Some of us feel that 2018 was great and others feel that 2018 needs to be history.  Where are you?  How was this year for you?  Did you move this year?  Start a new job?  Get married?  Have a child?  Or did you lose a job, end a marriage or maybe even buried a loved one?  Lots of events can and do happen in a year.  Let’s look at the last 11 months and remember we can always finish 2018 on a positive note.  Please call in and share your review of 2018.  Let’s see if we can learn something and also realize that we are journeying together in many ways when it comes to life in general. 1-833-288-3986.

We all evolve during our lives. That can mean that our circle of friends will change from time to time, depending on where we are in life, especially with regard to our relationship to God and the Church. Has there been a time when you made certain changes in your life, and one or more of the people you once considered “friends” decided they no longer wanted to associate with you? This can be a painful reality. But it can also free us up to become more like the people God wants us to be. If you’ve gone through this, and come out a better person, share your take that will help others who may be experiencing it right now.

This is your opportunity to leave your prayer intentions and requests with us for our monthly prayer show.  We believe in the power of prayer.  So please consider calling in, emailing us or posting on social media the people or things you want us to storm heaven for.  At the end of the broadcast, we will close by lifting up everyone’s prayer intentions.  Here is the number to call, 1-833-288-3986.

November’s Unscripted is here!  There is no set topic planned.  This is your chance to ask us almost anything.  Maybe you want to suggest future topics for 2019.  You can also revisit past shows and comment on them.  This particular show is very popular because it allows all of us to address things that are simply on our minds and hearts.  If you have something you want to ask or say, please plan on calling in early to the show.  1-833-288-3986.

Life is short. But it doesn’t always present itself that way. We can be lulled into thinking that we have all kinds of time remaining on earth. This is perhaps especially true when we’re younger and feel invincible. As life takes its twists and turns, there will inevitably be sentiments we hope to share with someone. These might be expressions of love and appreciation, moments of reconciliation, and more. Just about everyone will wake up one day and realize that the opportunity has passed. The one you had every intention of unburdening yourself to has died. While we believe that we are never truly separated from people we know who are deceased, we sometimes still carry with us the discomfort – or worse – of knowing that we should have said something important to them when there was still time. Has this happened to you? Your take on this topic will have a huge impact on those who don’t want to miss their golden opportunity, and possibly live to regret something that was left unsaid.

It’s a fact of life for so many people. Enduring pain in some part of your body on a daily basis is no fun. It can impact virtually every facet of your life, including family obligations, work duties, interest in and motivation for hobbies or interests, and many others. Perhaps you’ve searched high and low, far and wide for a solution to your chronic pain, without anything alleviating it or making it go away. Now, what do you do? We can embrace it, of course, and offer it for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. We should do that with any and all types of pain that we experience in life. But, for those who struggle with the same pain every day of their lives, it can become frustrating, debilitating, and even depressing, leading to all sorts of other health problems. Let’s unpack this difficult topic, and hear your takes on how you or someone you know manages to put their two feet on the ground for another day, when pain is the most familiar thing you have to look forward to.

By now, the sights and sounds of Christmas have already dominated the malls, stores, TV commercials, and even some radio stations. But we just got through Thanksgiving, and Advent doesn’t begin until next Sunday. Liturgically, Christmas begins on December 25 and runs through Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 6. In our churches, decorating follows the liturgical calendar through Advent and the Christmas season. For individual Catholics and families, there are no specific guidelines. So, what do you do with regard to decorating your home or yard for Christmas? Do you wait until Christmas Eve to put up your tree? When do you take the tree and decorations down? Have you sometimes felt like oddballs, being the only ones on your block without decorations until right before Christmas? Are we selling out to the secular spirit of the “holidays” by joining in the decorating craze well before Christmas Day? Let’s see what people think and how your approach this issue.

There was a time when men and women entered into marriage at a relatively young age. In their late teens. In their twenties. Perhaps as late as their thirties. This was not across the board, and some married later in life. In recent decades, we’ve experienced a shift, and now being married by the time you’re in your thirties is considered “young,” while many people find themselves still wondering if God has a husband or wife for them well into their forties and fifties. Does the latter group include you? Have you become discouraged, or asked if you missed your vocational calling, or even given up altogether, believing that you’re going to spend the rest of your life “alone?” If so, let’s have a fruitful conversation about this. Call us at, 1-833-288-3986.

Just about everyone has decisions to make about where they will spend Thanksgiving and Christmas. Husbands and wives each have their own families, and want to try to make sure they spend at least some time with them. It helps in making the decision when one’s family lives closer than the other’s. There are also extended relations and friends who may invite us to be with them at some point over the holidays. How do you make these decisions as a family? As a single person? Do you feel like you’ve “been there, done that,” and now stay close to home with your immediate family more often than not? Let’s talk about this so we can all learn tips on how to honor everyone we can at Thanksgiving and Christmas, while not neglecting ourselves or our own families.

Revelation 3:16 quotes the Spirit saying to the Church in Laodicea, “So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew you out of my mouth.” It adds that God would even prefer that a person were cold toward Him than to be lukewarm. What does being lukewarm mean to you? How do you understand that word and that passage? How can we know if we’re lukewarm or not? Given how easy it is for us to deceive ourselves, should we regularly check in with others about the condition of our spiritual lives, perhaps a spiritual director Have you ever sensed that you were lukewarm in your attitude toward God? What did you do to correct that? Do you believe you should warn people you know and love if you sense that they are not taking their relationship with God seriously enough? Call us and share your ‘take’ on this important topic. 1-833-288-3986.