The Zach Gonring Podcast

To be Catholic means you agree to lay down your life. Here's how that applies very specifically to receiving the Eucharist at Catholic Mass. Business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

What does it mean to be a man? How do you define masculinity? Here are 4 masculine traits - based on Jung's 4 male archetypes - applied to Jesus Christ, and for you to imitate. Business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

How to become disciplined in 5 steps. These are some of my five keys to lasting discipline, to lock in and start to do hard things. Business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

Are you striving for excellence, yet... feel alone? Misunderstood? Like you don't belong? The unfortunate paradox is that in pursuit of the best possible life, it often is a lonely road. Here are my thoughts on isolating excellence. Business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

"The Grind" or "Hustle Culture" is a trap. Let's talk about the Christian paradox of hard work & self-improvement. Certainly ambition, work ethic, and discipline have their place. Rest and leisure are important as well. Each to their extremes are non-biblical. So... what is the answer? Business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

"winter arc" is a 3 month period from October through December, to lock in and elevate your life going into a new year. Here are 5 rules for how to do a Catholic "winter arc". Direct business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

2025 is a Year of Jubilee for the Catholic Church. What is a Jubilee year? Where does it come from & what does it mean? We dive deep in the bible to find the roots of jubilee, how it developed, how it failed, and how it was ultimately fulfilled beyond expectation in Jesus. A live talk to college students of "Laker Catholic" at GVSU. Direct business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

A live talk I gave for my college students on the Eucharist. The Catholic Church's belief and practice of the Eucharist is the greatest gift I have ever received. And if the Gospel is a great love story, that love story is incomplete without the Eucharist. Direct business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

Want to know how to make small talk? How to maintain a conversation with another person? Here's a bunch of practical tips. Business inquiries to zachgonring@gmail.com

In this last episode, we talk about the art of accompaniment. The Catholic Church generally fails to engage accompaniment, and this is one of the BIGGEST determining factors for forming intentional disciples. Using the "Integration Funnel" as a paradigm shift, we will see how accompaniment is the final missing piece in a successful personal apostolate. Contact me at zachgonring@gmail.com

Once all the pieces are in place to receive people into your apostolate, the initial ask requires some nuance. Listing a few practicals for making an invitation - knowing the audience, and how to keep up a conversation from hello to invitation - in a very intentional & specific way. Email me at zachgonring@gmail.com

Lastly today we talk about the audience for apostolate - determining who to share the gospel with. We'll lay out an exercise to assess your potential candidates, and 3 questions to ask to determine who God might be inviting you to engage apostolate for. Email me at zachgonring@gmail.com to talk more!

Today we talk about the intentionality of making apostolate part of your daily and weekly life. First is a mental reframe (limiting factors paradigm), then a physical reframe (abundant life roadmap), then self-selecting an opportune and enjoyable forum to make apostolate the best part of your week. Click here for the ABUNDANT LIFE ROADMAP Email me at zachgonring@gmail.com to talk more!

In this episode we introduce and explain charisms, as supernatural giftings and workings of the Holy Spirit, alive and active in individuals in the Catholic Church. I would love every person to know and engage their charisms, for the upbuilding of the Kingdom on earth. The last 25 minutes of this episode is a walkthrough of the charisms. Click here for a: CHARISMS LIST

Today's episode is a workshop on evangelization: how to preach and proclaim the Gospel. We both talk through the Kerygma - or the general Gospel story - as well as a personalized telling of the Gospel - by testimony and the lived witness of your individual prophetic word. Listen to the end for 6 final tips on evangelization!

Today we go through a 4-step strategic framework for apostolate, and show how you can practically plan a personal apostolate, based on your Offer, Charism, Intention, and Audience. Click here for a link to the CHARISMS LIST

Today we talk about CONVERSION, in the model of the Road to Emmaus story from Luke 24. Using these 4 stages as a guide, we can see how the Lord intended us to move into apostolate, and how we can help facilitate conversion for other people. A series on "the apostolate of the laity" - equipping lay people with practical skills to engage a personal apostolate.

Episode 2 of the "Apostolate of the Laity" series. Equipping Catholic lay people with apostolate formation. Apart from Jesus we can do NOTHING. Divine intimacy - a life of prayer & sacraments, needs to be the source and soul of the apostolate, before we can bear ANY fruit. Watch with some graphics on YouTube HERE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/faithlifestylemovement

Episode 1 of the "Apostolate of the Laity" series. Equipping Catholic lay people with apostolate formation. What is the apostolate? What does that term mean? And why does it matter? Spreading the kingdom of Christ throughout the world, so that all men might know His saving redemption. Watch with some graphics on YouTube HERE: https://www.youtube.com/faithlifestylemovement