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Keep your voice the loudest in your child’s life. Dr. Ray Guarendi shares faithful, practical ways to set loving limits, tame tech, and raise resilient disciples in a culture of algorithms.

Clinical psychologist and father of ten Dr. Ray Guarendi joins host Caleb Brawner to unpack Raising Upright Kids in an Upside-Down World. With humor and clarity, Dr. Ray names today’s “co-parents”—media, peers, and algorithms—and shows how moms and dads remain the primary formers of the heart through clear authority, heavy affection, and prudent limits. They discuss homeschooling and socialization myths, smartphones and sleepovers, curfews and device placement, and why “no” is love in action. You’ll hear practical ways to choose like-minded families, set tech boundaries that stick, and model prayer and sacramental life at home, including answering tough “why” questions with confidence. Pastoral and down-to-earth, this conversation equips parents to protect innocence, cultivate gratitude and responsibility, and form kids who seek God first. Follow the show, rate and review, and share.

This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0BiI3TnmS18

Resources
Book: https://www.drray.com/shop/raising-upright-kids-in-an-upside-down-world/
Catholic Answers (catechetical help): https://www.catholic.com

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Learn how St. Vincent de Paul serves Bryan–College Station through quiet, personal charity. Hear how home visits, a food pantry, and a thrift store become hope in hard times.

Host Judy Comeaux talks with Bob Chronister, president of the local St. Vincent de Paul Society. Bob explains how volunteers make “home visits” to listen, pray, and offer practical help with rent and utilities—often within a week. He outlines the Society’s structure across five parishes, its roots and rules, and how funding comes through parish collections, private donors, grants, United Way, and a well-run thrift store. You’ll also hear about the private food pantry, the furniture ministry (beds for kids and donated household items), and annual Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas gift drives sourced from families identified on visits. Bob highlights the constant need for volunteers, the reality of the working poor and fixed-income seniors, and the ministry of prayer that accompanies every encounter. If you’re local, there are simple on-ramps—from answering phones to delivering checks.

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Catholic counseling: how therapy and the sacraments can truly work together for healing. In this episode, LPC Amanda Kapchinski offers hope on wounds, shame, and scrupulosity—beyond treating faith as a mere coping skill.

Host Kevin Kapchinski welcomes his wife, Amanda Kapchinski—Licensed Professional Counselor and Director of Pastoral Counseling at St. Mary’s Catholic Center (College Station)—for a grounded conversation on integrating mental health care with Catholic faith. Amanda shares how evidence-based practice and the primacy of relationship never contradict truth, and why deep, lasting healing unfolds in the safety of being seen, not just in coping. They explore common barriers (wounds, shame, avoidance), how counseling can complement Confession (not replace the sacraments), and ways EMDR and relational support help people get “unstuck.” Amanda explains scrupulosity (moral OCD) and the freedom that comes from trust rather than certainty, offers a 30-day challenge (sleep well and show up), and addresses sexuality, pornography, and lifelong chastity with clarity and compassion. Along the way she describes praying with clients when appropriate, inviting the intercession of the saints, and keeping scope and ethics clear. What has helped you move from white-knuckling self-reliance to trusting the Lord in relationship?

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Deacon Mike Beauvais and Msgr. Leonard Pivonka explore how truth, goodness, beauty, and love reveal God—and reorder our desires, choices, and culture.

They unpack the transcendentals as real signposts that awaken the soul and call for conversion of mind and heart. Drawing on Scripture, the saints (especially Augustine), and lived experience, they distinguish fleeting pleasure from lasting joy, connect freedom with humility and the moral law, and explain why love always involves sacrifice. They address “your truth/my truth,” conscience and judgment, and the prophetic clarity of Humanae Vitae, contrasting secular confusion with the Church’s perennial wisdom in worship, art, and teaching. If you’re grappling with objective truth in a relativistic age, this conversation offers first principles and hopeful next steps for living them at home, work, and parish life. Follow the show, rate & review in your podcast app, and share it.

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Christian maturity is more than externals—it’s a life that endures trials and actually changes you. John Stevenson lays out a practical roadmap for resilient discipleship and the one habit most people skip.

Host Kevin Kapchinski talks with John Stevenson, Director of Campus Ministry at St. Mary’s Catholic Center (College Station), about forming disciples who last beyond college. Drawing on Corps of Cadets grit and years with Saint Paul’s Outreach, John explains why relational evangelization—not programs—shapes durable faith. He names the essentials: identity as a beloved son or daughter, endurance through trials, a daily prayer life, honest confession, and living in community and mission. They challenge consumer mindsets about the Mass (covenant over preferences) and press into dependence on the Holy Spirit for authentic witness. If you’re a student, young professional, or parent, this gives you a clear path forward. Follow the show, rate & review in your podcast app, and share it.

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Miscarriage grief is real. Zelie’s Hope offers Catholic healing, a memorial Mass, and community for families in Bryan–College Station—and a model you can bring to your parish.

Host Pam Marvin speaks with Dorothy Pepper and Jonathan Bertagne about this deanery-wide ministry that walks with parents after miscarriage or stillbirth. Hear how the team provides two concrete paths of care: monthly grief-support gatherings where couples can speak freely, and the Precious Life Memorial Mass with a naming rite, candles, and inscription in the parish Book of the Dead. They outline three aims—immediate care, a formal commending of each child to the Lord, and a wider cultural change that honors life and accompanies grieving families, no matter how long ago the loss. Follow the show, rate & review in your podcast app, and share this episode.

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Iconography isn’t decoration—it’s prayer in color. Deacon Mike Beauvais talks with artist-convert Garrett Hines on how sacred icons draw us into Christ.

Garrett traces his journey from the Church of Christ to the Catholic Church and the call to “write” icons as a work of obedience and prayer. He explains what makes a hand-painted icon spiritually different from a print, how line, color, and symbolism proclaim the Gospel, and why beauty—along with truth and goodness—evangelizes the heart. You’ll hear how icons serve as “windows to heaven,” how to pray with them at home and in parish life, and simple steps for beginning: choosing a patron, preparing a space, and avoiding common mistakes. Along the way, Garrett shares how the Lord used beauty to heal wounds and reorder his life toward worship. Follow the show, rate & review in your podcast app, and share this episode.

Resources/Links:

• Website & icon commissions: https://garretthines.com

• YouTube — Father’s Lion Studio: https://www.youtube.com/@fatherslionstudio

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No one taught you to pray? Deacon Terry Timmons offers a simple, concrete path to a real conversation with God—and why it changes everything.

Deacon Terry shares growing up Catholic, falling away, and rediscovering a personal relationship with the Lord through prayer—an encounter that led to his book No One Taught Me to Pray? …Well, Let’s Fix That. He names the gap: many are taught prayers but not how to pray. Hear how an ACTS retreat sparked renewal; why silence and Eucharistic adoration matter; and how retreats and mentorship help teens, college students, and adults form a daily habit of prayer. We walk through the ACTS method (Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, Supplication), the difference between knowing about God and knowing God, and how the Lord called him to the diaconate through others’ encouragement. Clear next steps included. Follow the show, rate & review in your podcast app, and share this episode.

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