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New Interviews and Recent Events

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Yesterday, a video interview I did with Jeffrey Ostrowski, the president of Corpus Christi Watershed, was released. We largely talked about my book, Bible Translation and the Making of the ESV Catholic Edition. You can check out the conversation here:

The video is also posted on the Corpus Christi Watershed website.

Twin Cities Happenings

In February, I gave a parish mission event at St. John the Baptist in New Brighton, Minnesota (pictured). The theme was built on my book, Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know. I was particularly grateful for the turnout and the opportunity to present to a popular Catholic audience in my new setting. The parish’s small groups are working through my book over Lent.

The Hall of Heroes and the Cloud of Witnesses, a lecture by Mark GiszczakLast week, I had the privilege of giving a talk at Karol Coffee on behalf of Saint Paul Seminary. I spoke on “The Hall of Heroes and the Cloud of Witnesses,” a lecture that compares Sirach 44–50 with Hebrews 11 and argues for a renewed sense of the heroic in our times. And what a cool venue!–a small batch coffee roastery themed on the original “Karol” (Wojtyla, of course). We had a good showing of local people interested in the lay theology, school leadership and pastoral ministry programs available at SPS. I was happy to meet people, share my love for Sacred Scripture with them and support the seminary’s mission.

Upcoming Event: April 25th

Recently, I was interviewed on the Practicing Catholic podcast and radio show, operated by the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. I will embed the audio interview here (my part begins at about the 29:30 mark):

We were talking about the fire of God, the subject of my forthcoming book, and about my upcoming event for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Office here. That will be happening on Saturday, April 25th at Mary, Mother of the Church if you are in the area and are interested in attending, I’ll post the flyer with a link to the registration page: 
Sent by the Spirit - April 25th event

I have been enjoying getting to know people here in the Twin Cities. There is so much to learn, so many great folks to get to know. I hope I can do my part to spread knowledge of and love for Scripture.

Video: Finding God in the Age of Distraction

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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!

Two Interviews from the Augustine Institute

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Recently, I was interviewed by the Augustine Institute about my two new books. We got to record these interviews in the studios here at the A.I. and both of them have been produced as YouTube videos for you. I hope you enjoy them.

In the first video, I was interviewed by my colleague, Dr. Michael Patrick Barber, regarding my commentary on the Wisdom of Solomon:

In the second video, I was interviewed by our Admissions Counselor, Anna Wessel:

Two Interviews: Suffering Video and Wisdom Radio

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Last week, I got to speak with Bob Krebs on “Catholic Forum” out of the Diocese of Wilmington about my book on Suffering. It aired on Relevant Radio and Bob recorded it as video and put it on YouTube for you:

Yesterday morning, I appeared on Spirit Mornings Catholic Radio out of Omaha with my friends Bruce and Jen. We got to talk about the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series and my new volume on Wisdom of Solomon. It was early and it was a fun conversation. Check it out:

Two Radio Interviews on Suffering

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Last week, I was interviewed on the Catholic Answers Focus podcast by Cy Kellett. They published both the transcript and the audio: https://www.catholic.com/audio/caf/suffering-101 

We got into the philosophical deep end a bit. Here’s a challenging prompt he gave me:

Cy Kellett:
I appreciate that very much, but you appreciate, I know from the book that for many people, the personal crisis of their own suffering is intense in a way that almost seems to dispose them against theological or philosophical answers. They need something else. So how do you find that? Where’s the sweet spot for making a personal response to individual suffering and putting all of that in the theological context?

Also, I appeared on Treasures of Faith with Michael Gisondi on Divine Mercy Radio WDMC920. Here’s a link: https://files.ecatholic.com/34714/documents/2024/4/240425.mp3

New Interviews on Suffering

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I appeared on the Busted Halo show – the longing-running slightly funny show that broadcasts on SiriusXM satellite radio. They posted a video version of the interview:

Also, yesterday, I came back on the Kresta in the Afternoon radio show hosted by Marcus Peter. Here’s the link to the segment: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kresta-in-the-afternoon-april-22-2024-hour-2/id316247661?i=1000653266960

 

Two Written Interviews on Suffering

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Aleteia published an interview with me earlier this week. Here’s an excerpt:

Suffering is part of everyone’s life. It comes in all shades and varieties: illness, disability, pain, loss, depression …
Every news website today is replete with people’s suffering from around the world. Some regions of the world seem to have an unfair burden of suffering.
But most of the suffering that people endure is much less dramatic, and might not even be thought of as suffering: relatively small annoyances that stem from the rudeness of neighbors, the impatience of our own temperament, or simply the ups and downs of daily life.
Catholic spirituality has a lot to offer on not only the reasons for suffering but the ways in which we can fruitfully respond to it. (Link: https://aleteia.org/2024/04/14/if-you-are-suffering-and-you-probably-are-this-book-can-help/ )

And Catholic World Report published another. An excerpt:

   All of us suffer. We live in a fallen world, and suffering is simply a part of life. This suffering can take many forms, and we are all affected differently by it.
But why do we suffer at all? How are we to understand suffering? Is there any purpose to it? And what are we to do with the suffering we face? (Link: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/03/08/interview-with-mark-giszczak/)

Interviews on Wisdom of Solomon and Suffering

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On Thursday, March 21, I appeared on the Kresta in the Afternoon radio show with guest host Marcus Peter. We talked about the Wisdom of Solomon and my commentary on it. You can find the show linked here: https://www.ewtn.com/radio/podcasts/kresta-in-the-afternoon-~NY

Or you can direct download the mp3 here: https://i.listen.ewtn.com/~NY/~NY20240321.mp3

I appear in the second half of the program.

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The same day, I also appeared on Meet the Author with Ken Huck, talking about my book Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know. We had a wide-ranging conversation about the meaning of suffering and how to cope with it as a Catholic Christian.