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"Don't Mind Me, I Just Have ADHD!"ADHD, Grief, and the Power of Possibility — w/ Candice SnyderEpisode 051: In this emotionally rich episode of Don’t Mind Me, I Just Have ADHD, Ron sits down with Candice Snyder—mom of two sons with ADHD, gratitude ambassador, podcast host, and author of Passion, Purpose, and Possibilities.Candice opens up about the fight to get her children properly supported, the emotional weight of losing her brother to suicide, and the invisible toll of living with chronic pain since 1997. We explore how her identity was rocked by career loss, how she rediscovered herself through podcasting, and why gratitude became her anchor through grief, divorce, and reinvention.You...
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Newman on Tap PresentsThe Power of the Will - Greg AitchisonGreg Aitchison—a father of four, former middle school theology teacher, and now a Catholic health coach and Catholic religion curriculum planner—reflects on St. John Henry Newman’s sermon “The Power of the Will.” Greg highlights Newman’s central conviction: unless we labor for sanctity, our projects amount to nothing. Newman insists that we must firmly set our will on loving God; without this intentional desire, we will never reach union with Him. Our shortcomings, Newman says, do not primarily arise from our fallen nature but from lacking “one thing”—the genuine desire to be made new. We are privil...
2025-12-0824 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Work of the Christian - Fiona MuirFiona Muir, a physician’s assistant graduate student, former Fellowship of Christian Athlete leader, and collegiate All-American swimmer finds “God the Way maker “ in Newman’s sermon “The Work of the Christian.” Here we discover that God’s plan is bigger than we can image allowing us to actively participate in His providence while letting go of our own control - a surrender to Divine Providence. Newman leads us to understand that as we reach towards God we must pause and receive His direction and will. Grace gives us the strength to do the work of our calling. When...
2025-11-2425 minNewman on Tap PresentsA Particular Providence Revealed in the Gospel - Fr. John PoodtsAs a priest of the St. John Society—a community that honors St. John Henry Newman as its intellectual patron—Fr. John Poodts reflects on Newman’s sermon “A Particular Providence Revealed in the Gospel,” which profoundly influenced his vocation to the priesthood. The sermon exemplifies the power of Newman’s prose, moving hearts through his deep understanding of Scripture and his ability to reveal God’s personal love made manifest in the concrete reality of the Incarnation. Drawing on the insights of the early Church Fathers, Newman develops the idea that Divine condescension is more than God’s mere low...
2025-11-1036 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe World's Benefactors - Raymond MitchellRaymond Mitchell, director of liturgy and Sunday experience at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, Minnesota investigates Newman’s sermon, “The World’s Benefactors.” With Newman, Raymond sees that the beauty of the liturgy helps us rehearse for eternal life. It is in the liturgy where we find the living Christ; in the Eucharist, The Word, preaching, each other, music, and architecture. Newman uses St. Andrew to highlight that it is in the personal that we find and share Christ. Our purpose in the world is to share what we receive in the liturgy. Silence in liturgy appeals...
2025-10-2733 minNewman on Tap Presents"Personal Influence, the Means of Propagating the Truth" - Dr. Paul ShrimptonDr. Paul Shrimpton from Oxford, England discusses a sermon offering a central claim of the Oxford Movement. Newman opens by moving from a wide seep of Christian history to the particulars of personalism showing us that ultimately truth is propagated over time by the sharing of lives. The directives of scripture must be lived to have influence on others. Errors in defining truth readily take the upper hand since the delicate matters about God often rest in broad non-specifics where words can’t fully transmit divine truth. Since truth is found through the assemblage of scattered evidence ov...
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Hot Seat: Media Monday with Ron KlopfansteinBurlesque performer/producer Cleo Qupid, NYS Supreme Court candidate Elizabeth Snyder Fortino, performer/producer JWatch, and Royalty & Rogues Renaissance Festival 9-29-25 S2:E4Hot Seat: Media Monday burlesque performer/producer Cleo Qupid, NYS Supreme Court candidate Elizabeth Snyder Fortino, performer/producer JWatch, and Royalty & Rogues Renaissance Festival 9-29-25 S2:E4by Ron KlopfansteinThis week’s Hot Seat: Media Monday, hosted by Ron Klopfanstein, blends arts, community, and local politics in a lively lineup of stories and interviews. Burlesque performer and producer Cleo Qupid discusses the empowering, inclusive, and body-positive history of burlesque while introducing her upcoming confidence-building class. Judicial candidate Elizabeth Snyder Fortino explains the role of the New York State Supreme Court as a broad juri...
2025-10-0246 minNewman on Tap PresentsWisdom, Contrasted with Faith and with Bigotry - Fr. Ignacio LlorenteFr. Ignacio Llorente, a priest of the Saint John’s Society (a society of apostolic life with St. John Henry Newman as their intellectual father) discusses Newman’s Oxford University sermon “Wisdom, Contrasted with Faith and with Bigotry.” This sermon is one of the last three sermons (of the 15-sermon series) which together are a preparation for Newman’s classic, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Newman establishes that faith has an implicit and spontaneous aspect where wisdom is a more mature development of thought. Faith like reason is an active, spontaneous energy within us where wisdo...
2025-09-2934 minNewman on Tap PresentsChrist Hidden from the World - Hannah RangelAs a mental health therapist and mother of three young boys Hannah Rangel (my daughter) reflects on Newman’s realism that appears in the sermon “Christ Hidden from the World.” Newman shows us that Christ dwells in the ordinary where we are called to carry Him to the world in our “earthly tabernacle.” Since true religion is a hidden life in the heart, our secret, deep desire for God is our call to be holy. Led by Newman’s insight that those physically closest to Christ on earth were the ones that brutally murdered Him, Hannah asks a piercing q...
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PASSION PURPOSE AND POSSIBILITIESRon Souers - Wired Differently: A Voice for Men, Mental Health & NeurodivergenceHere's what to expect on the podcast:Ron's story of resilience—from addiction and homelessness to late ADHD diagnosisWhy self-acceptance and vulnerability are essential for growth and healingA coaching program designed for men over 40 navigating ADHD, depression, or addictionInsights on ADHD in the workplace and how to create more inclusive environmentsBreaking the stigma around mental health to build stronger connections and support networksAnd so much more! About Ron:Ron Souers is a strengths coach, ADHD advocate, and the host of the podcast "Don’t Mind Me, I Just Have ADHD". With a warm blend...
2025-09-1159 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Gospel Feast - Patrick FreesePatrick Freese, sacristan and administrator at Our Lady of Grace parish in Edina, Minnesota begins this Eucharistic episode with a reflection on the parish wide support for the families of neighboring Annunciation Parish following the horrific all school mass shooting. Patrick opens his reflection of Newman’s sermon “Gospel Feast” by appropriately noticing the tension found in God’s created world that is simultaneously fruitful and broken. This tension is answered by the Gospel feast in the innocent sacrifice of Christ. Both the Old and New Testaments prefigure this sacred meal as not only the sustenance of our pres...
