Layman's Terms

Layman's Terms

By Alex ShannonReligion & Spirituality
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Layman's Terms episodes

  • Episode 14: The People Who Have Influenced Us

    This week we talk about people who have been an influence in our life. We were going to talk about both people who have been personally involved in our lives and people we don't know personally but we were only able to get through the latter.  Hopefully, in a future episode we can revisit this. Unfortunately Trevor's audio stops working towards the end but you should get the gist of what we're saying. Trevor said something really good about how we need to seek out ways to grow in our faith by means of looking for these influences because something something something. I don't know, bummer it didn't record.

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    39 min
  • Episode 12: Pastoral Formation

    Trevor and Alex bring us to this exciting close on the four part trilogy of "Pastores Dabo Vobis" will the document apply to the average layperson? Will we be able to make disciples of 'all' nations? Is that clicking noise coming from Trevor? Find out all of this in this week's episode. (except for the clicking question, the answer is yes)

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 11: Intellectual Formation

    This week we talk about the importance of intellectual formation and seeking answers to our questions. Here are some resources:

    • This is something I was trying to get at in the podcast. If you don't understand the terms of philosophy you can completely misunderstand what someone is trying to say to you because terms mean almost something else entirely when you are talking in philosophical terms. This is a good podcast that explains a few common terms that get misunderstood in philosophy: https://pintswithaquinas.com/19-metaphysical-terms-you-should-know-w-fr-gregory-pine this is also a good source for answers to other questions about the faith.
    • Faith and Reason: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/the-illusion-of-conflict-a-catholic-understanding-of-faith-reason-and-empirical-science


      • Other resources: https://thomisticinstitute.org/tracks
      • https://pintswithaquinas.com/
      • Fr. Mike Schmitz


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        50 min
      • Episode 10: Human Formation

        Trevor and Alex talk about the importance of being a good human, often referred to in Catholic circles as human formation. 

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        43 min
      • Episode 9: The Call to Holiness

        Trevor and I talk about what it means to be called to be holy and explain why it's possible for everyone. Once again towards the end we start to talk over each other because the audio get's mismatched. We also mess up our math right out of the gate. Do us a favor and give us some feedback!

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        58 min
      • Episode 8: Prayer

        In this episode Trevor and Alex talk about the importance of prayer and some practical advice on how to pray. The audio got a little bit mismatched at some point so Trevor and I might sound like we're talking over each other so I apologize for that. I also apologize for how much I say like and um. I vow to maybe try to do that less if I think about it, you have my word.


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        53 min
      • Episode 5: Leadership
        This week on Alex & Trevor talk about the pitfalls of poor leadership, like gossip, and how it can affect the community around us.
        47 min

      About Layman's Terms

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      A podcast by seminarian Alex Shannon and college missionary Trevor Barreca where we talk about living out our Catholic faith as young adults.