Responding to Popular Culture and the Church Crisis feat. Patrick Coffin

"The woman at the well and Jesus- what did they have in common? A love of cold water on a hot day. Our Lord, in his very tender willingness to come to our level, finds what we have in common and that’s the beginning of the conversation."

I have so many questions about being a Catholic in the USA today. What should guide our decision when choosing a movie? How do we evangelize and communicate effectively when our culture is losing the ability to dialogue? How do we lovingly challenge someone whose values differs from ours? How closely should we be following the Amazon synod and crisis in the Church? What should we do to maintain our Faith when disturbing news from the Vatican wrecks our peace?

When I first made my list of dream guests for this show in 2018, Patrick Coffin was on it. Dreams do come true! If you think I'm a good interviewer, it's because of Patrick. I binge-watched the Patrick Coffin show on YouTube. He was the host of Catholic Answers Live for over a decade and has interviewed almost literally EVERYBODY. I'm beyond thrilled to share this verbophile's take on discerning our Catholic response to popular culture. 

This interview is guaranteed to bump up your IQ at least a few points, or your money back ;)

Topics Discussed

• The interplay between my will and God’s will
• The fascinating story of how Patrick had a disastrous audition for Catholic Answers Live, and how he knew he was called
• Seeking the incarnation and discerning our personal tolerance in our movie consumption
• Debate about hot topic issues on social media, or no?
• Authentic masculinity
• The power of mimetic activity
• What does it mean that God is a jealous God? 
• How to become unafraid to evangelize
• Church crisis and Amazon synod: Follow like it's your job? Ignore?

Resources

• Cursillo movement
• Mike Rowe: "Don’t Follow Your Passion"
• Call of the Void Movie co-written by Patrick Coffin
• Encyclicals on movie consumption: Vigilante Cura and Miranda Proursus
• The Tree of Life and To the Wonder directed by Terence Malick
• One of Patrick’s interviews with Jordan Peterson 
• Patrick's interview with Milo Yiannopoulos

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