2025-09-0130 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Infidelity of the Future - Fr. Scott KarlFr. Scott Karl, vice rector of St. Paul Seminary in St Paul, Minnesota describes their innovative priestly formation program considering Newman’s seminary opening sermon, “The Infidelity of the Future.” Like Newman the seminary is focused on human and spiritual formation. For instance, most of the seminarian’s time is without cell phones so that they can focus on their encounter with The Lord, themselves and each other to grow in new ways in the freedom found in the life of The Holy Spirit. The seminary aims to form missionary disciples dealing with “the perils of the time.” New...
2025-08-1833 minNewman on Tap PresentsSincerity and Hypocrisy - Zach MeckleyDr. Zach Meckley, PhD, brings G. M. Hopkins’ insights into his discussion of Newman’s sermon, “Sincerity and Hypocrisy.” Dr. Meckley sets the tone by affirming that faith is not a suspension of reason, but rather its fulfillment. Hopkins, for instance, seeks to give nature its proper praise as a means of fully praising God—a recognition of God’s presence and an invitation to welcome Him into one’s heart.Practicing the presence of God fosters single-mindedness: a purity of heart directed toward seeking God’s will. The Fall, as Dr. Meckley notes, reveals man’s unwillingn...
2025-08-0444 minNewman on Tap PresentsChristian Zeal - Dave BergDave Berg, longtime active Catholic friend, reacts to Newman’s 1834 sermon “Christian Zeal.” Dave brings to light Newman’s understanding of zeal as a particular Christian grace that is perfected by faith and love. Without these virtues an incomplete zeal leads to a lukewarm state of mind with a temper of religious indifference. True zeal is guided by Christ’s example, an earnest desire for God’s honor. Newman offers saints Simon and Jude as prototypes of Christ’s loyalty in that they did not merely obey but they obeyed with promptitude, energy, dutifulness, disinterested devotion, disregard of consequences...
2025-07-2138 minNewman on Tap PresentsInvisible Presence of Christ - Dr. Scott GoinsDr. Scott Goins, classics professor from McNeese St. University, finds Newman’s theory of education as a model for today’s educators. Newman’s pedagogical elevation of communal learning finds a home in today’s technological teaching. The sermon “Invisible Presence of Christ” insists that by allowing God’s presence we permit ourselves to be what we are meant to be. The unlikely survival and spread of Christianity throughout the ages is evidence of the existence of that Spirit. This same Spirit enters each of us through our shared search for happiness. Excessive individuality is an attempt to replace thi...
2025-07-0722 minNewman on Tap PresentsPurity and Love - Fr. Sean MagnusonFr Sean Magnuson, former military chaplain, analyzes Newman's sermon "Purity and Love” by explaining that fervent love must come from the substance of purity, like a candle's flame coming from the substance of its wax. The life of St. John the Evangelist shows us that his burning love for Christ and His mother fed on his purity. Newman explains that when we are drawn to God's goodness and beauty with our own powers we freely and genuinely love Him and in turn, others. Grace received in purity works within our individual will by properly ordering our desire to...
2025-06-2334 minNewman on Tap PresentsStewards and also Sons of God - Olivia SpantonOlivia Spanton, a Catholic Studies graduate of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and now young financial planner, parish volunteer, and youth volleyball coach discusses Newman’s 1870 sermon, “Stewards and also Sons of God.” Olivia finds Newman relatable in that his style calls us out as he contrasts religion with the world. She presents the sermon theme as our need to realize that all of our God given gifts are to be returned to Him. Our duty lies in this – we are only borrowing God’s gifts therefore we have a duty to return them to Hi...
2025-06-0936 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Duty of Self-Denial - Caitlan RangelCaitlan Rangel looks at Newman’s sermon “The Duty of Self-Denial”. Newman helps us realize that we discover ourselves when we find true peace in the self-denying love of Christ. When this selfless love takes the form of co-suffering there is a profound closeness to the Lord. Like Christ, by giving up ourselves, we find joy. To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.
2025-05-2635 minNewman on Tap PresentsChristian Manhood - William YanekWilliam Yanek, FOCUS missionary at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota looks closely Newman’s sermon “Christian Manhood”. Here William finds Newman explaining that true manhood is found when we break from our desire for worldly things and grow to desire only unity with God. This desire, provided by the Holy Spirit, is not a zero-sum game. We don’t earn His infinite mercy. Entering into His mercy is the only important thing. If our desires end only in worldly things, we become stuck and slaves to things of this world rather than pursue the ultimate beatitude for whic...
2025-05-1233 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Sacred Heart of Jesus - Sr. Cinthya Carmona, PESSister Cinthya Carmona of the Pro Ecclesia Sancta order shares with us her thoughts on Newman’s mediations on the Sacred Heart of Jesus which can be found at newmanontap.com. All of Newman’s devotionals can be found at newmanreader.org. Sister Cinthya discovered that Newman wanted to give the best of himself to Christ. He realized that he had received so much that he responded with all that he had in order to give God glory and love. Newman makes an act of reparation to have the Lord help him purify his lo...
2025-04-2839 minNewman on Tap PresentsReligion of the Pharisee the Religion of Mankind - Dr Jennifer BrysonDr Jennifer Bryson, (English translator of Ida Friederike Görres’ (1901–1971) long lost mid-20th century work, John Henry Newman – A Life Sacrificed (Ignatius Press)) looks at sermon 2 of Newman’s Sermon Preached on Various Occasions, “Religion of the Pharisee, the Religion of Mankind,” preached on July 20, 1856. Dr. Bryson finds that Newman, by defining the characteristic marks of a Christian, distances his audience from the vague notion of truth found in relativism and the mushy ecumenicism where all religious paths are understood to lead to the same place. Newman asks us to consider that the true Christian is headed toward...
2025-04-1443 minNewman on Tap PresentsDifficulty of Realizing Sacred Privleges - Jake RobbinsIn this episode seminarian, Jake Robbins looks at Newman’s 1839 Easter sermon, “Difficulty of Realizing Sacred Privileges” where we find insights into how we move from questioning to heartfelt acceptance of our faith. We come to realize the unknown by realizing truths in our heart. Our deepest desire is to know God at the heart level which God blesses. If we have a deep desire for God more will be given. God takes our small seeds of faith and multiplies it. By little and little the truth breaks upon us. Jake compares Newman’s “by little and little” to...
2025-03-3134 minNewman on Tap PresentsSpiritual Presence of Christ in the Church - Fr. Nick VanceIn this episode Fr. Nick Vance, associate pastor at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, Minnesota looks at Newman’s 1838 sermon “Spiritual Presence of Christ in the Church.” Fr. Nick unpacks Newman’s words: “The Holy Spirit causes, faith welcomes the indwelling of Christ in the heart.” In other words, The Holy Spirit makes the presence of Christ within you a reality. Newman tells us that the indwelling of Christ is made possible by the paradox that it is better for us that Christ ascended to The Father. Newman tells us that we enjoy a more real po...
