Catching Foxes

This is the most anticipated podcast episode of the century: LUKE IS GETTING MARRIED AND ALL THE BROS SHOWED UP AND LEFT THEIR WIVES AT HOME.Hilarity and inside jokes ensue.This will probably alienate you as a listener if you didn't know us back at Franciscan University of Steubenville, but we hope the addition of Lord of the Rings' style narration helps you follow along the epic tale. It's the fellowship of the wedding ring. Or something.Support Catching Foxes

How do believers think about uncertainty? How do you struggle with doubt? Gomer and Luke explore their own atheistic tendencies, using the epic book, Introduction to Christianity by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (a.k.a., Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI), to help guide us.Believers and Unbelievers alike are unable to shake their uncertainty because we are all finite, limited creatures. So how is a Christian to live with this uncertainty? No freakin' clue, but we're trying.Rescue Dawn trailer, starring Christian BaleIn the music world, Gomer is still listening to Propaganda and Luke says "Avant Garde Jazz" like 7 or 8 times.Thanks to BenSounds.com for the theme music!Support Catching Foxes

Gomer and Luke Skype again to talk about meaningful things, like the longevity of comedians and the diversity of writers for The Golden Girls. Then Josh Dugger, Ashley Madison and the guilty plea of Jared from Subway for child porn possession. Sigh.Then we talk about grief and loss, especially as Luke tells us of his dad's death in 2008. This is a touching tale that weaves the love and support of family, Christological suffering, the breakup of a genuine relationship and the spiritual advice to "get up off the mat and walk." <img class="thumb-image" alt="Kanye's first sight of Caitlyn Jenner..." data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/55e50d2ce4b0d31ae6eb2ece/1441074478879/kanye_west_meets_caitlyn_jenner-598497.jpg" data-image-dimensions="700x876" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="55e50d2ce4b0d31ae6eb2ece" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/55e50d2ce4b0d31ae6eb2ece/1441074478879/kanye_west_meets_caitlyn_jenner-598497.jpg?format=1000w" /> <p>Kanye's first sight of Caitlyn Jenner...</p> Special thanks to www.BenSounds.com for the theme musicSupport Catching Foxes

Our relationship is complicated. When our guest was in college with Luke and I, we never really talked or hung out. In fact, we all thought his sister was a lot cooler than him. But that was only because we never met him. However, after this podcast, we still like his sister more.He's a Canon Lawyer and really, really knows his Simpsons' references. He won the spouse lottery and also has two adorable kids that they have adopted. In this episode we cover annulments and marriage issues, culture and its relationship to Christianity, gay parenting and marriage, the Simpsons, and much, much more. Thanks to BenSounds.com for the theme music.Support Catching Foxes

We return to that topic that we most hate about ourselves: pornography. After seeing the massive response our dear listeners gave us for episode 8, we thought that some follow up was necessary. I wanted to add a little bit of grace and conversion to the conversation that I felt like was lacking in the previous episode. We also talk about the power parable of the Prodigal Son found in Luke 15. We reference "The Prodigal Son" by Henri Nouwen, and then do some more Bane impressions. Thanks to www.BenSounds.com for the theme music. Thanks to MeWithoutYou for the 8 second clip of Torches Together. You should really listen to them.Support Catching Foxes

SHOW NOTES Oh Man! This episode is intense! We had a whole group of topics that we wanted to talk about but haven't gotten around to them and so we came up with a new game plan. We spend 10 minutes on a topic and switch between pop culture and churchy stuff, taking turns on who picks what topic to discuss.  We cover things like:why EWTN only makes shows for old people that eat Werther's Originals, institutional racism and the shooting of Sam DuBose, YDisciple founder Jim Beckman, superhero of Catholic youth ministryweddings, wedding fights, and marriage,Luke's slight stutter and my "slight" weight gain,a spoiler review of the movie Ant-Man and its almost anti-Paul-Ruddism,Which immediately became about the Marvel Comic Universe, specially Avengers 2and the upcoming DC movies- Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad, Parish life and reaching the people on the margins of faithThen back to talk about The Joker and Suicide Squad.Music by BenSounds.comSupport Catching Foxes

SHOW NOTES This episode is a heartbreaker. We share as honestly as possible what went wrong in our lives when it came to human sexuality: A.K.A. Pornography. Porn is in our face and easily reachable by our broadband, HD technicolor Internet connections. We talk about this subject in a very humble and even humiliating way, trying not to dodge the issue. Also, this conversation gives Luke yet another reason to use the word "Authentic". Pretty soon he's going to go full hipster and just call it "Artisanal." We end it on a light-hearted note as I yell at Luke for not making me his Best Man and he yells at me for not making him a godfather to one of my four kids. Thanks again to BenSounds.com for the theme music!Support Catching Foxes

Our first interview show ever! With a real guest and not Luke pretending to be a Marvel character!Ahem.Tonight we interview Arleen Spenceley, journalist and author of the recently published book, "Chastity is for Lovers" from Ave Maria Press. She has to deal with a lot in this episode from us, so you should buy her book as our way of saying "Sorry."Special Guest: Arleen Spenceley.Support Catching Foxes

SHOW NOTES Gomer and Luke discuss fun things like the crushing reality of perpetual adolescence for both Gen-Xers and Millennials, and then, without a single hint of irony, complain that Beyonce should not be an Avenger. We are the exceptions that prove the rule, folks. Just keep in mind when you listen to this podcast, it was recorded at 5:22 AM my time, 6:22 for Luke last-name-redacted. We thought we could do this. We thought we could handle waking up early. We thought we were bulletproof. We were wrong. Dead. Wrong.Support Catching Foxes

Gomer and He-Who-Shall-No-Be-Last-Named talk about BIG EVENTS and its relationship to youth ministry. We get serious for a bit and dig deep on high school ministry, evangelism and catechesis. Also, we repeatedly try out our Bane impressions from The Dark Knight Rises, which degrades quickly into a bad Sean Connery. Oh yeah. And at one point Luke actually called Rocky Road ice cream "pop ice cream". Gosh, I hate that guy. Music by BENSOUND.comSupport Catching Foxes