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Steve and Becky Greene, the Cradle and the Convert, help Catholics faithfully live their vocation by providing Church teaching, navigating moral challenges and exploring current issues facing the faith in our culture. Thank you for subscribing and for telling your family and friends!

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    5/23/25 - Art and Laraine Bennett on Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 78:59


    Anxiety is on the rise in our culture. Art and Laraine Bennett integrate psychology with faith to give you tools for a less stressful life. Their book is Anxiety: A Catholic Guide to Freedom from Worry and Fear.

    5/16/25 - Dr. Ray Guarendi on How to Get Along with People

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 70:20


    Dr. Ray Guarendi joins Steve and Becky to give us tips on relationships. His new book is How to Get Along with Almost Everybody.

    5/9/2025 - Steve Weidenkopf Looks at Catholics in History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 67:04


    Steve Weidenkopf joins Steve and Becky to tell the stories of 12 Catholics that have misrepresented in history. His new book is Canceled: Twelve Catholic Heroes that History Turned Into Villians.

    5/2/25 - Andrew Petripin - Faith Unboxed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 61:08


    People often have ideas about the Catholic faith that aren't accurate. Andrew Petripin joins Steve and Becky to discuss these misperceptions and to shed light on the truths of the faith. His book is Faith Unboxed: Freeing the Catholic Church from the Containers People Put It In.

    4/25-25 - Mark Brumley - Catholic Study Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 57:07


    Over 25 years in the making, the Ignatius Study Bible is a library of Bible study resources,  to help everyday readers understand the written Word of God and apply its lessons to their lives. It is simply the most ambitious undertaking of its kind in our generation. Ignatius Press President, Mark Brumley joins Steve and Becky to discuss this project.

    4/18/25 - Fr. Keith Kenney - Death, Eternity and the Catholic Funeral

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 48:18


    Fr. Keith Kenney joins Steve and Becky to talk about facing death, describe the elements of a Catholic funeral and to explore the significance of this rite.

    4/11/25- Fr. Keith Kenney on Finding and Living Your Vocation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 67:05


    Fr. Keith Kenney joins Steve and Becky to talk about how God works in us and in the world through our vocation. 

    4/4/25 - Matthew Giambrone on Simplicity and Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 59:10


    Matthew Giambrone joins Steve and Becky to talk about the importance of disconnecting from technology, embracing simplicity and connecting with each other. Find his work at Hearth and Field.

    3/28/25 - Fr. Nathan Cromly on Transformation and Mission

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 61:30


    Fr. Nathan Cromly joins Steve and Becky to inspire us to live on mission for Christ. His book is Coached by Paul the Apostle - Lessons in Transformation.

    3/21/25 - Dr. Andrew Abela on Cultivating Super Habits

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 67:27


    Dr. Andrew Abela joins Steve and Becky to discuss how to grow in virtue and build habits for success. His book is Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life.

    3/14/25 - Michael Lichens on Weird Catholic Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 56:49


    Michael Lichens joins Steve and Becky to explore some seemingly strange topics that are part of the Catholic experience. His book is Weird Catholic Handbook.

    3/7/25 - Patrick Flynn on The Best Argument for God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 66:35


    Patrick Flynn joins Steve and Becky to explore who God is and how logic points to his existence. His book is The Best Argument for God.

    2/28/25 - Roxanne King on Civil Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 63:27


    Roxanne King joins Steve and Becky to explore the lives of saints and ordinary people who fought for human and civil rights. Her book is Catholic Heroes of Human and Civil Rights: 1800's to Present.

    2/21/25 - Isaac Hess on His Journey from Mormonism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 65:00


    Isaac Hess joins Steve and Becky to share his powerful conversion story from the Mormon faith to Catholicism. 

    2/14/25 - Christine Flynn on Spiritual Conversion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 58:39


    Christine Flynn shares her fascinating journey from atheism, New Age and the occult to the Catholic Church. Her book is Not Just Spiritual: My Journey from Personal Religion to the Catholic Church.

