Something Fresh
My goal is to deliver timeless truths in a way you’ve never heard before. The same old cliches no longer work–if they ever did. It’s time for a new wave of Catholic creativity: Let me bring mine to your event.
See and Hear Me
Television appearances: EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, At Home with Jim & Joy, and EWTN Bookmark.
Fountains of Carrots | Haley Stewart & Christy Isinger
The Challenges and Joys of Catholic Fatherhood,
Why the Beauty of Catholicism Speaks to the Heart
A Revitalized Church in an Uncertain Time
The UnCommon Good | Bo Bonner & Dr. Bud Marr
Other radio appearances include NPR, EWTN Radio, Ave Maria Radio, and many more.
Upcoming Appearances
Pandemic hiatus…
Booking
Let me know what you’re looking for in a speaker, and we can craft an appearance that will suit your particular needs. While it’s no substitute for the real thing, I’m happy to do events over Zoom, Skype, or other teleconferencing software. I’m happy to speak on any of the topics listed around this site, including:
The Catholic Family in a Secular Society
The Sacramentality of Friendship
The Prodigal Church: A Vision for the Next Generation of the Church in America
Bold, Hope-Filled, Forward-Thinking
I see Marian processions, like the ones held by the Latino Catholics one neighborhood over, but integrated and teeming. I hear the Angelus bell like the Islamic call to prayer. I see the Divine Office being celebrated as a regular part of parish life. I see more poor people than rich, but I see them all worshipping together.
I see people in and around the church at all hours. I see unlocked church doors upstairs and a pay-what-you-can café downstairs. I see an unassuming but welcoming place to sleep. I smell incense hours after the most recent Mass. I see public fliers for Eucharistic Adoration, not just for fundraising events. I hear children before I see them – before, during and after Mass. I see the elderly helping with childcare and children helping with eldercare. I see a pastor and his assistant priest, taxed but not overwhelmed by their duties.
[Adapted from an essay in the Catholic Herald, November 2018]
In my writing and speaking, I aim not just to describe and to analyze but, in some small way, to bring into being a renaissance of integrated Catholic living. This vision is fully catholic: confident, comprehensive, and unbounded by the compartmentalization enforced by liberal modernity. It is about personal holiness and structural justice. It is about families and parishes. It is about politics and economics and technology and ecclesiology. But most of all it is about prayer and the sacraments, and thus the reality of grace–that limitless resource of peace and perfection that for too long has been left untapped, considered even by those whose business is grace to be a quaint conviction or an optional accessory to a bland “goodness.” This page might be called “My Vision,” but I can’t take credit for it. It’s the vision of the saints. My goal is simply to articulate it for our time.
Buy Direct from the Source
If you don’t want to put a few more pennies in Jeff Bezos’s pocket, your best bet is to buy from the publisher or, even better, from your local Catholic book store. There is another option, though, if you’re looking to support authors (specifically this author) directly: You can buy from my stash.
I’ll sign your book with a personal message (drop me a line with any specific requests!) and pop it in the mail at my earliest convenience. I won’t make any promises the USPS can’t keep, but you’ll receive your book in a timely fashion. The prices below are inclusive of shipping and my hustling to and from the post office.
Clicking any of the books below will open a new site to confirm your purchase.
The Prodigal Church: Restoring Catholic Tradition in an Age of Deception
Sophia Institute Press
$20.00 (in stock soon)
More to come.
Contact
Liked something I wrote? Hated something I wrote? Interested in having me speak at your event? Drop me a line here and I’ll get back to you as soon as this toddler climbs off of me.