2025-03-1735 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Church a Home for the Lonely - Dr. Donald GrahamDr. Donald Graham, Associate Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto, Ontario looks closely at Newman’s 1837 sermon, “The Church a Home for the Lonely.” In the opening lines of the sermon Newman explains home as the attainment of that which satisfies the human heart. The only thing, in Newman’s mind, that ultimately satisfies the heart is love and being loved by that which we are made – heaven itself. Dr. Graham develops that heaven “claims” our highest love and “persevering exertions.” Heaven then actually is our home, and we are lonely without it. Th...
2025-03-0340 minNewman on Tap PresentsLove in Relations and Friends - Katie BurkeOur guest today is Katie Burke, a fellow parishioner at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, MN. Katie has an extraordinary gift of parish participation, prayer and music ministry. Here Katie reflects on St. John Henry Newman’s 1831 sermon, “Love of Relations and Friends.” Newman helps us understand that St. John, as the intimate friend of Jesus, protector of His mother, and the visionary for everlasting life shows us that all relationships must start with our relationship with Christ. Newman writes, “we cannot love those about whom we know nothing; except indeed we view them in Chris...
2025-02-1730 minNewman on Tap PresentsSecrecy and Suddenness of Divine Visitations - Fr. Peter GruberFr. Peter Gruber, C.O., a priest of the Pittsburgh Oratory and Director of Campus Ministry at the Newman Center for the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Chatham University, reflects on Newman’s sermon, “Secrecy and Suddenness of Divine Visitations” a sermon for the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the temple. Fr. Gruber draws from Newman in that God works apart from the obvious. When God comes it’s not what you’d expect because God is always working to maximize trust. He wants us to go out and take a venture for Him...
2025-02-0343 minNewman on Tap PresentsIn the World, but not of the World - Dr. Mark JubulisThis episode’s sermon, “In the World, but not of the World,” is found in Sermons Preached on Various Occasions, a wonderful collection showcasing Newman’s literary power. Dr. Mark Jubulis reflects on this funeral homily preached on May 5, 1873, at the Funeral of James R. Hope Scott, a Catholic convert and leading English attorney. In this eulogy of James Hope Scott (who was married to Sir Walter Scott’s granddaughter) and Tractarian (part of the Oxford Movement) we learn more about Newman through his friendships and his deep reverence for Hope Scott. Here once again Newman contrasts the secular...
2025-01-2048 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Good Part of Mary - Elizabeth KellyElizabeth (Liz) Kelly, is a Twin Cities based spiritual director, retreat leader, national speaker, a parish presenter, a prolific writer (with over a dozen award winning Catholic published books) and now a community leader for women’s formation at Bishop Barron’s “Word on Fire.” For 15 years, Liz served as managing editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN while she taught in the Catholic Studies program. Learn more of Liz’s work at https://www.lizk.org. In this episode Liz reacts to Newman’s...
2025-01-0633 minNewman on Tap PresentsReligious Joy - Fr. Bryce EvansFr Bryce Evans, a diocesan priest aspiring to establish an Oratory of St. Philip Neri in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis investigates Newman’s sermon, “Religious Joy.” In this 1825 Christmas day sermon, Newman turns our categories upside down. Fr. Evans calls this now familiar Newman technique, “The Divine Reversal.” When we tend to think that we are going to achieve our happiness as the result of our own efforts, Newman turns the tables by emphasizing that the mystery of Christmas is not about us reaching up to God rather it is Christ coming down to us. The hu...
2024-12-2333 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Second Spring - Angela CubaMs. Angela Cuba teaches “Humane Letters" at Bishop Reicher Catholic school in Waco, Texas. Angela graduated from the University of Dallas with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English. In reacting to Newman’s masterful sermon, “The Second Spring”, she will explain how Newman artfully shows how it was possible that something was so dead as Catholicism in 19th century England could experience a rebirth. During our discussion Angela refers to Gerard Manley Hopkin’s poem “The Wreck of the Deutschland,” Fr. Francis P. Donnelly’s text on Newman, and Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman’s pastoral letter...
2024-12-0944 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Ventures of Faith - Fr. Evan KoopFr. Evan Koop, instructor of dogmatic theology at St. Paul Seminary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota reflects on Newman’s classic sermon, “The Ventures of Faith”. Fr. Koop points out that Newman’s primary point in the sermon is “nothing ventured, nothing gained”. We must take a risk in our relationship with Christ. Faith is a venture. That venture changes the way we live. We invest in something now to gain something in the future. We take a risk for an uncertain benefit. Our faith in Christ is meant to be a venture – it...
2024-11-2535 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Apostolical Christian - Kory LaCroixKory LaCroix, Pastoral Associate for Marriage and Young Professionals at Our Lady of Grace parish in Edina, Minnesota sees in the sermon “The Apostolical Christian” the necessity of seeking the Truth, finding Christ and conforming our lives to His. In the sermon Newman gives us important questions to contemplate. Am I running the race? And which path am I running on? Is it one that I have created or one that Christ has given to me? Do we observe the rules of the contest? Do we appeal to Scripture to form our conscience to find the truth? Do o...
2024-11-1130 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Secret Power of Divine Grace - Nicholas HughesNicholas Hughes, a 26-year-old MBA student at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota reacts to Newman’s sermon “The Secret Power of Divine Grace” highlighting how we all have a deep desire for happiness. However, the objects that we worship must be worthy of the immortal, the Divine life. We easily dismiss those things beyond our physical comprehension accepting only what we can see and touch leading to the need for proof of everything in our lives. Yet at our disposal are various faculties enabling us to encounter “the glance of Christ”. Nicholas describes how “the secret power...
2024-10-2831 minNewman on Tap PresentsRising with Christ - Dr. Melinda NielsenDr. Melinda Nielsen, Associate Professor of Classical Literature at Baylor University (https://honors.baylor.edu/person/melinda-nielsen-phd), found Newman through her love of great literature. The Apologia captivated her through its masterful prose, noticing Newman’s firm grasp of reality. Dr. Nielsen sees Newman as drawing from ancient literature, in particular the Church Fathers, to offer us rich insights into our understanding of Scripture. Through his understanding of Scripture Newman helps us understand our relationship with God. This understanding is readily seen in The Parochial and Plain Sermon “Rising with Christ”. In this episode Dr. Nielsen highlights that N...
2024-10-1435 minNewman on Tap PresentsMystery of Divine Condescension - Dr. John BoyleDr. John Boyle, theology professor at Catholic Studies at The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota reacts to Newman’s 1849 sermon “Mystery of Divine Condescension”. As co-founder of the Center for Catholic Studies, Dr. Boyle describes that the vision of Catholic Studies at a university is to articulate the vision of the Church as an organic body that sees reality with a broad perspective in all its interconnectedness. Reality then is the combination of faith and reason as a means of lifting our eyes to infinity, to the mystery of God. Here Newman helps us see the...