    2/7/25 - Cheryl Hughes on Archbishop Fulton Sheen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 55:31


    Cheryl Hughes joins Steve and Becky to discuss the influence of Fulton J. Sheen and powerful conversion stories. Her book is Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Convert Maker.

    1/31/25 - Dr. Joseph Hollcraft on Praying with Mary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 56:55


    Dr. Joseph Hollcraft joins Steve and Becky to encourage us to pray specifically with our Blessed Mother. His book is Contemplating the Seven Sorrows of Mary: A Chaplet with St. Alphonsus Ligouri.

    1/24/25 - Fr. Robert Spitzer on Faith, Science and Miracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 69:20


    Fr. Robert Spitzer joins Steve and Becky to explore how science points to the truths of the Catholic faith. His book is Christ, Science, and Reason: What We Can Know about Jesus, Mary, and Miracles.

    1/17/25 - Eduard Habsburg on Family Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 59:50


    Amb. Eduard Habsburg joins Steve and Becky to explore the beauty of family life. His book is Building a Wholesome Family in a Broken World: Habsburg Lessons from the Centuries. 

    1/10/25 - George Weigel on Faith and Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 62:49


    George Weigel joins Steve and Becky to discuss faith and culture as we begin a new year.

    1/3/25 - Fr. Jeffrey Kirby on Discipleship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 44:57


    Fr. Jeffrey Kirby joins Steve and Becky to explore what discipleship is and what that means for each of us in our walk with Jesus. His book is Real Discipleship: How to Follow Jesus His Way - Not Ours. 

    12/27/24 - Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, It's Still Christmas!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 42:15


    While the secular world has moved on from Christmas music and many of the lights have come down, Fr. Jeffrey Kirby joins Steve and Becky to encourage us reclaim the celebration of Christmas for the whole season.

    12/20/24 - Advent and Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 47:44


    Steve and Becky reflect on Advent and Christmas while giving us a glimpse into their family life and traditions.

    12/13/24 - Karlo Broussard on the Saints

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 63:51


    Karlo Broussard joins Steve and Becky to explain saints and our relationship with them. His book is The Saints Pray for You: How the Christians in Heaven Help Us Here on Earth.

    12/6/24 - Fr. James Kubicki on the Daily Offering

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 55:51


    Fr. James Kubicki, S.J., joins Steve and Becky to explore the fruit that comes from offering each day to God. His new book is A Year of Daily Offerings: Giving Your Life to God One Day at a Time.

    11/29/24 - Fiat Productions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 68:59


    Fiat Productions co-founders Mary Ryan, Elizabeth Sobczyk and Mike Zazick join Steve and Becky to share about how they are transforming the culture through beauty and the arts.

    11/22/24 - Ryan Hanning Preparation for Advent

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 61:40


    Dr. Ryan Hanning joins Steve and Becky to help us enter into Advent by refleting on an obscure Nativity play by atheist Jean-Paul Sartre.

    11/15/24 - Ryan Hanning on Family, Education and Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 55:51


    Dr. Ryan Hanning joins Steve and Becky with no plan, no topic and open microphones. This episode explore family life, education and how to best support formation.

    11/8/24 - Greg Schutte on Building a Eucharistic Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 55:18


    Greg Schutte joins Steve and Becky to share his experience and tips on strengthening marriage. He is a leader in marriage enrichment and education as well as the creator of the Building a Eucharistic marriage program.

    11/1/24 - Joseph Pearce on 50 Great Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 59:22


    Joseph Pearce joins Steve and Becky to dive into classic literature and the lessons we can learn from great books. His new book is Classic Literature Made Simple: Fifty Great Books in a Nutshell.

    10/25/24 - Joel Peters on Logic, History, the Church and Scripture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 58:32


    Joel Peters explores  how logic, historical facts and everyday human experience points to the relationship of Scripture to Sacred Tradition. His book is Sola Scriptura Doesn't Work: 25 Practical Reasons to Reject the Doctrine of "Bible Alone."

    10/18/24 - Sherry Boas on Prayer Ministry for Moms and Building Special Needs Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 47:44


    Sherry Boas joins Steve and Becky to share what she's been up to, including a prayer ministry for mothers to pray for their children and working to build community opportunities for people with special needs. 

