Usccb Clips

Struggles with body image don’t get a lot of attention in our culture, but Dr. John Acquaviva is here to help with that. He walks us through the ways which JPII’s Theology of the Body catecheses and scripture can resolve those struggles so they don’t stand in the way of loving relationships. Then, Kara rejoins (29:48) for the second half of our coverage of C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/12/03/made-for-love-ep-79-body-image-plus-the-great-divorce-part-2/

The vaunted birds and the bees talk. April Readlinger of CanaVox offers tips to make it easier to have successful conversations with your son or daughter about sex. Later (29:47), Kara joins for part 1 of our chat about C.S. Lewis’s novel The Great Divorce. Topics covered include: the obliviousness of teenage boys, how the love of neighbor relates to the meaning of all human life, and Sonny Corleone. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/11/19/made-for-love-ep-78-having-the-talk-plus-the-great-divorce-part-1/

Emmanuel Arenas, S.J., joins Mary and Aaron to talk about the martyrdom of Bl. Miguel Pro and how all of us can be witnesses to Christ the king.

Ann Koshute and Kimberly Henkel of Springs in the Desert wrap up our discussion on infertility, then we pit Beauty and the Beast against Shrek (21:10) on the occasion of their 30th and 20th anniversaries respectively. Topics covered include: deep-fried Shrek memes, love and appearances, postmodernism, and surprise weddings. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/11/05/made-for-love-ep-77-infertility-part-2-plus-beauty-and-the-beast-vs-shrek/

Katherine Clifton and Todd Scribner join the podcast to talk about the role of religion and refugee resettlement, and to share stories from refugees about their experiences with religious persecution and settling in the United States.

Kimberly Henkel and Ann Koshute of Springs in the Desert join us to talk about their ministry to those who experience infertility. We had a lot to talk about, so the conversation will pick back up next episode. Later in this episode (21:05) Kara joins to talk about the surprisingly fun and encouraging I'm Your Man, a new German film about a robot husband. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/10/22/made-for-love-ep-76-infertility-and-relationships-part-1/

We're back with lots more Lord of the Rings and its significance for fantasy and family! First, the founder of Tea with Tolkien joins us to share her mission of spreading the author's wisdom and world. Then, Kara joins to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film release of Fellowship of the Ring. Topics covered include: the Immaculate Conception, Frodo paying off his student loans, Tom Bombadil's divisiveness, and trees. Lots of trees. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/10/08/ep-75-fantasy-and-family/

Kara and Andrew go on a journey with Sir Gawain to see if he’s up to the Green Knight’s challenge. Honestly, though, traveling with Bilbo or Frodo would be a more enjoyable experience. Topics include: Memento Mori, humanity’s relationship with nature, talking foxes, and random giants. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/09/24/made-for-love-ep-74-the-green-knight-vs-lord-of-the-rings/

The USCCB's Alexandra Carroll talks with Mary and Aaron about the recent initiative Civilize It: A Better Kind of Politics.

Our journey through Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love concludes with the book’s author, Dr. Edward Sri! Join us as he gives the inside scoop on the book’s background and where it leads. Topics covered include: doing it for the gram, the scourge of event maybes, Jesus is enough, and the point of virtue is to give us the freedom to love. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/09/10/made-for-love-ep-73-edward-sri-wraps-up-mwml/

Is religious freedom merely a pretext for Christians to discriminate against persons who identify as LGBT? Dr. Angela Franks works through this question with Mary and Aaron.

We had too much to say about When Harry Met Sally! We’re back with the second part of our chat about this endlessly entertaining, and at least somewhat edifying, look at relationships. Topics include: Gerald Ford, 80’s hair, the disputed nature of “chick flicks”, and the applicable ideas from Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/08/27/made-for-love-ep-72-when-harry-met-sally-part-2/

We finish up our two-part interview with Eden Invitation’s Anna Carter BUT we also start another multi-parter with the first of (at least) two episodes on When Harry Met Sally, the classic romcom from 1989. Seriously, we had way too much to say about this movie, even more than we thought going in. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/08/13/made-for-love-ep-71-attraction-and-discordance-plus-when-harry-met-sally/

In the first of a two-part interview, Anna Carter imparts her wisdom gained from Eden Invitation's exciting ministry relating to same-sex attraction and gender discordance. Following that, Kara jumps in to wrap up Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love with a cool conversation about remote preparation for marriage (i.e. singlehood). Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/07/30/made-for-love-ep-70-attraction-and-discordance-part-1/

Professor Richard Garnett talks with Mary and Aaron about three different ways of defining religous freedom, and how those approaches play out in practical ways.

Damon Owens of Joyful Ever After joins for a surprisingly fun chat about NFP Week. Then Kara stops by for a while to cover Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, one of our favorite movies. Topics covered include: Elon Musk’s space ambitions, the Trinitarian theology of booby traps, and can archeology serve as a vessel for loving your family? Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/07/16/made-for-love-indiana-jones-and-nfp-and-the-last-crusade/

Our guest Alice Heinzen tells us about grandparenthood, but maybe we should have brought her back for the second segment too. Kara and Andrew talk about Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love‘s section on tenderness, and find themselves disagreeing a bit. Is this the end for our heroes? Nah, it’s fine. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/07/02/made-for-love-ep-68-grandparents-plus-a-relationship-disagreement/

To mark Father’s Day, our chairman Bishop David Konderla joins us to chat about St. Joseph, fatherhood, and Pope Francis’s apostolic letter Patris Corde. Then later we keep the Father’s Day vibes rolling when Kara joins to talk about A Quiet Place (2018) and A Quiet Place Part II (2021), starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski. Topics covered: cheating off of Bishop Barron’s work, Neil Young’s devotion to music at risk of life and limb, and does John Krasinski’s fatherhood model Christ’s sacrificial love? Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/06/18/made-for-love-ep-67-st-joseph-fatherhood-and-a-quiet-place/

Baptist theologian, Andrew Walker, talks with Mary and Aaron about his recently published book, Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age.

Dr. Abigail Favale is back for part 2 of her interview about language in Gender Theory. Plus, Kara joins us to cover Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love chapters 7-9. Topics covered include chastity, modesty, the Me Too movement, and frat bros. Episode Notes: https://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/2021/06/04/made-for-love-ep-66-language-in-gender-theory-part-2/