2024-09-3040 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Calls of Grace - Martha OlsenMartha Olsen, brilliant fellow graduate of The University of St. Thomas Catholic Studies master’s program and now a busy mother of 4, shares her thoughts on the 1848 sermon “The Calls of Grace”. In this episode we learn from Newman that the sharpness of The Divine Word can readily penetrate a softened heart. Only a closed heart can stop The Word from entering it. Do I have a soft heart to receive Grace? What do we value that pierces our hearts? Martha helps us see that Newman shapes his language for his listeners to realize that his message is dire...
2024-09-1635 minNewman on Tap Presents"Peace in Believing" - Fr. Kyle EtzelFr. Kyle Etzel, parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Joseph in West Saint Paul, Minnesota and aspiring Oratorian, joins us to discuss Newman's 1839 sermon "Peace in Believing". Newman informs us that it is fitting that our all-loving God would desire to redeem His creation. Therefore, we have every reason for hope. Fr. Kyle sees that once we discover that God is love we find that it is written on our hearts to respond to that love. To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and s...
2024-09-0243 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Thought of God, the Stay of the Soul - Fr. Michael DalyEpisode 21 Season 2 – “The Thought of God, the Stay of the Soul”Fr. Michael Daly, priest of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota gathers from several sources to unpack one of Newman’s favorite sermons, “The Thought of God, the Stay of the Soul”. Newman points out that we are made from God and for God. In our bones we know that we are made for more. Therefore, our dignity and destiny are found in our infinite God. Fr. Daly shares that the quest for God is an “ache” for God. Sanctity lies in how we respond to that...
2024-08-1939 minNewman on Tap PresentsUnreal Words - Megan ScottMegan Scott, graduate student pursuing the Masters of Arts in the field of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN reacts to Newman's 1839 sermon, Unreal Words. As editorial assistant of Logos - A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture Megan is well read in how "real" language moves us to action. "Unreal words", on the other hand, are separated from meaning by words being separated from reality. The consequences of this separation is a break from the fullness of reality which is The Word Himself. In Newman's understanding of speech as it relates to...
2024-08-0535 minNewman on Tap PresentsAbraham and Lot - Dr. Ono EkehDr. Ono Ekeh, associate professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut utilizes his theological interest of St. John Henry Newman to assist him in his reflection on Newman's 1829 sermon "Abraham and Lot". Dr. Ekeh points out that Newman helps us see Abraham's refusal to be entangled by things of this world as a sign that we belong somewhere else. As Abraham acts with a clear apprehension of things unseen he gives witness to the presence of God in our everyday events. Lot, on the other hand, falls short by making his...
2024-07-2946 minNewman on Tap PresentsOur Lady in the Gospel - Tyler McCollumTyler McCollum, Associate for Mission, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, Minnesota reflects on Newman's early Catholic era sermon, "Our Lady in the Gospel". Tyler's thoughts on Newman's understanding of sanctity are supplied by his time with NET ministries (https://netusa.org) and his present full-time work with a uniquely large group of young adults (21-35 year olds). Tyler finds Newman's insight that Mary's blessedness is grounded in her faith and obedience to The Word of God as a motivation to live a life of holiness. It is though the practice of imaginative prayer that we...
2024-07-0838 minNewman on Tap PresentsRebuking Sin - Rebecca CaseRebecca Case, active parishioner at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne parish in Anthem, Arizona reacts to St. John Henry Newman's June 24, 1831 sermon "Rebuking Sin" preached on the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist. Rebecca's personal experiences unveil Newman's scripturally based guide to rebuking others through proper spiritual channels. To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.
2024-06-2425 minNewman on Tap PresentsChristian Sympathy - John CapobiancoJohn Capobianco, founder of Lumen Catechetical Consultants (https://lifeaftersunday.com/about-us) reflects on Newman’s sermon “Christian Sympathy” by merging the thought of his mentor, Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete with St. John Henry Newman. John’s time with Msgr. Albacete adds a depth to his thought that opens for us Newman’s understanding of the proper path of the Christian life. John produced “Retrieve” – Albecete’s penetrating introduction to The Catechism of the Catholic Church. Go to https://lifeaftersunday.com/retrieve to learn more.To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon a...
2024-06-1048 minNewman on Tap PresentsWisdom and Innocence - Rob KirkendallRob Kirkendall is an instructor in Humanities at St. Thomas More Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina. Heearned B.A. degrees from Biola University in Humanities: English and English: Writing. He completed an M.A. in Theology at the Augustine Institute in Denver. He teaches literature and supports seniors during the college discernment and application process. In this episode Rob reflects on Newman’s insights into learning to be still and listen to God’s plan. In order to act in God’s Wisdom, we must live out what we find in prayer. It is through a lovin...
2024-05-2747 minNewman on Tap PresentsImplicit and Explicit Reason - Dr. Dale AhlquistDale Ahlquist is President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, creator and host of the EWTN series “G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense,” and Publisher of Gilbert Magazine. He is the author of six books, and has edited fourteen. His most recent work, with the Society of G.K. Chesterton, is Orthodoxy: An American Translation. An interview about the work can be found at https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/chestertons-orthodoxy-a-new-translation-helps-to-better-understand-a-classic/.He is a Senior Fellow of the Chesterton Library at London, and has been called “probably the greatest living authority on the life a...
2024-05-1342 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Shepherd of Our Souls - Sheryl MoranSheryl Moran from Our Lady of Grace parish in Edina, Minnesota shares with us her faith journey as she reacts to Newman’s sermon “The Shephard of Our Souls”. Sheryl’s life of prayer has led her and her husband to build a “House of Prayer” retreat house in eastern Minnesota (https://bethanyretreats.org). Newman shows us that The Good Shepard is understood by first finding Christ in the Old Testament shadow then the shepherd imagery increases in the New Testament. Sheryl discovers that Newman defines “The Shepard of Our Souls” as one who leads by self-giving love and sacrifi...
2024-04-2938 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Ventures of Faith - Fr. Kevin FinneganFr. Kevin Finnegan, pastor of Our Lady of Grace parish in Edina, Minnesota reacts to Newman’s classic sermon “The Ventures of Faith” by sharing that a properly lived faith includes ventures and it is by grace that each chapter of our venture unfolds. Abraham starts the venture which ultimately leads to Jerusalem. Like Abraham we need to give of ourselves in an uncalculating way. What do we venture for Christ? Am I pursuing things because I know that Christ died for me or am I pursuing things so that I can have a more successful life? Our giving and ou...
2024-04-1549 minNewman on Tap PresentsKeeping Fast and Festival - Kate AitchisonKate Aitchison, mother of 4 active children, elicits how Newman's 1838 Easter Sunday sermon sheds light on progressing in the spiritual life during life's transitions. Kate finds Newman's direction helpful: Christ first meet us in that hard place (Lent) before we can enjoy Him in festival (Easter). By walking with Christ during the vicissitudes of life we discover that God has something broader and better for us than any worldly misdirected gain that we perceive as helpful to our own end. Rather, with the glory of God as our aim we find abundant fruits in the festival. As an asi...
