Recently, I was invited to give a parish mission at Christ, Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Manchester, Missouri–affectionately known as “CPOP”. They streamed the talks to YouTube for your viewing pleasure.

The first one is Finding God in the Age of Distraction, where I take on the problem we are all confronting–how to live a spiritual life with a smartphone in your pocket. It’s not easy! I present some of the statistics that you’ve probably heard about how much we use our phones and then dive into some strategies for overcoming the problem and reconnecting with God:

The second talk you might have heard before, as it is based on my book Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know: 

Thanks to Fr. Christopher Dunlop, Fr. Gerson Penna and Fernanda Thurmond for inviting me!