Our three-part “Theology On Tap” series came to a conclusion tonight. The Associate Young Adult Director, Pamela Poe, had tasked me to give a talk which answered the question “What does it mean to be a restless pilgrim?”. In this presentation,

Restless Heart: 13 – “By Faith alone?”

Nov 18th, 2017

Since it is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Nessa and I are devoting the next to episodes to the two key doctrines of the Reformation: “Sola Fide” (Faith Alone) and “Sola Scriptura” (Scripture Alone). Today we’ll begin by looking at t

Restless Heart: 12 – “Memento Mori”

Nov 4th, 2017

Nessa and I could not meet up this week, so I recorded a solo where I talked about meeting Christ in my Father’s death. Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes, Google Play or Podbean. If you have any feedback or would like to pose a ques

Restless Heart: 11 – “The Early Church Fathers”

Oct 28th, 2017

In this week’s episode, we return to the Early Church and discuss the successors to the Apostles, known as the Early Church Fathers. Somehow Nessa manages to talk about relationships… :-/ Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes and Google

Restless Heart: 10 – “Praying with the Church”

Oct 19th, 2017

In this week’s episode, Nessa and I talk about one of the most essential of Christian activities, prayer. In particular, we will be talking about the Liturgy of the Hours, which is part of the formal prayer of the Church and prayed by monks and

Restless Heart: 9 – “Friends in high places” (Part II)

Oct 12th, 2017

In this week’s episode, we return to the Saints! Nessa and I share some Saint stories: St. Basil, St. Teresa of Calcutta and St. Philip Neri. Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes and Google Play and if you have any feedback or would li

Restless Heart: 8 – “The ‘Dump Him’ List”

Sep 28th, 2017

Nessa is in charge this week! This means, of course, that we’re talking about dating. In this episode, Nessa outlines her “Dump Him” List and I offer a few of my own dating red flags as well… Episode 8: The “Dump Him” List (Download) — Show N

Restless Heart: 7 – “Friends in high places”

Sep 21st, 2017

In this week’s episode, Nessa and I speak a little bit about Saints, and I share the story of one of my favourite Saints, the English Catholic Martyr, St. Edmund Campion. Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes and Google Play and if you

Restless Heart: 6 – “Is there life before marriage?” (Part II)

Aug 31st, 2017

Nessa is back and we’re picking back up our discussion “Is there life before marriage?”. In today’s episode we talk about discernment, virtue and service. Episode 6: Is there life before marriage? (Download) — Show Notes — * If you would like

Restless Heart: 5 – “Intercommunion”

Aug 24th, 2017

Unfortunately, this episode I’m flying solo! Nessa wasn’t able to make it so I thought it best to record on my own, rather than let another week pass without a new episode. In today’s episode I tackle the delicate subject of “Intercommunion” an

Restless Heart: 4 – “Is there life before marriage?” (Part I)

Aug 10th, 2017

This past week, I gave at talk to the Goretti Group entitled “Is there life before marriage?” In today’s episode, Nessa and talk about some of the issues I raised in that talk. Do some people derive their self-worth from their Facebook “Relatio

Restless Heart: 3 – “Confession”

Aug 6th, 2017

In the past few episodes we have indirectly at two of the Sacraments, the Eucharist and Matrimony. In today’s episode we’ll be looking directly at the Sacrament of Confession, what it is, where it comes from and a few pieces of advice to bear i

Restless Heart: 2 – “Non-Catholic Dating”

Aug 3rd, 2017

Welcome to Episode 2! In today’s show we tackle the tricky and sensitive subject of non-Catholic dating, the situation where a Catholic is considering dating someone who is not in full communion with the Catholic Episode 2: Non-Catholic Dating

Restless Heart: 1 – “Worshipping with St. Justin”

Jul 27th, 2017

We won’t normally be posting more than one episode a week, but here is the first full episode of the Restless Heart podcast. In today’s show we talk about an important figure in the Early Church known as St. Justin Martyr and look at what he ha

Restless Heart Podcast Launched!

Jul 25th, 2017

Today is the the Feast Day of St. Christopher, the patron Saint of travellers, and St. James, the patron of the Camino De Santiago, so it seemed like an appropriate day to launch a new podcast, “The Restless Heart”. Each week on this podcast I

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