Open Doors: Conversations with Heart of the Father

Have you missed us? We are so excited to be back for Season 3 and can't wait for you to hear all the special episodes we've lined up for you! Today we kick off this season "Swinging for the Fences" as Matt and Jenn take a deep dive into the heart of surrender. Surrender, though often so challenging, is a central expression of faith to give the Lord our "Yes",  let go...

Have you ever thought, "This wasn't the life I expected?" You thought you'd be farther along in your career by now. You thought you'd be married by now. You thought you'd have more money saved by now. You didn't think that your children would be going in these different directions that you don't believe are healthy for them. You didn't think that your k...

Today Neal hosts a dear friend John Doman. Neal has known John and his beautiful wife Michele for over 35 years. Together they have 10 children and 56 grandchildren. WOW! These superheroes have led an amazing life, bringing their family up to know the Lord and to know the truth. Among their children (who are all grown) are worship leaders, Christian authors, ministry leaders and more, but most of...

Matt and Jenn have two special guests joining them today, good friends Michael and Alicia Hernon. The Hernons are on a mission to empower parents to embrace their sacred calling, which they believe is the key to the renewal of the Church and our society. Learn how Unbound has greatly impacted them both personally and as a family.  Their ministry The Messy Family Project began as a podcast just lik...

Join us for our final Summer Podcast Book Study as we explore Jesus's promise to show us His Father--and ours.  Do you know that your Heavenly Father loves you, that you belong to Him, that He longs for you to be FREE to be FULLY yourself? Have you recognized the enemy's tactics in your own life, and what does that look like for you? How does Jesus model worship for us? What does it mean...

Join us for a terrific episode you don't want to miss...but... bear with us as one of our tracks had some minor technical issues so you have to listen a little more closely to what Janet is sharing, We've included the beginning of the transcript here in our show notes and click the TRANSCRIPT tab for the rest.  Jacqueline: So welcome everyone to week five of our Abba's Heart Book St...

 If this is your first time tuning in and you are thinking, "What are they talking about? What is this Abba's Heart book study? " don't worry, don't turn this off. This podcast is for you, even if you haven't been reading Abba's Heart along with us. Today Matt, Jenn, and Rachel Lozano are talking about life in the Father's house, and don't we all want t...

“Everything written in the book ( Abba's Heart ), every great idea about what home could be, should be , is waiting for us in the Father’s heart. “  “What will it be like to hear His voice without any veil between us? " Join us today for our Abba's Heart Summer Book Study- even if you have not read the book! Neal joins Jenn and Rachel for a beautiful conversation, incredible insight...

Do you know that your Heavenly Father loves you, that you belong to Him, and that He longs for you to be FREE to be FULLY yourself? Listen today, and you'll  leave with some gold nuggets to ponder and reflect on as we discuss chapters 4-6 of Abba's Heart . "What is the ultimate and complete self revelation of God? ... It was the sending of the Son- that He sent Jesus. And I think wh...

Join us on this journey back to the Father's delight. Before we kick off the discussion of Chapters 1-3 of Abba's Heart , Rachel sets up the framework of Abba's Heart  so you have a vision of where we are going. The book is split up into four sections. The first is the Way Home, where we look at our separation from our home in God the Father, and how He made a way for us to return....

The gospel is the answer to the deepest questions of the heart. In this episode, Jenn and Neal discuss the power of the gospel as a transformational proclamation, one that carries a personal invitation to respond from the heart. It is the fulfilment of a promise, in the form of Jesus Christ our Savior. The power of the gospel is the love of God . When a preacher of the gospel desires to communicat...

What does living in freedom mean? In this episode, Rachel sits down with Dan Gahagan, Unbound board member and Baltimore native, to discuss Dan's ties with Unbound Ministry that began fifteen years ago. They reflect on Dan's personal experience of renouncing the enemy's lies and choosing to walk in the freedom of the Gospel every single day.  "I developed the self-perception th...

Before starting her own Unbound team, Bucks Unbound in Pennsylvania, Anita Colahan was part of our local  Heart of the Father team. Now she serves on two Unbound teams when shes not doing Spiritual Direction, wearing many other hats in her parish, or spending time with her family. Listen as she shares insight into one of her deeply buried wounds that had manifested itself in so many relationships,...

