Two Become Family

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we jump in about what couples can do during long periods of abstinence. We hope this is a big conversation starter for couples, let's jump in! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are...

Send us Fan Mail In today's REWIND episode, you'll hear Episode 13! In this episode, we talk about why it can feel like spouses are talking past each other rather than to each other sometimes. We also consider a new, life-changing, theory of communication and apply it to our marriage in an effort to continue to build up our communication skills. Here are some things we mentioned in today...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we sit down with Andrew and Sarah Swafford and have a great conversation all about living a life full of gift and grit. We talk about human formation, brazilian jiu jitsu, and building authentic adult community! In their book on Gift & Grit, they've put together lessons and stories with clear human formation so that we can all become more of who w...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Renzo answers listeners' questions about what it's like to be a husband and father with ADHD? How do you manage day to day while also trying to live out your vocation? Together, we discuss and encourage couples to openly share about their inners lives and struggles with one another. We're happy you're here! Let's jump in! SUPPORT O...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we talk about Renzo's recent work trip, why calling spouses out and up is important, and how we can continue to mutually perfect one another. Let's jump in! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we&apos...

Send us Fan Mail In todays episode we interview Damien and Monica O’Connor and we learn how they navigated raising children with special needs in the faith. This is such an important conversation! Let’s jump in! Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph Go To Joseph For Children Give your relationship a checkup Learn more about our marriage and family ministry Connect with us and send us a m...

Send us Fan Mail In today's REWIND episode, you'll hear Episode 10! In this episode, we talked to St. John Paul about having kids and we ask when the best time to have kids is. We are reminded about the gift that kids are, we talk about the difference that Fertility Awareness, Fertility Awareness Based Methods, and Natural Family Planning have made in our decision to have our 5 children,...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we share our NFP story. We talk about how we first learned NFP, how each child brought about different challengs, and how we knew God was with us through all of it. Let's jump in! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we get super specific and practical as we give advice on 4 things every couple NEEDS to do!. So happy you're here with us! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can s...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we are start talking about one thing, and end up talking about something else! We're so happy you're here, let's jump in! The Exorcist Files Deliverance Prayers for Laity SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some wa...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we talk about the importance of date night! We also dive into why date nights alone can't save the romance and intimacy in your marriage! It's a great conversation, let's jump in! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting i...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we talk about attraction and the nuance of the different types of attraction we might feel in relationships, freindships, and marriage! It's a great conversation, let's jump in! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we sit with Peter and Debra Herbeck and learn from their years of wisdom from the school of love. This was such a great conversation and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did! For more from Peter and Debra visit: https://www.renewalministries.net/shop/ SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we share how we parent during pride month, and all the other cultural shifts we're seeing lately. We share our views as members of the "resonable middle", how we believe that we should never accept a lable in place of a story, and how we are slowly preparing our kids to accept that other people believe differently than them. Let's jump i...

Send us Fan Mail In today's we talk about the sensitive and hard-to-address issue of a spouse's weight gain. How do you bring it up, what are realistic goals for health and fitness, and how can our spouse become our support instead of our judge? Let's jump in! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and...

Send us Fan Mail Things we mentioned in this episode: The Evolution of the Cartoon Dad SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show:  Support us on Patreon ! Our Books Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consec...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we are joined by the brilliant couple from the Saints Alive radio theatre podcast! Alex and Melissa share about their own lives, what they hope for Saints Alive in the future, and what taking a leap and leaning on grace looks like. Let's jump in! Listen to Saints Alive! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do,...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we jump into what it was like when we had our first baby. We talk about what new parents should expect, the encouragement that you need to hear, and we recall some tough experiences that everyone should be prepared for. We're so happy you're here with us! SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pr...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we we argue about arguing! Just kiding, it was just a "discussion". Let's jump in! Dennis Prager and Matt Fradd debate on P*rn SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are som...

Send us Fan Mail In todays episode, we sit down and talk about the struggle and  shame that comes in revealing our little battles. We talk about our worthiness of love, why we need to embrace Christmas and Easter and why we shouldn’t be embarrassed about our crying babies. Let’s jump in! Quotes from today: The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly-and not just in accordance with immediat...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we sit down with Fr. Timothy Gallagher as he brings the spiritual wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola to life! More from Fr. Tim Gallagher Discerning Hearts Podcast Discerning of Spirits for Married Couples SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are be...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we sit down and chat with Dr. Matthew Breuninger! We have a wonderful discussion about setting boundaries, and families of origin, and we got to hear some powerful insight into how God uses marriage to heal us. We're so happy you're here with us, let's jump in! To find Dr. Breuninger and his work visit: Franciscan University Finding Freedom...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we prepare our hearts for Holy Week by contemplating Aquinas and asking whether or not their will be stretch marks in Heaven. Mentioned in today's episode: St. Thomas Aquinas: Whether Christ's body ought to have risen with its scars? 1) He kept His scars not from inability to heal them, "but to wear them as an everlasting trophy of His victo...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a little bit different! In todays episode we sit down and talk about what it means to be a man, and the need for a concrete definition to help men be better husbands and fathers. We’re so happy you’re here! Let’s jump in! SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. I...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we revisit the Theology of the Body and talk about what it meant for Adam and Eve to be naked without shame and how it relates to our marriage. From JP2: The sentence, according to which the first human beings, man and woman, "were naked" and yet "were not ashamed," unquestionably describes their state of consciousness, in fact, their m...