The UnCommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

We had UCG superstar stop by to talk about his new book, The Church Fathers For Our Time Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKS You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram , Youtube, Tiktok ! More on our website . If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio: Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Catholic Women No...

We jump back to our Biblical Theology series, considering how holiness manifests itself in Scripture, represented in myriad ways. A surprising discussion on hierarchy, and the metaphysics of the one and the many break out as well! Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKS You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram , Youtube, Tiktok ! More on our website . If you would like to support Iowa...

Tech Nerds on the interwebs declared they were quitting work for the Frontier AI countries because "there is a 10% chance AI will destroy humanity." Well that's weird! And How does one arrive at such math? No need to fear! The UCG bros are here--and they are finally getting around to a long overdue look at Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical, Mangifica Humanitas. Taking concerted glance on the aspects t...

Rolling along with more Biblical Theology, we wed two biblical mainstays--Providence and Idolatry--in a combination people might not be familiar with. Pharaoh, Job, and Peter among others show up to make sense of how anything less than the fullness of God's Providence leaves us worshiping idols of our own creation.  Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKS You can follow us on Face...

We continue along both with our Biblical Theology series and a second part to development--considered in worship, sacrifice, and how that manifests in Scripture. How does God speak and why does God do so in the light of where humanity is on its slow progress toward truth? This and more on the newest episode!  Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKS You can follow us on Facebook, Instag...

Anyone who talks about Newman as much as these two Gents do will inevitably talk about his theory of the Development of Doctrine. But what if this pivotal theory by the recent Doctor of the Church not only gives new perspectives on approaching Scripture, but is made more sense of by looking toward Scripture to help make sense of it? That's what the guys set about doing in today's episode, and have...

Our Biblical Theology series keeps rolling along, and this time, the boys take on something that gets everyone's blood pressure boiling: economics. What are the ways the current usage of the word obscures both a deeper theological meaning of the term AND the way money/lending/exchange, etc. are understood in Scripture? What are the ways that Scripture forces us to reconsider how we understand weal...

Starting a new series on "Biblical Theology," the boys briefly discuss what that means (over against "scriptural studies" on one hand or "theology" more generally on the other--shout out to Benedict XVI!), and then dive into their first subject: Prophecy. What are contemporary misunderstandings, how can a fuller account help us understand Scripture better, and how does the Scriptural vision of Pro...

Bud is the lecturer for his local Knights of Columbus chapter, and he had a reflection on how we answer the call of God, based on the lives of saints in Scripture. We dive into the idea of what makes us weary to answer the particular callings in our life, and what temptations allow us to ignore the call or transform it in ways that go against the very act of the call itself. Listen Live · Program...

A replay of a talk Bo and Dr. Marr gave to the Catholic Young Adults for the Diocese of Des Moines. Recorded at the Pastoral Center on July 9th, the boys talk temperance, fortitude, liturgy, hope, and funny tidbits along the way! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chri...

Bo made it back from Europe, and we are diving into the second volume of the Reconsidered Leader. Part 1 is about how Mercy and Justice must come together for a Catholic leader, and we look to the life our Our Lord (with hints toward Divine Mercy Sunday) to help us reflect on this important topic! Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not A...

In this Father's Day episode, Dr. Bud Marr hosts solo while co-host Bo Bonner travels through Europe, welcoming back an Uncommon Good "all-star": Joe Stopulos, host of the Man Up show on Iowa Catholic Radio. Both shows launched in 2016, and this episode marks an Iowa Catholic Radio mashup centered on one question — what does it mean to live a life well lived in light of eternity? The conversation...

This week on The Uncommon Good, Dr. Bud Maher flies solo while Bo Bonner continues his doctoral studies in England. His guest is Dr. Stephen Lawson, a longtime friend and newly appointed associate professor of theology at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas — a position so new he hasn't appeared on the university's website yet. Check back at newman.edu this fall to follow his work. The Stone-Camp...

In this episode, Dr. Bud Marr sits down with Matthew David Wiseman — independent scholar, tutor, and author — for a wide-ranging conversation about one of the most theologically rich conversion stories you'll hear. Bo Bonner is traveling in Europe for the month of June, so Bud is flying solo and bringing some exceptional guests to the show. Highlights include: Matthew's upbringing as a Southern Ba...

On this week’s episode of The UnCommon Good, Dr. Bud Marr welcomes returning guest Dr. Matthew Umbarger from Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Umbarger shares his remarkable journey from the Restoration Movement and missionary work in Israel into the Catholic Church. Along the way, Bud and Matthew discuss biblical interpretation, the historical roots of Christian worship, the importance of...

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We wrap up the first group of episodes in our Reconsidered Leader series--bringing the theoretical to a close and opening up with Scripture for grouping #2.  Here, we look into the modern philosophical assumptions regarding leadership, whose flagship ideas belong to Hobbes and Nietzsche. Opposed to both is the Christian understanding of peace and prayer, and this consideration of "warring factions...

With this episode, we point out how "followership," that is obedience and discipleship, not only make leadership possible in the first place, but are also a base reality for all leaders--because even they have to follow someone! We look at the way Jesus Christ is both the perfect example of a leader AND the perfect form of obedience, and why such understandings chaff at the world's understanding o...

We continue with the leader reconsidered, this time looking into the particular way a leader imitates Christ and His being-set-apart-for-others. What is the most fundamental way the Holiness of Jesus is shown forth? What else but that, in His resurrection, He retains the wounds of His passion! How is it that leaders must imitate Christ precisely in this way? Find out more by listening to the episo...

We continue along not only with the reconsidered leader, but alighting upon the concept of holiness once more. This time, we utilize the theory of French Thinker Rene Girard and his theory regarding violence in religion and the scapegoat to make sense of two things. 1) How does Jesus Christ understand Himself to be "set apart," that is, Holy, in contradistinction to the rival political groups in f...

We keep our reconsidered leader arc going, this time considering the Scriptural concept of Holiness and what it has to teach us about leadership that imitates Our Lord. Dispelling misconceptions regarding the ideas of holiness, we look to the Old Testament to dwell on the concept of election (both for persons and people), and dive into the social and political situation on the ground during the Ne...

Rolling along with the reconsidered leader, we explore how the Theology of Sacrifice makes Taleb's concept of "Skin In The Game"...well...take on flesh! Sacrifice is often misunderstood as archaic or merely destructive, but with a properly informed Theological understanding, the Christian difference in leadership takes on new light. Along with practical implications for how Sacrificial Leadership...

UCG All-Star Christopher Altieri joins the show again to talk about his new book Leo XIV: The New Pope and Catholic Reform . It just so happens that this fits perfectly with the series on Catholic Leadership the guys are going through, and the overlap of the topics is Providential! Chris's expertise on Vatican governance melds with practical considerations explored so far in the series. You won't...

We continue our Reconsidered Leadership series with part 5: Extending arguments made by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from his popular book Antifragile , we explore the concept of "Skin in the Game," and how interpreted through the "key of Christ," this understanding of what leaders must do in regard to risk, benefit, and sharing burdens with those they lead serves as the practical way forward to judge wh...

We continue our Reconsidered Leadership series with part 4: Antifragility. Taking the theory by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from the book by the same name, we consider how leadership that is made different in the "key of Christ," is self-emptying and "apophatic" leads us to help our followers not become fragile, but more than resilient. This is nothing but antifragility, and it is unique to the Cross an...