2024-04-0134 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Indwelling Spirit (part 2) - Ian RangelEpisode 9 Season 2 – “The Indwelling Spirit”Ian Rangel currently serves as the Vice President of The Papal Foundation, the only charitable organization in the United States exclusively dedicated to fulfilling the requests of the Holy Father’s support for the needs of the poor and marginalized. To learn more about The Papal Foundation and the Stewards of Saint Peter, please visit www.thepapalfoundation.org Ian holds a degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s in management from Texas A&M University. A native of Abilene, Texas, Ian now lives in Tr...
2024-03-2519 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Indwelling Spirit (part 1) - Ian Rangel“The Indwelling Spirit” (part 1)Ian Rangel, the vice president of The Papal Foundation, discusses Newman's 1834 Parochial and Plain sermon "The Indwelling Spirit by looking at how Newman articulates humanity's "exalted existence" through the reality of a personal visitation of The Spirit of Christ. The "earnest" of Baptism not only is our new birth but it is the Divine Gift that will be actualized through the lifelong union with our "Indwelling Spirit". The Papal Foundation is the only charitable organization in the United States exclusively dedicated to fulfilling the requests of the Holy Father’s supp...
2024-03-1824 minNewman on Tap PresentsFaith and Obedience - Dr Geertjan ZuijdwegtDr Geertjan Zuijdwegt, author of the recent release, An Evangelical Adrift p The Making of John Henry Newman's Theology, discusses Newman's key sermon that sets Newman apart from his Evangelical beginning. Dr. Zuijdwegt points out that this sermon points to Newman no longer separating faith and works. Newman’s solution is to regard faith and works as equals – both faith and obedience are ways of seeking God. They are the same thing viewed differently – God is their stay. In this sermon we once again find Newman making the life of Christ very practical, personal and relational. Dr Zuijdweg...
2024-03-0436 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe World and Sin (part 2) - Monsignor Jeffrey SteensonJoin us for part 2 of a fascinating interview with Monsignor Jefferey Steenson the first Ordinariate (Anglican priest not Catholic priest) in the United States as we look into Newman's Catholic era Lenten sermon "The World and Sin" To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.
2024-02-2615 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe World and Sin (part 1) - Monsignor Jeffrey SteensonMy discussion with Monsignor Jeffrey Steenson, former bishop in the Anglican Church and now a Catholic priest, is so informative and enchanting that I'm splitting it into two episodes. Part 2 will be posted next Monday. Monsignor's journey to the Church includes a long journey with St. John Henry Newman that started when he studied at Oxford University in England. His interpretation of Newman's Lenten insights on the world and sin are invaluable. Enjoy!To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on th...
2024-02-1937 minNewman on Tap PresentsElisha a Type of Christ and His Followers - Monsignor Richard LiddyMonsignor Richard Liddy, retired emeritus professor from Seaton Hall University and Newman/Lonergan scholar extraordinaire, offers beautiful insights into Newman's sweeping 1836 sermon "Elisha a Type of Christ and His Followers". Monsignor points out that the sermon specifically reaches into the heart of each of us as both Fathers Lonergan and Newman upheld. In this episode Monsignor offers an unparalled guide to personalism by quoting from Parochial and Plain Sermon "Christian Sympathy" - "we dare not trust each other with the secret of our hearts. We have each the same secret, and we keep it to ourselves, and we fear that...
2024-02-0533 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Secret Power of Divine Grace - Lauren ScharmerLauren Scharmer, a 32-year-old longtime friend with a deeply convicted Catholic faith reflects on Newman's insights in his 1856 sermon "The Secret Power of Divine Grace". With the aid of Scripture Newman makes it clear that grace is so close to us that we are never alone. Since in the Incarnation, Christ came subtly to "conquest the heart", He in turn comes to us daily by regular, subtle inward influences in the form of the Sacraments - "He is ever coming. Again and again He comes to His Church" (lines 160-161). Lauren explains that Christ comes "again and again" in o...
2024-01-2232 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Glory of the Christian Church - Dr. Barbara Wyman“The Glory of the Christian Church”Dr. Barbara Wyman, assistant professor of English at McNeese State University in McNeese, Louisiana highlights Newman’s 1834 Epiphany sermon, “The Glory of the Christian Church”. The Epiphany is ongoing as God guides each of us with a guiding light that we need to be ever watchful for. Quoting Boethius, Dr Wyman explains that “time is an ever-present moment”. Comprehending a timeless God able to see everything in present moment is made possible only by our encountering the bridge between time and the timeless – The Incarnation. The Epiphany reminds us that we must see...
2024-01-0836 minNewman on Tap PresentsIlluminating Grace - Fr. John UtechtFr. John Utecht, associate pastor at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, Minnesota reflects on Newman's Catholic era (1849) sermon "Illuminating Grace". He highlights Newman in that it is only through the ongoing action of the Holy Spirit that we find the fullness of the truth. We need illuminating Grace to fully understand things. Reason has immense power to calculate but is limited to the human mind looking at the material world. The love of the dying Jesus on the Cross looks "unreasonable". Yet, Newman and Fr. John remind us that it is the greatest act of love e...
2023-12-2535 minNewman on Tap PresentsWatching - Fr. Robert LisowskiFr. Robert Lisowski from the University of Notre Dame draws key insights from Newman's Advent sermon, "Watching". Newman tells us that we must be watchful everyday of our lives - watchful as to how God breathes His love into our lives and how we respond to that love. Watchfulness involves a consistent, expectant focus on God. Without this focus our eyes move inward and we tend to miss the small advents of our lives. This self-absorption elevates things of this world leaving us ultimately unsatisfied. Without watchfulness goodness is limited to a worldly definition. Newman calls us t...
2023-12-1132 minNewman on Tap PresentsFaith and Love - Brother Bobby McFaddenBrother Bobby McFadden, a religious brother in training with the Congregation of the Holy Cross (with a PhD in Augustine studies), reflects on Newman’s sermon “Faith and Love”. To have an authentic faith is to love. If we have the love of God then the faith that we have is genuine, real. Love then is the sign of our faith. Newman helps us see faith as the beginning of religion – the belief in God’s omnipotence, His almighty power. We delight in God because He is good – His commandments are good. We can only obey the Lawgiver if...
2023-11-2730 minNewman on Tap PresentsPromising without Doing - Dr. David DeavelDr. David Deavel, an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas - Houston (after coming from The Center of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota) reflects on Newman's sermon "Promising without Doing". Like Newman, Dr. Deavel sees his own journey from Evangelical Protestantism to the Catholic Church as an addition of the truths he understood prior to becoming Catholic. Dr. Deavel helps us to appreciate Newman's understanding of the relationship of our "doing" (works) with our faith in Christ. Together, St. John Henry Newman and Dr. Deavel, place our identity i...
2023-11-1343 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Mysteriousness of our Present Being - Dr. John CrosbyDr. John Crosby, distinguished philosopher from Franciscan University and Newman scholar gives his insights into Newman's deeply personal sermon "Mysteriousness of our Present Being". In this sermon Newman shows (and Dr. Crosby explains) that the profoundest truths of our existence are commonly mysterious. For instance, the reality of the union of the body and soul is a mystery that we readily accept (at least we used to). Newman's offers universally accepted examples of mysteries as an argument to accept the mystery of God. Once we accept these mysteries of our present being we are faced with the choice of eit...