    10/11/24 - Fr. Timothy Reid, St. Teresa of Avila's Way of Perfection

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 58:32


    Fr. Timothy Reid joins Steve and Becky to share insights into the life and spirituality of St. Teresa of Avila and the Way of Perfection.

    10/4/24 - Jocelyn Abyad on Miscarriage Ministry

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 58:53


    Jocelyn Abyad, wife of Melkite priest, homeschooling mom and founder of We Carry You Still ministry for miscarriage healing, joins Steve and Becky to talk about motherhood, suffering and healing.

    9/27/24 - Fr. Anthony Giambrone, Life in Jerusalem

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 60:11


    Fr. Anthony Giambrone, a Dominican priest living in Jerusalem as vice director and professor of New Testament at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, shares his insights on life in the region.

    9/20/24 - Trip Debrief with Ryan and Kelly Zuk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 86:15


    Ryan and "Catholic" Kelly Zuk join Steve and Becky to share the funny, challenging and holy moments from their group pilgrimage to Rome.

    9/13/24 - Interviews from Rome

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 63:03


    Steve and Becky catch up with Giorgio Navarini from Floriani and Marie Lys Mollet from St. Joseph's Guest House while on their pilgrimage in Rome.

    9/6/24 - Peter Atkinson on Faith, Entertainment and Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 68:17


    Peter Atkinson joins Steve and Becky to explore healing the culture through art, entertainment and media. He is the Founder and Executive Producer of The Merry Beggars, the entertainment division of Relevant Radio.

    8/30/24 - Motherhood and the Contemplative Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 57:15


    Dr. Mary Cuff joins Steve and Becky to explore the parallels between contemplative nuns and lay mothers. Her book Mother to Mother: Spiritual and Practical Wisdom from the Cloister to the Home invites mothers to bring the contemplative life into their vocation.

    8/23/24 - Dan LeRoy Explores How We Think

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 64:11


    How did we get here? A question we might ask when looking at the culture today. Dan LeRoy joins Steve and Becky to explore the role of philosophy in shaping society. His book is Why We Think What We Think: The Rise and Fall of Western Thought.

    8/16/24 - Mike Aquilina on Evangelization in the Ancient Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 63:06


    Mike Aquilina joins Steve and Becky to explore the stories of the ancient Christian world and what evangelization looked like there. His book is Rabbles, Riots and Ruins: Twelve Ancient Cities and How They Were Evangelized.

    8/9/24 - Fr. Keith Kenney Deep Dive on the Liturgy and the Eucharist - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 74:31


    Fr. Keith Kenney helps un understand the liturgy, the Eucharist and challenges us to grow more deeply in our worship of God.

    8/2/24 - Fr. Keith Kenney Deep Dive on the Liturgy and the Eucharist - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 59:09


    Fr. Keith Kenney helps un understand the liturgy, the Eucharist and challenges us to grow more deeply in our worship of God.

    7/26/24 - Fr. Robert Spitzer on the Four Levels of Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 62:18


    Fr. Robert Spitzer joins Steve and Becky to explore what really makes us happy. His book The Four Levels of Happiness: Your Path to Personal Flourishing provides a clear map to finding true fulfillment.

    7/19/24 - Shaun McAfee, All Things Catholic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 57:43


    Shaun McAfee wrote a desktop resource covering 260 topics about the Catholic faith. He joins Steve and Becky to explore some of the research in this latest work, All Things Catholic: A Guide from A to Z.

    7/12/24 - Monica Migliorino Miller on the Beginning of Genesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 60:57


    Monica Migliorino Miller joins Steve and Becky to walk through the first three books of Genesis and explore what they have to say about God, mankind and the world. Her book is In the Beginning: Crucial Lessons for Our World from the First Three Chapters of Genesis.

    7/5/2024 - A Look Inside the Church with Francis Maier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 64:04


    Francis Maier joins Steve and Becky to share stories from his 100+ interviews with priests, deacons and lay people from diverse backgrounds who present a behind-the-scenes look at various aspects of the Church. His book is True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church.

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