Belt of Truth

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Every Catholic husband says he would die for his wife. But would he give up the evening scroll? The Sunday football marathon? The stubborn need to be right? In part two of our Battle Ready series, Jerry Jacobs Jr. returns to ask the question most men never get asked by someone who respects them enough to ask it — what have you actually given up for your marriage lat...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics She’s Been Talking. Have You Been Listening? Most Catholic husbands would say their marriage is fine. And they’re probably right. But “fine” isn’t the same as thriving and the gap between the two is exactly where marriages quietly begin to drift. In this first episode of our five-part series Battle Ready, I sit down with Jerry Jacobs Jr. Catholic husband, father of...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics   DOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK      If you have made it this far, something in this series has been landing. Josh and John Racanelli close with the most personal episode in the series. The Rogation blessing tradition that goes back to 470 AD, what genuine Catholic community actually looks like on the ground, and a direct warm invitation to find your field wherever you are. ...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics   DOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK     Can't afford land. Spouse isn't on board. Not handy. Too old. Too busy. Josh and John Racanelli have heard every objection and answer each one honestly — including the two that stop the most people cold. If something in this series has been pulling at you, this is the episode that removes the last excuse.  Download Ebook - https:/...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics   DOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK   The disillusionment, the broken institutions, the expiring postwar deal, none of it is wasted. Josh and John Racanelli make the case that everything stripping away from Catholic families right now has been clearing ground for something old and true to walk back in. Download Ebook - https://beltoftruth.kit.com/1626e9ce4e  To find CLM chapters...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics DOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK   After World War II, Catholic families took a deal that looked like pure blessing. Steady wages, suburban homes, convenience. But the fine print cost something irreplaceable. Josh and John Racanelli name what was on that receipt and why it matters right now.  Download Ebook - https://beltoftruth.kit.com/1626e9ce4e  To find CLM chapters close to...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics DOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK   A hundred years ago, serious Catholics looked at a world coming apart and built something remarkable in response. Josh and John Racanelli unpack the history of the Catholic Land Movement, the men who built it, and why their answers speak directly to the moment we are living through right now.  Download Ebook - https://beltoftruth.kit.com/1626e9...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Technology promised us better. Easier. More time. It kept its promise. So where did the time go? That’s not a rhetorical question. It’s the question three brilliant Catholics asked a hundred years ago, and the answer they found is the subject of the series I’m about to release. Five episodes. A hundred years of history. And something I think you’ve been feeling for...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Casey and Rachel met in college and fell in love. Two years later, they were married and building a life together, but something was missing. It took time to name it, yet the prescription the world offers for joy and fulfillment simply wasn't working. Casey had been baptized Catholic but fell away early. Rachel grew up without religion entirely. A common story,...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Jerry didn’t even know what “Catholic” meant growing up, despite finding out later that his family was Catholic but fell away before he was born. It was a Cursillo weekend that opened up a world he didn't know existed. Mary had left the Church behind, but a Cursillo retreat brought her back to the sacraments. Their story shows how God’s mercy and the Church’s w...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics In this third installment of the Converts & Reverts series, Josh interviews Cara about her revert story and how her parents’ divorce disrupted her childhood formation in the faith. Before the interview, Josh examines the tragic reality of divorce in Catholic families, the statistics, the Church’s teaching, and the lasting spiritual wounds that can persist for de...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Episode 2 of the Converts and Reverts Series starts off with some confusion and ends with a truth that resonates the hearts of each of us that are searching for a deeper connection with the roots of our faith. I know I am a bit biased because of my friendship with this couple but the conversation in the end with Our Mother Mary touched my soul in a way that I will n...