Faith Over Breakfast

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this Faith Over Breakfast podcast episode, “The Diamondbacks, the Cubs, Fatherhood, and Youth Sports,” Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy discuss baseball, Eric’s son’s growing interest in the sport, their own experiences with athletics, and the role their fathers played in those experiences. Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interview...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! Andy and Eric piece their thoughts together with regards to anxiety, and how you can begin to deal with it. Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Catholics living out our faith! Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show Support "Faith Over Breakfast with Pastors Andy & Eric" is a weekly pod...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! Pastor Andy interviews Eric about the importance of Star Wars in his life, and how he sees ministry and Star Wars line up. Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Catholics living out our faith! Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show Support "Faith Over Breakfast with Pastors Andy & Eric"...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast: Pastors Unfiltered , Eric and Andy talk about what they long to see in their churches. The conversation moves from building remodels and church spaces to the simple, faithful act of inviting friends into the life of the church. It is honest, practical, and rooted in the hope that God is still forming His people an...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast, Eric and Andy take on peacemaking: what it is, what it is not, and why it matters for followers of Jesus. They talk about the world’s understanding of peace, conflict, and the Garden of Eden. They also consider the peace Jesus provides, which stands in contrast to the world’s idea that peace is simply the absence...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Andy and Pastor Eric talk through forgiveness by working with the final verses of Ephesians 4. Forgiveness is one of those Christian words we use often, but it can become thin if we are not careful. Is forgiveness the same as pretending nothing happened? Does it require immediate trust? Does it mean justic...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy talk about what they are reading, why they read, and how books shape their daily lives. You may want to keep a pen and paper nearby, or check the transcript afterward, because they mention several books and resources along the way. Some links may take a little searching, but if a titl...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this Faith Over Breakfast podcast, Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy talk about why churches have such different personalities. What makes one church feel different from another? Is it theology, the pastor, the environment, the music, the denomination, or the way people interact with each other? Could it even be the parking lot? You’ll have to listen to fin...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy talk about the upcoming Freedom Con 2026 after a listener sends in a question. Since the event had not shown up on their usual feeds or crossed their radar, they answer with limited information and work through the question in real time.  Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy reflect on the difference between topical preaching and exegetical preaching, and on the ways churches tend to use each. They consider why people often assume one approach is superior to the other, while drawing on their own experience both of sitting under these styles of preaching an...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  In this Faith Over Breakfast podcast: Pastor Andy and Pastor Eric join Theology on Mission for a joint conversation with Dave Fitch and Mike Moore. The discussion ranges from the emerging church movement to seminary, theology on mission, and what it means to follow Jesus in a time when power is turned upside down and sanity itself seems hard to find.  N...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Catholics living out our faith! Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show Support "Faith Over Breakfast with Pastors Andy & Eric" is a weekly podcast where Pastors Andy and Eric come together over a imaginary delicious breakfast to talk about faith, foo...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! Yes folks, this is the beginning of season 3.  Andy called in sick.  So, Eric took control of the mic for a few minutes to pontificate about what was on his mind.  Enjoy!  Support the show Support "Faith Over Breakfast with Pastors Andy & Eric" is a weekly podcast where Pastors Andy and Eric come together over a imaginary delicious breakfas...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! Kevin Sommitz interviews Pastor Andy about his new book - The Little Man. Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Catholics living out our faith! Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show Support "Faith Over Breakfast with Pastors Andy & Eric" is a weekly podcast where Pastors Andy and Eric c...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy work through themes from Eric’s recent writings on the first three chapters of Genesis. They reflect on creation, identity, order, and the fracture that follows in Genesis 3, asking what these opening chapters reveal about humanity’s calling and our ongoing struggle to trust God. Along...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  Did God create cancer? In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy do their best to wrestle with that question. They draw from Augustine and Irenaeus, and they talk through sin, brokenness, creation, and the bigger “cosmic” storyline that shapes how Christians have understood evil and suffering. Along the way, they bring in the...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Andy and Pastor Eric talk about how people understand the role of elders in the church. They reflect on the weight elders carry, the stress and anxiety that can come with shepherding a congregation, and the quiet hope that sustains both paid and non-paid elders as they serve.  Beyond The Beacon Join Bisho...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  In this episode of the Faith Over Breakfast podcast, Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy take a look at social media and ask what it’s actually good for. Is it simply a tool, or is it forming us in dangerous ways? They talk about how Christians might use it with wisdom, what to do with addiction, and why it so easily grabs our attention and reshapes the mind. ...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy wrestle with the difficult realities of immigration, ICE enforcement, public protest, and the role of Christians in government and society. The conversation is candid and unguarded, and the answers they arrive at may feel incomplete—but they are real, prayerful, and rooted in lived fa...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  In this Faith Over Breakfast podcast, Pastors Eric and Andy talk about 2026, their hopes and dreams, friendship, success, and how much they’ve enjoyed nine years of podcasting together.  Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Catholics living out our faith! Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show Suppo...

Send us a Text Message - include your name!  In this Faith Over Breakfast podcast, Pastor Andy and Pastor Eric respond to Corey Gilchrist’s question: what would you tell your congregation if Jesus had returned and was wandering around?  Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Catholics living out our faith! Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast , Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy reflect on discipleship and a recent conference Andy attended, one Eric was somewhat grateful to have missed. The conversation moves beyond conference highlights and into the reality of everyday following. Andy invites Eric to share how he understands true discipleship, not as a progra...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of the Faith Over Breakfast podcast, Pastor Eric and Pastor Andy talk about time management and what it means to rest well. They explore how a pastor finds space to step back, breathe, and renew energy for the work of ministry. Along the way, they reflect on the practices that help them relax, the rhythms that restore them, and how true r...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of Faith Over Breakfast, Pastor Andy and Pastor Eric take on the difficult subject of how the government shutdown is affecting the SNAP program. They talk about giving, the role of the church in caring for people, and how they each feel about talking about money.  Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney for inspired interviews with Ca...

Send us a Text Message - include your name! In this episode of the Faith Over Breakfast podcast, pastor Eric and pastor Andy talk about using AI to help you pray. They explore the real pitfalls and the reasons so many people turn to it in the first place. They also offer steady guidance on how to approach AI without losing the heart of your relationship with Jesus.  Beyond The Beacon Join Bishop K...