2023-10-3028 min
Practicing Catholic ShowThe persistent influence of St. John Henry Newman (with Ron Snyder)Saint John Henry Newman is probably a familiar name to most practicing Catholics, but how much do we really know about his writings and sermons? A Minnesota native’s podcast – Newman on Tap – dives deeper into the works of this holy man. To help us better know Saint John Henry Newman and why his search for Truth hits home for many of us, host Patrick Conley spoke with Ron Snyder, president of the Saint John Henry Newman Association of America.
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2023-10-2317 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Invisible World - Blair SaizBlair Saiz, wife and mother of three young girls, learns from Newman's sermon "The Invisible World" that focusing on the invisible world changes the way we live. This is evident in how children easily come to know of their own angels and saints through their tremendous ability to wonder. It is in this world where, despite our own worldly whims, we come to realize that angels and saints are always working for us. Newman's own imagination helps us see that as nature springs eternal it reflects God and His own nature. This gives us reason to rejoice always as wh...
2023-10-1632 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Cross of Christ the Measure of the World - Bishop James ConleyEpisode 24 Season 1 – “The Cross of Christ the Measure of the World”Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska shares with us his conversion story as a journey with friends and St. John Henry Newman. He sees Newman’s sacramental imagination (an efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us) as pointing to something beyond ourselves as an imprint of our Creator. It is the through efficacious signs, like the Cross of Christ, that everything makes sense as the Divine life is dispense...
2023-10-0232 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Eucharistic Presence - Archbishop Bernard HebdaIn the midst of our Eucharistic Revival, Archbishop Bernard Hebda discusses Newman’s 1838 sermon “The Eucharistic Presence”. His Excellency finds Johannine depth in Newman‘s precise spiritual thought. Like John the Evangelist, Newman leads us to a deeper “awe, admiration and hope” of Christ’s Eucharistic Presence by recognizing that all other miracles of Christ pale in comparison to the love Jesus shows for us in the Eucharist. The Archbishop of St Paul and Minneapolis sees Newman‘s plea for “a thirst for his presence” producing a joy on “hearing that he is to be found under the veil of sensible things” as...
2023-09-1834 minNewman on Tap PresentsOn the Fitness of the Glories of Mary - Laura MillerLaura Miller, co-founder of "Newman on Tap", offers her Marian insights as together we celebrate ten years of "Newman on Tap" started upon our 2013 co-graduation with masters degrees in Catholic Studies from The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a young mother of three children, Laura finds Newman offering insights into how Mary's supreme sanctity could repair our distorted understanding of what it truly means to be fully woman and fully man. As usual Newman draws from comprehensive sources; Scripture, tradition, prayer and the teachings of The Catholic Church to point us to the great principle...
2023-09-0435 minNewman on Tap PresentsIntellect, the Instrument of Religious Training - Dr. David DelioDr. David Delio offers insight into Newman's call for all of us to an integration of our heart, mind and will as a path to holiness by loving God and our neighbor. "Intellect, the Instrument of Religious Training" cleverly positions St. Monica as an image of faith and St. Augustine as an image of the intellect. Newman artfully looks at their lives to explain that without a harmony of our religious and intellectual lives our search for truth is limited and moves towards skepticism. Dr. Delio sheds light on Newman's understanding that knowledge begins in belief and not doubt. Si...
2023-08-2144 minNewman on Tap PresentsOmnipotence in Bonds - Dr. Brandon WanlessDr Brandon Wanless, Assistant Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and Co-Founder of The Sacra Doctrina Project (www.sacradoctrinaproject.org) looks closely at Newman's intriguing sermon "Omnipotence in Bonds". Dr. Wanless unpacks the radicality of The Incarnation where we come to know God by pondering upon an accepting faith. Newman considers the manner of God as abundantly gratuitous to the point that "The All powerful Creator" subjects Himself to the bondage of the creature. This radical love incentives our faith through our discovery o...
2023-08-0744 minNewman on Tap PresentsA Particular Providence as Revealed in the Gospel - Dr. David FooteEpisode 19 Season 1 – “A Particular Providence as Revealed in the Gospel”Dr. David Foote, associate history professor in the department of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota unpacks Newman's 1835 sermon "A Particular Providence as Revealed in the Gospel". Dr. Foote highlights Newman's insights into Psalm 139 where we find our God concerned with the particulars of each aspect of our individual lives. When we stop at general providences, we lose all sense of His presence which is a recipe for lukewarmness and self-deceit. It is our heart that moves us from the ge...
2023-07-2453 min
The Wrath of the iOtiansInterview with 5-Time Bram Stoker Award Winner and Shirley Jackson Award Nominee, Lucy A. Snyder, Author of Sister, Maiden, MonsterJake and Ron are honored to have the legendary Lucy A. Snyder as a guest for the podcast! We chat with her about her latest novel. Sister, Maiden, Monster published by Tor Nightfire. Lucy A. SnyderLucy A. Snyder is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of 15 books and over 100 published short stories. Her most recent books are the collection Halloween Season, the Tor Nightfire novel Sister, Maiden, Monster, and the forthcoming novel
2023-07-1438 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Religion of the Day - Fr. James ReidyFr. James Reidy, Professor Emeritus of English 1981 – 2011 at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota with 67 years in the priesthood, reacts to Newman's prophetic sermon "The Religion of the Day" - the religion of niceness. In this episode Fr. Reidy highlights why he has been attracted to Newman's spiritual insights for close to 75 years. After sharing memories of the late, great Newman biographer and scholar, Fr. Ian Ker, Fr. Reidy reviews Newman's "gentleman" as one limited (by natural religion alone) to the "bright side" of religion. Without a reality of God or judgment from God this man of...
2023-07-1035 minNewman on Tap PresentsMen, not Angels, the Priests of the Gospel - Fr. Marc PaveglioFr. Marc Paveglio, pastor of St. Rose of Lima in Roseville, Minnesota walks us through Newman's sermon "Men not Angels, the Priests of the Gospel". Inspired by Newman's massive Christian intellectual life grounded in heartfelt priesthood Fr. Marc offers that God's desired method of saving us is through the Incarnation - in the flesh and blood of those near us. The fact that priests are shaped in a common humanity permits a shared encounter with the power of God's grace. A priest's human approach to their vocation enables an encounter with the hearts of others. Once we experience God's...
2023-06-2640 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Resurrection of the Body - Monsignor James SheaMonsignor James Shea, president of The University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota shares with us his vision of a Catholic university education modeled after Newman's Idea of a University. He then offers insight into Newman's sermon "The Resurrection of the Body" by pondering Christ's real presence in the Most Holy Eucharist. Monsignor Shea sees that Newman peers into our age seeing the rise of secularism in his. This sermons provides insights into the sweeping dangers present when the integrity of the body and soul is broken leading to a loss of the overall dignity of the human person. Com...