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics We launch the Converts & Reverts series with Chris and Mariah - a young married couple whose journeys to the Catholic faith didn’t begin together, but ended in the same place. Mariah entered the Church in 2013. Chris had no faith life at all, but he carried a quiet curiosity and a whole list of reasons to stay on the sidelines. What he didn’t know was that his b...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Converts & Reverts is a multi-part series on the Belt of Truth Podcast hosted by Josh Bach. Each episode shares a real story of someone who drifted, fell, or walked away and the moment God called them back. These are raw, honest accounts of grace breaking through collapse, featuring men and women who found their way home to the Catholic faith. Alongside their st...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics You’re holding an ancient map. Walked by saints and sinners for thousands of years. But a map is useless unless you trust the One who drew it. In Chapter 3 of The Saints’ Path, Josh Bach explores the Biblical and theological foundations of the seven phases rooted in the story of salvation itself. From Israel and Peter to Augustine and Thérèse, the same divine rhythm...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics In Chapter 2 of The Saints’ Path, Josh reveals the ancient pattern of the soul. The seven phases that shape every man, family, and nation: ease, forgetfulness, sin, hardship, repentance, strength, and watchfulness. Rooted in Scripture, the Catechism, and the saints, this episode exposes the rhythm of human history and offers a map to walk it with grace instead of co...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Where ease ends, strength begins. Chapter 1 of The Saints' Path shares the story that started it all. Email Josh@OurLocalParish.com - First 100 get the rest of the book and access to the community page for free. Belt of Truth is a podcast inspired by Armor of God, a Catholic men's movement based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, established to arm men to be the spir...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Mary said yes. Joseph said yes. In this powerful closing episode, Josh and Cara Bach sit down with their seven children to share their family’s adoption story, a living reflection of the Gospel. This is a call for the Church to learn, support, and say “yes” to adoption, just as the Holy Family did. Belt of Truth is a podcast inspired by Armor of God, a Catholic men&...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Over 368,000 children are in foster care and 108,000 are waiting to be adopted, but one “yes” from every 700 Catholic families could change everything. In this bold episode, Josh and Cara Bach reveal why adoption is the forgotten “A-word” in the pro-life movement and how saying yes, like Mary did, can redeem lives and transform culture. Belt of Truth is a podcast in...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Over 368,000 children are in foster care today—and 108,000 are waiting for adoption. In this powerful reality check, Josh and Cara Bach challenge Catholic families to answer the call to foster and adopt. The need is urgent. The opportunity is holy. One family’s yes could change a child’s life—and our culture—forever. “There are 108,000 children waiting. Maybe one is...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Adoption can feel like a maze - international, domestic infant, foster-to-adopt- each with its own costs, timelines, and fears. In this episode, Josh and Cara Bach draw on 24 years of marriage, 7 adoptions, and Cara’s experience as a social worker to explain the main paths, debunk common myths, and share the real joys and challenges of the process. If you’ve ever wo...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics In the first episode of Why Catholics Must Adopt, Josh and Cara Bach open the conversation sharing their adoption story and tackling one of the biggest roadblocks Catholic families face when discerning adoption: fear. Drawing from their 24 years of marriage, the adoption of their 7 children, and Cara’s years of experience as an adoption social worker, the Bachs brea...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics Adoption is not just a family choice, it is the heart of the Gospel. In this powerful prologue, Josh Bach shares Scripture, Church teaching, and his family’s journey of adopting 7 children to show why adoption is a bold Catholic witness and a forgotten pro-life answer. Subscribe and share — one small act could change a child’s life.  This Prologue sets the stage for...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics What would the devil do if he wanted to unravel the faith of families and nations? In 1965, broadcaster Paul Harvey delivered his now-famous talk “If I Were the Devil,” exposing how evil works quietly, step by step, to dismantle culture. In this episode, Josh takes Harvey’s idea and brings it into 2025 through the eyes of Scripture, the witness of the saints, and th...

Send Feedback or Suggest Topics The world is drowning in half-truths, compromise, and noise. The Belt of Truth cuts through it with bold, unapologetic Catholic voices, rooted in Scripture, Tradition, and the lived witness of men and women fighting for faith and family. Hosted by Josh Bach, Belt of Truth was named the #1 Catholic podcast in Indiana and is heard in more than 60 countries. From long-...