Agape Latte | The Podcast

“Are you really always happy?” is a popular question for Ms. Smiley (Yvonne McBarnett). In this episode, she answers that question (spoiler alert: the struggle is real right now for her too), shares how she’s finding happiness during these uncertain and stressful times, and gives tips for how you can find it too!   Yvonne McBarnett (Ms. Smiley) is the program director for the Montserrat Coalition...

Will you live differently after everything goes back to "normal"? Dan Ponsetto shares what he's learned about moments of disruption. From the new normal after his cancer diagnosis, to life lessons during the pandemic, his takeaways have a common thread - taking the risk of slowing down can reveal what your busyness has been distracting you from.    Dan Ponsetto is the director of the Boston Colleg...

How do you handle difficult conversations (about racism, social injustice, current events), especially with friends or family that you know you disagree with? In this Agape Latte, Prof. Steve Pope shares his thoughts on how to communicate a message you’re passionate about without judgement and how to use these conversations as an opportunity to learn about, connect with, and understand the other p...

How do you find hope when life doesn’t go as planned? Fr. Michael Himes shares the story of his diagnosis and how he continues to find hope in it. To go straight to his story head to 21:26 on the podcast. “The whole of the universe is your gift. And if at some point in the universe, it’s shaking a little bit, that doesn’t take away its grandeur, its beauty, its wonder, and its capacity for love.”...

Prof. Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones received an unexpected wake-up call and a second chance at life after a near-death experience forced her to rethink the way she was living her life. She had to ask herself with equal parts humor, grit, and grace, ‘are you living your days like you mean it?'   Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones is an Assistant Professor of Theology and African and African Diaspora Studies a...

Fr. Ken Himes (Boston College, Theology Department) shares his story about the unexpected people who changed the course of his life, helping this cynical kid figure out what the point of it all was and in the process giving him a new way to look at the world. "People came into my life that didn't have to come into my life. These weren't relatives, these weren't people who owed me anything. But the...

"Don’t let this mountain - don’t let Everest - be the greatest thing you ever do." Erik Weihenmayer - author, adventurer, and the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest - shares his powerful story about facing fear, finding a "No Barriers" approach to life after losing his sight, and continuing to push the limits each and every day.