The Wise Guys Podcast

He Makes All Things New

In this episode we share the wonderful journey of transformation God can affect in our lives when we allow Him to work in us for our personal growth and betterment. Listen is as we share the specific ways that we are experiencing God’s peace and presence in the midst of life’s day to day challenges.

Do saints REALLY love to suffer for Jesus?

Join us as we explore the true meaning of human suffering in the life of a disciple. The Letter to Hebrews says that Jesus learned obedience by what he suffered and was thus made perfect. But what does that mean? To have a correct understanding of Jesus’ suffering and our own is essential to a mature spirituality. And yet we often get it wrong by either avoiding suffering or embracing it as something good. Listen in as we discuss this truly painful topic.

Raging Wildfires, God’s Wrath?

In this episode we explore the relationship between God’s providence, divine justice, and natural disasters. This is a complicated but important question of faith for disciples of the Lord. Listen in as we try to make sense of how best to understand our relationship to the powers of nature, human freedom, and our stewardship of creation.

So Poor: The Little Way of Spiritual Childhood

St. Paul tells us that the Great Mystery hidden from all ages is “Christ in You”. Listen in as we discuss the beauty but huge challenge of depending on Jesus to act in and through us every day. Through the eyes of St. Therese of Lisieux, what does it mean to accept our spiritual poverty and trust that the Lord will make all that we do both fully human and fully divine.
 
Show Notes
Therese of Lisieux: Secrets of Joy by Fr. Pierre Descouvemont
Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis DeSales
The Way by St. Jose Escriva. Clarification: His movement is called The Work of God, not his book.

Why the Christmas Story Is a Timeless Tale

It is perfectly human to use stories to wrestle with reality and to communicate our moral values from one generation to the next. Join us as we explore the importance of story-telling to human culture, and why the Christmas story, especially, is an epic tale of cosmic proportions.

The Trap of Self-Reliance

In this episode, we explore the topic of relying too much on our own efforts to manage our lives. Listen in as we discuss the trap of thinking we are responsible for fixing our problems before God will bless us. As the prophets tells us, God will lower the mountains and fill in the valleys to make the path easy for us. We need only turn to Him for help.

The Contours of Divine Love

How do we reconcile the belief in the God who loves us unconditionally and the just God who holds us accountable to his commandments? Join us as we explore the difficulty of not falling into the trap of feeling we need to perform well for God to love us or that God is tolerant of our sinfulness.

Elon Musk and The Ethical Dilemma of New Tech

In this episode we discuss the influence of Elon Musk and other tech geniuses on the human experience. Is technological progress inevitable and, even more importantly, is it good for us? Join us as we reflect on these important issues and discuss the Church’s critical role in providing the formation we need to participate in a technocratic age.

Truth By Faith: How do we know what God cares about?

Join us as we discuss the role of faith in coming to know God and what God cares about. Dr. Therrien dives in to help us get our heads around the role that the gifts of the Holy Spirit play in our ability to know the truths God reveals to us through His Word.

What is Truth, and How do We Know?

In this episode we tackle a very challenging topic—the nature of truth and how we as human beings support truth claims. In a world dominated by the empirical sciences, are there ways to attain knowledge outside the scientific method? And can we know things with certainty that cannot be measured by empirical methods?