2023-06-1239 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Christian Ministry - Mary DepuglioMary Depuglio, after 5 years as an active duty officer in Air Force intelligence received a theology master's degree from the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado. Mary brings that background to her reaction to a Pentecost sermon of St John Henry Newman, "The Christian Ministry". Mary sees that Newman helps us understand that our own three-fold identity of priest, prophet and king is found in Christ and his ministers. Newman shows how God's creation and His Church are organically integrated explaining that when something foundational fails (for example, apostolic succession ) - the entire set of beliefs unravel. Newman helps us see t...
2023-05-3029 minNewman on Tap PresentsMysteries in Religion - Grace SnyderThis episode brings you my 24-year-old daughter, Grace Snyder, reacting to St. John Henry Newman's 1843 sermon "Mysteries in Religions". Grace notes how Newman speaks to her generation who is seeking a joy that can only be found in knowing who one is - in God's eyes. By entering into a wonder that transcends the material world are we able to engage the totality of life. Wonder helps us look beyond life's difficulties and darkness by allowing us to rest in the "grittiness" of His glory. The Incarnation allows the physical to transcend into glory which unites heaven to earth. T...
2023-05-1634 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Shepherd of Our Souls - Diana NewmanDiana Newman, retired nurse and nursing professor was introduced to John Newman as a child and entered more deeply into his thought and works through our weekly Zoom format which she inspired by asking for interpersonal contact centered on the influence of our patron. Reflecting on the sermon, "The Shepherd of our Souls," Diana describes that by regularly turning to Christ we come to know His radical love. Habitual prayer, reception of the sacraments and Christ centered activities lead us to trust the Good Shepherd who is always seeking us. We hear His voice in our lives by realizing...
2023-05-0225 minNewman on Tap PresentsFaith without Sight - Dr. Ryan (Bud) MarrDr. Ryan (Bud) Marr, Catholic convert and gifted Newman scholar with a PhD in historical theology from St. Louis University (with research interests in the theology of St. John Henry Newman, the reception of Vatican II and the liturgy) reacts to Newman’s sermon “Faith without Sight”. Here Dr. Marr helps us with Newman’s view of faith as a blessed temper of mind that hears Christ in Scripture by looking off the self to the eternal. Rather than demanding certainty, faith simply rests in the wondrous content of Revelation. Overcoming the temptation of subjecting all truths to strict...
2023-04-1836 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Mental Sufferings of Our Lord in His Passion - Father Joseph PearceFather Joseph Pearce, C.O., an Oratorian of the Rock Hill, South Carolina Oratory and a teacher at St. Anne's School (K-12) shares his admiration for St. John Henry Newman as he reacts to Newman's Holy Week sermon, "The Mental Sufferings of Our Lord in His Passion". Christ's mental suffering is first revealed in the garden where He embraces suffering even before He experiences it. His passion is a willful act where He surrendered both His body and soul as an action of complete gift - He holds nothing back. His love for humanity is complete. He turns no o...
2023-04-0434 minNewman on Tap PresentsTears of Christ at the Grave of Lazarus - Peter DawesPeter Dawes, demonstrates how Newman helps us to personally engage Christ, the Gospels and His Church. Peter reflects on how Newman appeals to the heart by painting word pictures with his marvelous prose. Newman offers fresh insights into a familiar Gospel story by describing Christ as a real, living being who sojourned on earth so that we, in turn, can personally engage the Divine with our own senses. By Christ entering the tomb of Lazarus, He not only brings life to one who will die again, He "replaces" Lazarus in the grave in order to fulfill His mission of ri...
2023-03-2121 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Church a Home for the Lonely - Justin ShayJustin Shay, Catholic school principal at Ava Maria Academy, is working to incorporate Newman's idea of forming a habit of mind pointing to the mind of God. Justin reflects on the Lenten themes found in Newman's sermon, "The Church the Home for the Lonely". Here Newman leads us to the understanding that Christ is our refuge from an unsettled, lonely word. It is in Him alone that we find our secret dwelling place. His hidden omnipresence, made possible by the Ascension, addresses our loneliness in a deeper, richer effervescent way because His Spirit is everywhere. Justin will...
2023-03-0738 minNewman on Tap PresentsSurrender to God - Nick ZagottaOn this the birthday of St. John Henry Newman (2/21/1801) we discuss Newman's sermon "Surrender to God". Nick Zagotta, Chicago attorney and college friend, came to know St. John Henry Newman through his regular participation in "Newman on Tap" (go to newmanontap.com to learn more). Nick's interest in history, the early Church formation and the Church's organic development through time grounded him in Newman's own story and thought. Newman's relatability to our time combined with his masterful writing style is fully exposed in this early Catholic era sermon "Surrender to God". Nick appreciates that true surrendering is a simple n...
2023-02-2138 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Strictness of the Law of Christ - Fr. Juan VelezFr. Juan Velez shares his respect for St. John Henry Newman as one "who brings Christ to others" as a teacher of the faith. In our discussion of Newman's sermon "The Strictness of the Law of Christ" Fr. Juan highlights Newman's view of morality as not necessarily a duty or an obligation rather morality is a privilege because we are meant to delight in God. Our perfect freedom is found in all that is good and true because they lead us to God who is Truth and Goodness itself. Learn more at Fr. Juan's website https://www.ca...
2023-02-0746 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Weapons of the Saints - Anna KnierRon Snyder is joined by his friend Anna Knier for a conversation inspired by St. John Henry Newman's sermon, "The Weapons of the Saints." Originally preached on October 29, 1837, Newman proves timeless as he sheds light on our natural longing for "what is noble and heroic," and offers this surprising encouragement: "Do you desire to be great? Make yourselves little."To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.
2023-01-2432 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Season of Epiphany - Dr. Mark PattridgeDr. Mark Pattridge, retired medical physician, reacts to St. John Henry Newman's sermon "The Season of Epiphany" preached on January 17, 1841. Dr. Pattridge shares how Newman is true to his style of taking his readers on a surprising, heartfelt journey that opens you up for change. Here the journey is with the infant Jesus as true King - one to be adored and obeyed. Mark highlights Newman's strikingly beautiful use of language to stir the heart to look more reverently at our King. To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www...
2023-01-1030 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Reverence Due to the Virgin Mary - Fr. Spencer HoweFr. Spencer Howe, pastor of Holy Cross parish in N.E. Minneapolis, MN reflects on St. John Henry Newman's sermon "The Reverence Due to the Virgin Mary". Fr. Howe considers how Newman points to the contemplation of Scripture as revealing Mary's participation in every aspect of the life and mission of her son. As we contemplate Scripture we discover a trust, like Mary, that God "knows what He is about". This trust enables us to participate with grace for our own transformation towards holiness. Since the humanity of Christ is grounded in Mary, our own humanity is naturally grounded in...
