#458 God as Mother - Joe Heschmeyer

As a student at Oxford and an instructor at Harvard, he tried living by the maxim, “Preach always, and when necessary, use words.” It didn’t work. Then he started talking about Jesus, and people responded. Some by coming into the Church. Now, Dr. Tommy Heyne is on a mission to ge ...  Show more

The fact of suffering poses real intellectual challenges to the Christian message. So how do we share the gospel of a loving God, when suffering seems to reflect so poorly on him? Mark Giszcack, author of Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know, joins us. Cy Kellett: Hello and ...  Show more

One of the most common Sunday school questions is also a really contentious one! Theologian Fellipe Do Vale joins Kaitlyn to tackle the question: Is God a boy or a girl? Wrapped up in that one question are lots of other important questions: How is God like (and unlike) us? Wha ...

Joe reviews the Vatican’s latest document on Mary, “Mater Populi Fidelis.” Some Catholics are concerned that age-old titles of the Blessed Virgin (Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix) are being banned. Is that actually the case? Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Hes ...  Show more

The Queen of Heaven with Dr. Peter Goeman

The “queen of heaven” is an enigmatic deity figure that appears in Scripture in a handful of verses (Jer 7:18; 44:17-19, 25). Who was the queen of heaven to whom the people of Judah were ...

Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar embark on an enlightening journey that interweaves humor, scripture, and society's pressing questions around femininity. Beginning with a playful conversation around individual aversions to certain foods, the guys soon engage in a deeper reflect ...