Neil’s comic corner attempt! We get interrupted…a lot…and ultimately my mic drops so we’ll probably redo some conversation in the future.

Before the train crashes on this episode we talk brave and the bold, 1960s comics, PG-13 movies we’ve let our kids watch. Then Elyssa drops in and my mic drops out.

Meet Mason, our only fan, he likes us for some reason and we brought him on the show! We give the 10 commandments of retreat writing. Here is the list:

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If you’ve played Halloween draft picks with us before, this year we played with Seminarians and broadened the categories. If you’d like to play here are the categories in each round:

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To kick off our fall season we’re recording live at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Festival in early October!

For This episode Neil and I catch up on Summer happenings, then dive into Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te which I read and made me feel poor because I’m dramatic. So I talk about how Money is a scam and doom and the end is nigh, while Neil reminds me that I’m not poor I’m just an idiot. It’s a great conversation.

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Neil and I talk a little about our summer vacation plans, then talk about the election of the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV! We play a little pope nickname game, and what it means to start taking care of your aging parents.

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So last minute my wife Gevie and I were asked to give a talk at a young adults event in the Archdiocese called Coffee and Creed. The original speaker was unable to attend, so we got invited to step in. The other guy was going to talk about balancing life and faith and work and all that, but Gevie and I don’t do that well (I bet you can tell by the frequency of this Podcast episode release dates) so we decided to give the talk on Love Marriage and Dating. About 60 or so young adults came and we had a blast. Hope you enjoy it too!

An episode that was supposed to air in December 2024. Neil and I wrap up our thoughts on talk writing and then we enter into Neil’s Comic Corner for a recap of his silver age comic book walk through with his son Robert. In this installment of Neil’s Comic Corner we also talk about how issue numbers and volumes got counted. It’s all Crisis fault.

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Neil and I dive into a theological/ethical topic! We talk about the relationship between virtue, those habits the perfect us, and techne, those activities that ease and make our work efficient. Where is the line between being lazy blobs and allowing technology do all the things for us making our lives easy but ultimately less human (think the people on the Axiom on Wall-E) and allowing technology to make our work efficient, allowing us to fulfill our humanity?

Everything starts with talking about walking into closed glass doors, which quickly dissolves into a conversation about how mean my kids are. Then we spend a little time talking about what happened to the show since November of 2024 lol.

The actual topic, if you can call it that, is the movie and tv show quotes that worked their way into our everyday conversations. We’re mimetic creatures so it makes sense, but the stuff that sticks with us sure doesn’t. Get ready for the sound clips.

The show rounds out with a recap of RE Congress, and a preview of some things coming to the Las Vegas Archdiocesan Conference this year! Enjoy!!

If you’ve ever had to write a talk for a retreat or youth group or whatever, or if you’re a retreat director that needs to give instructions to your talk team, or needs a framework on which you can evaluate talks, this is the one you want to download and listen to over and over again.

Also, if you haven’t ever heard Paul Harvey perform the Man and the Bird, you need to hear it. Here is a link to the full clip:

Christmas Classics: The Man and the Birds by Paul Harvey

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