Rebroadcast of our lenten episode from 2021... What's in your oatmeal? The whole crew sits down to exchange oatmeal ingredients and try to one-up each other. Chia and flax, anyone?
They also discuss how the season of Lent is a time to perhaps scale back in other areas of life besides breakfast treats. This episode covers the ins and outs of Lent with all of your favorite toppings and characters and tries to get to the heart of what this beautiful liturgical season is really about. At the end of the day, it's a verification of reality: prayer reaffirms our open line of communication with God, fasting reminds us that only God can satisfy our desires, and almsgiving reiterates how God's generosity must be shared. And of course, because we are dust and to dust we shall return, Lent is an opportunity to revisit Eden.
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LINKS

• What is Lent? (USCCB)
• Brief history of Lent
• Lent in the Catechism

In this special episode, Austin and guest co-host Grace Carroll talk with Abigail Favale Ph.D. about her book The Genesis of Gender.  We start the conversation with Abigail's own story of conversion to Catholicism and some of the gender-related issues that she had to wrestle with. Abigail then takes us through the philosophical movements of feminism and post-modernism that help provide context for where we are in culture today. Finally, she also offers a vision of what a restoration to authentic masculinity and feminity could look like.

You can get Abigail's book here: https://ignatius.com/the-genesis-of-gender-ggp/
You can follow Abigail's latest work at Notre Dame's Church Life Journal: https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/authors/abigail-favale/

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Nick and Tyler put Austin on the hot seat as he recaps a recent piece he did on lust, free will, and grace. Using the work of Augustine and Dante (boom!), Austin takes listeners through the ins and outs of this deadly sin. This is as spicy as you get when it comes to theology and philosophy.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• What is lust, anyway?
• Where does it come from?
• Do we have a choice to receive grace?
• Are human beings totally depraved or totally good...or neither?
• How do you work through those lusty desires?
• And the fail-proof Valentine's go-to for dudes!

LINKS
"Dante & Augustine: On Lust, Free, Will, and Grace" by Austin Klise

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Join Tyler and Austin as they talk to Michael  "Gomer" Gormley, the co-host of the popular Catching Foxes podcast, about his experience working and thinking about evangelization. We ask him about evangelization in the early church and if it differs from modern practices. He explains why the family is so important to evangelization and he also explains how you, the listener, can start evangelizing.

https://www.catchingfoxes.fm/
http://www.layevangelist.com/

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“So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.”  - Luke 14:33

How is one to interpret the meaning of such a claim and what implications does it have within a modern context, where possessions, whether necessary or superfluous, are a normal part of the economic schema enveloping those who live in the developed world? Join the whole group as Tyler presents some ideas from a paper (see the link below) he recently wrote.  It's a rich discussion despite being all about not being rich. 

You can read the paper here: Discipleship and Possessions

Also, if you haven't already, check out our earlier episode: #056: Happy Are You Poor, where we dive deeper into the Catholic Tradition of voluntary poverty.

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022. To honor this late pope, we're rebroadcasting an earlier episode on his popular work Introduction to Christianity. We're dummies compared to Benedict, but this is our homage to his legacy. Santo subito!
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Intimidated by Ratzinger? So are Nick and Austin, but they roll up their sleeves to unpack his renowned work, Introduction to Christianity. Is salvation possible? Only through excessive grace, baby! Using the Apostles' Creed as his starting point, Cardinal Ratzinger (aka Pope Benedict XVI) wrote Introduction to Christianity in 1968 to elucidate the foundations of Christianity for modern readers. It's rich with theology and history, but don't let that deter you from picking up this classic. It should be on your reading list!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• What does it actually mean to be a Christian?
• What is belief?
• How is salvation possible?
• What's hell like? How about heaven?
• What's the difference between a mindset of excess vs. scarcity?
• What does Christ's pierced side have to do with Eden?
• Are Christians overly obsessed with pain, suffering, and death?
• And why high school prom dances are awkward!

LINKS

• Introduction to Christianity by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

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Peter Maurin was the peasant-philosopher who inspired Dorothy Day and co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement. He distilled his vision for a Christian social order into a series of short writings known as Easy Essays. On today's podcast, the boys digest an Easy Essay titled "When Christ is King." Maurin helps us cut through the noise just in time for Christmas so we can say with confidence, hope, and joy, "¡Viva, Cristo Rey!" From all of us at Eden Revisited, Merry Christmas!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• Who was Peter Maurin?
• Whose voice holds sway in our culture today?
• What is the history of the Solemnity of Christ the King?
• How does Plato's Republic compare to the Christian social order?
• Are Yale graduates equipped to serve the world?
• What is the role of truth, goodness, and beauty in education?
• And how to be a peasant-philosophers and servant-king!

LINKS

• When Christ is King – Easy Essays
• Ep. 057 - Who was Peter Maurin?

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Join this episode of Eden Revisited as Tyler and Austin are guided by Mark Roman Miller on a wild ride through the "metaverse".  In the show Mark explains what virtual reality is and how it's embedded in the technological ecosystem of modern life.  We attempt to answer how Catholics ought to think about the metaverse and virtual reality in general. Is it all fictional escapism that we should avoid? Does it deny the incarnational reality? 

Check out Mark's research here.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vZ6wHIwAAAAJ&hl=en

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Join this episode of Eden Revisited where Tyler is joined by a long-time friend and fellow Zag, as they discuss how we might re-enchant evangelizing what some call "the youths." In the show Justin shares his rich experience both as a participant and now as a veteran administrator with the program: Young Life. Inspired by a recent post-synodal exhortation (Francis - Christus Vivit, 2019) we attempt to take on some big questions about how to think about transmitting the faith to young people. How do we balance the importance of categorizing, but not over generalizing about youth?  What does it meant to be a missionary disciple? How is the current culture affecting our young people's ability to hear the Gospel message. Whether you are a teenager, were a teenager, or even if you parent a teenager, we think it is worth taking to heart the words of Pope Francis and becoming inspired by the great work of Young Life. 

Young Life a Catholic Relations:

https://catholicrelations.younglife.org

Ever-Changing Culture, Never-Changing God: Translating the Gospel for Adolescent Culture 

https://a.co/d/59D0TRt

Mericos Rhodes, founder of Steadfast Provisions, joins us today to introduce the world to pemmican. This lightweight, nonperishable superfood will re-enchant the way you think about nutrition, adventure, farming, our ancestors, and the divine. Made from dried meat and rendered animal fat, pemmican will help you return to how eating was always supposed to be - simple, delicious, and in sync with the rhythms of God's creation. “Set thy heart aright and be steadfast” (Sirach 2:2).

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• What is pemmican exactly?
• Who ate pemmican and who is eating it now?
• Why is our complicated food system actually over-simplified?
• How do farming and animals cultivate humility?
• What does pemmican have to teach us about the divine?
• And how you can survive for 30 days on nothing but...pemmican!

LINKS

• Steadfast Provisions
• Buy pemmican today!

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