2022-12-2736 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Incarnation - Mary Beth NewkumetMary Beth Newkumet (lifeaftersunday.com) reacts to Newman's 1834 Christmas sermon, "The Incarnation". Here we aim to help you encounter Newman's intense desire for the Word of Life in a "heart to heart" piece that aids us in our own longing for our shared infinite desire for more. As we journey with Newman through the events and experiences in and through The Church towards the truth of the Incarnation we in like manner discover an understanding of the life of Christ flowing through similar events today. Newman's longing is a model for us to experience Christ here and now; an...
2022-12-1339 minNewman on Tap PresentsDispositions for Faith - Sister Kathleen DietzAs we prepare for the second Sunday of Advent, Sister Kathleen Dietz reacts to Newman's classic sermon, "Dispositions for Faith" by reviewing how we dispose ourselves to faith by the cultivation of our minds and hearts through obedience to the conscience. As we strengthen our conscience we grow in our perception of the God of Revelation who, through the Incarnation, penetrates the deepest needs of our soul. Newman guides us to the realization of the givenness of our faith through the realization of the givenness of our liturgy in which we rightly receive in order to simply "bask in th...
2022-11-2937 minNewman on Tap PresentsThe Gospel, a Trust Committed to Us - Fr. Richard SmithFather Richard Smith with his patristics background offers insights into St. John Henry Newman's sermon, "The Gospel, a Trust Committed to US". Go to www.newmanontap.com to upload the sermon which will be referenced in detail during our discussion. If you're new to St. John Henry Newman you'll quickly learn that his sermons are masterpieces of prose, Scriptural exegesis, and spiritual direction. They are best read aloud. Enjoy. To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.
2022-11-1539 min
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2022-11-1437 min
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2022-11-0922 min
Reboot ItReboot It: Zack Snyder's Buffy the Vampire Slayer*REBOOT IT MERCH IS AVAILABLE NOW:* http://tee.pub/lic/L2Fboy63Wa4
The Reboot Crew has hit the end of our job-seeking tour of Hollywood. Our last hope? The one meeting we didn't want to take...With the nicest guy in town. The simple, uncontroversial, crowd-pleasing filmmaker whose unique vision is the bleeding edge of cinema. (Isn't it?!) Yes, the Crew finally comes face-to-face with Zack Snyder, and he's rebooting the most obvious choice: Joss Whedon's Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Alleged toxic garbage person Joss Whedon wasn't always best known as the uncredited writer/director of 2017's...
2022-08-072h 02
Gridiron America RadioFrom The 55 Yard Line- Ron Snyder and The Baltimore Stallions, America's CFL ChampionOn the day the USFL was "rebooted and reimagined," Scott and Greg sat down with sports historian and Baltimore native Ron Snyder to discuss his book on the CFL Colts/Stallions entitled "The Baltimore Stallions: The Brief, Brilliant History of the CFL Champion Franchise," as well as the rich legacy of football in Baltimore and how the departure of the NFL Colts opened the door for the team to claim the unofficial title of "America's CFL Team." Not only are the Stallions and football history of Baltimore discussed, but they also embark on a conversation about the future of t...
2021-11-241h 14
Replay It, From the 55 YardlineRon Snyder and The Baltimore Stallions, America's CFL ChampionOn the day the USFL was "rebooted and reimagined," Scott and Greg sat down with sports historian and Baltimore native Ron Snyder to discuss his book on the CFL Colts/Stallions entitled "The Baltimore Stallions: The Brief, Brilliant History of the CFL Champion Franchise," as well as the rich legacy of football in Baltimore and how the departure of the NFL Colts opened the door for the team to claim the unofficial title of "America's CFL Team." Not only are the Stallions and football history of Baltimore discussed, but they also embark on a conversation about the future of...
2021-11-221h 16
The Aaron Iacino ShowDisaster Worker with Ron SnyderMr. Ron Snyder, MEd., CSP, CET, CIT, serves as the Director for Environmental Health and Safety Training for the National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE). Recognized as an expert in emergency response and environmental health and safety, Mr. Snyder designs, coordinates and delivers programs across the nation to state and local governments, military Civil Support Teams, as well as to public and industrial sector first responders. He has developed national training programs for the Department of Homeland Security that focus on response to foreign animal disease outbreaks through either natural events or terrorist events, Disaster Response, and Mass F...
2021-09-211h 06
WTFAWTAMOVIES- Zack Snyder’s Justice LeagueThe WTFAWTA League is here to talk about the much anticipated release of Zack Snyder's Justice League! Does it deliver? Does it redeem the Snyderverse? Can a bunch of Supermodels save the planet from annihilation? We sit down for an in-depth conversation about the good, the bad, and the ugly of one of the most anticipated superhero films of the decade!
2021-03-263h 32
Pops' CollectionZack Snyder's Justice LeagueHey Listeners! check out our facebook page Tuesday, March 23rd at 6:30 EDT to catch our review of Zack Snyder's Justice League. Is it worth the hype? find out here: https://www.facebook.com/PopsCollection
2021-03-2300 min
New Books in SportsRon Snyder, "The Baltimore Stallions: The Brief, Brilliant History of the CFL Champion Franchise" (McFarland, 2020)A few years ago, I came across an article entitled “‘Who Do I Root for Now?’: The Impact of Franchise Relocation on the Loyal Fans Left Behind: A Case Study of Hartford Whaler Fans,” by Craig G. Hyatt. This essay focused on the void left in the lives of aficionados of a team that, like the jilted lover in a relationship, must now suffer and find a way to move forward in life without the object of one’s affection. In terms of sports, the pain is even more traumatic when the team that left its fans behind then proceeds t...
2020-09-2846 min
The World of FootballRON SNYDER INTERVIEW EXCERPTThis is an excerpt of an interview we conducted with author Ron Snyder, who has a new book out called, The Baltimore Stallions, The Brief, Brilliant History of the CFL Champion Franchise. The Stallions are the only U.S. based team to ever win a CFL title. And while the team only existed for two seasons, they left a lasting impression on the CFL and the city of Baltimore. The full interview can be found on Episode #155 of our podcast, This Week in The World of Football, which was posted on July 28, 2020.
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2020-07-3005 min
Jobbing OutJobbing Out - August 17, 2017 (Steve Migs picks Summerslam, plus Ron Snyder talks indy wrestling)It's that time once again! 9 hours of wrestling coming up over two days, so while all three are in studio, they have to bring in the one-and-only Steve Migs to help make sense of it all. First, they talk about Baron Corbin's attempted cash-in, and why on earth he didn't win. Is he in trouble? Is there a plan? Just...why? Then they move on to picking NXT Takeover Brooklyn III. Only one match is unanimous as the guys make their cases for their picks, and try to avoid a pizza bath.
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2017-08-181h 49
Springfield First Church of the Nazarene PodcastSpeaker - Ron SnyderAs we prepare to celebrate the 235th birthday of the United States of America this 4th of July, our special guest speaker is Ron Snyder of Wings of an Eagle Ministry in Eugene. Ron is also the Oregon state coordinator for Christian Heritage Ministries based in Washington D.C. We welcome our friend Ron to Springfield Church as he talks to us about "The Foundation Stones of America.".
2011-07-0300 min