Garrett Galvin, OFM, graduated from the University of California, Irvine, and joined the Franciscan Friars in 1992. He began teaching full-time at the Franciscan School of Theology in 2009. He published his first book, Egypt as a Place of Refuge in 2011. David’s Successors: Kingship in the Old Testament was published in 2016. Fr. Garrett has several wonderful lectures, one of which is the title of this episode, available on the Franciscan School of Theology’s YouTube channel.

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(00:00:01) Introduction

(00:02:29) Personal Journey to the Friars

(00:10:31) Feast Day of St. Francis

(00:13:08) Hidden Gems in Franciscanism

(00:17:13) Goodness, Blessedness, Orderliness

(00:21:30) Positive Anthropology in the Bible

(00:26:58) Renewal in a Franciscan Key

(00:36:06) Abundance: A Pathway to Renewal

(00:39:55) Finding Abundance on the Margins

(00:43:57) Academia’s Role in Renewal

(00:50:31) The Franciscan Emphasis on Lived Experience

(00:53:22) Gospel Living as Francis Followed Christ

(00:59:39) Conclusion

Garrett Galvin — Renewal in a Franciscan Key