisdom given by my friend, Dom Raso.

With Valentine's Day coming up, Chris' wife, Natalie, joins this week's episode of the podcast to talk about marriage. Together, they're talking about the good, the bad, the ugly, and more. Whether single, dating, engaged, or married, this episode will surely shed light on the beauty of the sacrament of marriage!

Fr. Michael O'Loughlin, who Chris calls, "the most content man he's ever met" teaches us in this episode how to tap into the eternal joy of Christ and to live it out in both our daily lives and daily conversations, with ourselves and with those who seem furthest from God. He also teaches the beautiful & powerful ways we can turn our every breath into a response to God in prayer. Make sure to tune in to this week's episode!