In today's episode, Matt and Jenn Lozano sit down to discuss Matt's new book, Free to Be Holy .   Instead of teaching us how to "become holy," this book boldly proclaims that we are already made holy by the blood of Jesus. Why is freedom important to holiness? How does God make us holy? How do we live a lifestyle of holiness? How are we limited by the enemy in the pursuit of ho...

Be awakened, empowered and equipped as you listen to Matt and good friend Dan DeMatte, founder and Executive Director of Damascus Catholic Mission, the Catholic Youth Summer Camp and Mission in Columbus, OH that reaches young people, enabling them to encounter Jesus and raise up missionary people to live missionary lives.  Together, Matt and Dan discuss the power of  the Gospel. By proclaiming the...

You won't want to miss this week's episode with special guest Dr. Bob Schuchts of Restore the Glory Podcast and the John Paul II Healing Center .   What is healing? What is deliverance? We cannot understand one without the other. Dr. Schuchts defines healing as an "ongoing encounter with the love of God that brings us into wholeness and communion ." In light of 2 Corinthians 3:...

 A short conversation in her counselor's office ultimately led Priscilla Strapp of New Life Philly to bring Unbound to her church. Before long, she found herself across the world leading an Unbound conference in Japan -- the same place her journey of faith began as a child of missionaries. Priscilla's experience with Unbound is a story of deliverance and bridging divides, with an ending...

In today's episode, join Neal as he and ChristLife's Dave Nodar (Neal's longtime friend) reflect on this Holy Thursday gospel passage in John 13:1-15. Here we find that Jesus, the Son of God, rose from supper, laid aside His garments, and girded himself with a towel. His service was based on who He was in the Father. This is God who becomes man,  humbles Himself and  becomes a serva...

Reflecting on John 11:17-44, Matt Lozano is joined in this episode by Nick Jorgenson from Acts XXIX Ministries.  "So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, 'Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.'" John 11:41-42 NIV. Jesus i...

As we continue these beautiful Lenten reflections on the Gospel readings, join Jacqueline and Ann in today's podcast on John 9:1-41, the story of the man born blind.  What does it mean to be seen? How does it feel to be known ?  What can we learn from this story of Jesus seeing and knowing and healing the man born blind? Like the disciples, our first response to a problem is often with a &quo...

In today's episode, Rachel and Neal reflect on Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, found in John 4:5-42.  A beautiful story of conversion, this passage illustrates the intentionality of Jesus when He encounters the Samaritan woman and the same intentionality He has for each of us.  He knows our hearts and is always waiting for our response, just as He waited and reveal...

In this beautiful episode, Janet and Jenn reflect on the gospel reading from  this past Sunday,  the Transfiguration of Jesus in Matthew 17:1-9 . This powerful account starts with Jesus taking Peter, James and John high up on that mountain.  These were the same three disciples who were going to be with Him in the Garden of Gethsemane on another mountain, the Mount of Olive. He was transfigured bef...

During the next few weeks, we're going to  be reflecting on the Lenten gospel passages and having some special guests as well, so that we can really prepare ourselves for this season. Today though, we want to do something a little different. Recently, all of us at Heart of the Father Ministries were shocked and saddened by the news of the tragic death of Bishop David O'Connell, an Auxili...

We have two very special people joining us today, Elaine and Miguel Ventura, a beautiful couple passionate about sharing God's love with others. Elaine and Miguel help lead a ministry called Ministerio Catolico Jesus esta Vivo (Jesus is Alive) in Northern Virginia. They spend most of their free time evangelizing and sharing the message of freedom in Christ in the US and beyond.  Join us for a...

What happens when we offer the Lord the bread we have to share with others, even if it doesn't look like enough? Yes, it's true. He multiplies it! In this episode, join Jenn and Neal as they go deeper with our February theme of Evangelism . Listen to Neal talk about Unbound's beginnings so many years ago when he and Janet prayed in Poland and where God has taken Heart of the Father...