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  • Wisdom from the Cross

    Wisdom from the Cross
    Apr 1 2026
    Guest: Casey Chalk, freelance writer, editor, author

    What are the “Seven Last Words” of Christ? More than seven words, they are phrases which Jesus spoke as he hung on the Cross, naked and defiled. Casey Chalk noticed that these phrases have been pondered since the Church’s beginning. As he researched meditations from a variety of sources, including Scripture and the saints, he realized each one said something profoundly important and pointed to what a life lived well should be.

    Casey set out to gather this collection of historical meditations, discovering that Jesus deliberately gave us the roadmap to heaven. It became his book, “Wisdom from the Cross: How Jesus’ Seven Last Words Teach us How to Live (and Die) Well.” Drawing from both ancient and modern scholarship, each chapter contains various elements meant to capture the wisdom of the Cross. For example, when Jesus said, “I Thirst,” He was expressing His thirst for souls, calling us to a sacrificial love for one another. “Father, forgive them” teaches us the importance of turning the other cheek.

    Meant to become a year-round meditation companion, "Wisdom from the Cross" highlights how a life lived for others is a life lived well. Through Casey’s book, we can now study the roadmap.

    Guest biography: Casey J. Chalk serves as an editor or regular contributor for many publications, including The New Oxford Review, The Federalist, Crisis Magazine, and Religion & Liberty Online. He is the author of “The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity” (Emmaus Road, 2023) and “The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands” (Sophia Institute Press, 2021). Casey holds a B.A. in history and an M.A. in teaching from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in theology from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Theology at Christendom College. He lives with his wife, Claire, and six children in his native Northern Virginia.
    Resources:
    Casey Chalk's website where you can find his books and publications.
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    55 m
  • Biblical Masculinity

    Biblical Masculinity
    Mar 25 2026
    Guest: Sean Corcoran, lawyer, husband, father, and CEO of Men For Life

    For many decades, women have led the pro-life movement, boldly speaking up for the voiceless babies and their wounded mothers. Men were told abortion doesn’t affect them, even though their genes coursed through that blob of tissue being killed. Men were intimidated into silence. No more! Emotionally destroyed when his college girlfriend aborted their child against his wishes, Sean Corcoran leads Men For Life, a group which exists to raise up a movement of men who speak life, stand for truth, and protect the unborn.

    In addition to getting birth fathers to reject abortion for their child, Men For Life has begun two vital and life-affirming initiatives which can forever change a father and his family’s trajectory by offering a path to success. The group's Fatherhood program offers mentorship with good men, and an online program called “Arena” equips men with tools they will need to succeed. Whereas the pro-choice crowd had dominated the air waves with slogans castrating fathers , Men For Life invites them to take back their rightful place as protectors and restore authentic Biblical masculinity.

    Guest biography: Sean Corcoran’s life was forever changed when his first child was the victim of an abortion. The impact left him with a sense of deep loss. Incapable at the time of processing and dealing with his grief, Sean failed out of multiple colleges multiple times which led to a seven-year drug addiction and self-destructive behaviors. By the grace of God, Sean entered a treatment center, where a long and intense recovery process began. Once sober, he grabbed the chance to go back to college, then law school which allowed him to start his own business. Sean now lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with his wife, Dr. Michelle Corcoran, and their five young children, three of whom are adopted.

    Resources:
    Men For Life website
    "The Arena" initiative from Men For Life
    Men For Life on You Tube
    Into the Arena Podcast
    "Men For Life" episode of The Family Room with Sean Corcoran (aired Sept. 3, 2025)
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    55 m
  • The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith

    The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith
    Mar 18 2026
    🌿 Spring 2026 Pledge Drive Episode with guests Fr. Mark White, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church (Washington, Ga.) and Queen of Angels Catholic Church (Thomason, Ga.) and Jeff Lukich, writer and endurance coach

    Father Mark White and his parishioner, Jeff Lukich, share their respective Catholic journeys. Fr. Mark followed his sister from Protestantism, and Jeff returned to Catholicism after 40 years away. Father avidly declares God drew them to the “fullness of the Incarnation” found in Catholicism.

    Jeff’s story echoes that of many fallen-away Catholics. Rather than leaving in anger, he drifted away in college. Then life took over, and he became busy pursuing his dreams. Establishing a wonderful career and family, Jeff was fulfilled….yet he felt lost. Today he believes every fallen-away Catholic wants to return, but doesn’t know how. This became the motive for his book, “The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith,” which is the book he needed when he first felt God calling him back to Catholicism.

    Acknowledging he felt God’s gentle nudge for about 10 years through Catholic resources like websites or videos, Jeff feels blessed to have found Fr. Mark when he was finally ready to hear God in 2021.

    With resources like The Quest, today’s Catholics and seekers are indeed blessed with around-the-clock inspiration for their journeys. Listen as these men point the way Home.

    Guest biographies:
    Originally from Atlanta, Fr. Mark grew up as a Protestant. He became interested in religion in his 30s and briefly attended an evangelical Christian seminary to learn more. After his sister converted to Catholicism, he felt the tug of something “deep and inexplicably unique” about Catholicism. Father attended seminary for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and was ordained on June 1, 2019. His first assignment was to the Cathedral of Christ the King in Buckhead.

    Jeff Lukich is a writer and endurance coach. A graduate of Presbyterian College in South Carolina, he had a career for more than thirty years in public child welfare, retiring in 2018 as chief of staff for Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services. In 2022, Jeff returned to the Catholic Church after forty years away. Jeff and his wife, Mary Beth, live in Georgia, where they stay active in their parish and community.

    RESOURCES:
    Fr. Mark White’s parishes
    Jeff Lukich's website
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    53 m
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