Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
This week, Brandon and AJ talk about some of the bleakness of the news cycles. The world doesn't seem to be getting better, and the Bible doesn't always seem to think that it will. So, how do we, as Christians, process this broken world with hope?
This week, AJ and Brandon discuss St. Paul's willingness to keep preaching the truth even after being told by the Holy Spirit and numerous prophets that it would result in his imprisonment and death. What does it take to embrace that level of acceptance of God's will?
This week, AJ wants to hear from Brandon about his own experience and thoughts when it comes to his girls' educations. What are the pluses and minuses when it comes to public and private school?
This week, Brandon follows up with AJ on the pros and cons of working where you worship. It's critical that those leading others in faith never stop growing and developing their own.
This week, Brandon mentions the idea of everyday Christians adopting monastic, and specifically Benedictine, approaches to life, and AJ talks about the relationship between the monastic, contemplative life and the active, evangelistic life.
This week, Brandon and AJ talk about the concept of family as an idol. The conversation quickly branches into a discussion of how we lead children when they realize we aren't perfect.
Continuing with the book on the Rule of St. Benedict, Brandon and AJ discuss the nature and importance of sacrifice and asceticism for the modern Christian.