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Layman's Terms
by Alex Shannon
A podcast by seminarian Alex Shannon and college missionary Trevor Barreca where we talk about living out our Catholic faith as young adults.
Episodes
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Announcement
Announcement
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Why take your faith seriously?: The Prodigal Church (Faith and Culture)
This week deals with the culture we live in and why it's important to be thoroughly Catholic and not just to surround yourself with Catholic things. We also hit on reasons that faith is not merely part of a well balanced life as well as the classic criticism of when someone calls you "too Catholic."
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Why Take Your Faith Seriously?: Reasons to Leave
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Why Take Your Faith Seriously?: Morality
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Why Take Your Faith Seriously?: What questions is God the answer to?
The beginning of our next series on: why take your faith seriously?
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Discipleship: Mission Oriented or Catechetical
This one finishes our series on Discipleship
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Practicals and Tips of Discipleship
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Suffering in Discipleship
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What is Discipleship
We temporarily changed the intro music to a song written by Riley Hirshey! Look for him on instagram @rileyhirsheymusic he'll be dropping an EP soon.
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Creativity in Evangelization
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Episode 33: Stories
A bit of a shaky start to the episode but things get better once we get going. I think that after about 25 minutes there's some really important stuff about the importance of stories
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Episode 32: Anima Technica Vacua
Resources: A bit vulgar but here's a good video explaining this topic from a non-religious point of view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpHyLG-sc4g email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected]
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Episode 31: Conversion is a Continual Process
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Episode 30: Point People to God, Not to Yourself
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Episode 29: It is good to Exist
Existing is no longer considered good in and of itself. We talk about why we think that's the case, why we think it shouldn't be the case, and why it is pertinent to us. In the second half of the episode the topic really shifts to existing when its not fun, i.e. unmediated silence. Resources:...
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Episode 28: Less Talking, More Doing
Honestly, I don't know how to describe this topic. Just listen, it's a good one. Resources: Video by Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y2S58hTLqA email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected]
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Episode 27: Hospitality
Sorry about the delay in releasing this episode. This episode is loosely related to hospitality. So yeah, we’ll say that’s the topic. Resources: Interesting podcast about the importance of socializing (with data): https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=CAD2651513246 Book Alex keeps referencing:...
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Bonus Episode #1
So, we haven't finished our episode for the week yet due to our severe inability to plan ahead. In the meantime, here's some banter from episode 25 that was originally cut but I thought it was pretty cool. I didn't cut anything out of the clip though, not even when Trevor's audio cut out. We will...
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Episode 26: Discipleship
Trevor and Alex talk about the term discipleship which is often used in parishes and ministries today. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected]
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Episode 25: Human Formation Revisited
I think that human formation is one of the most important topics in the Church right now. This week we revisit this topic and add more insight. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected]
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Episode 24: Marian Devotion
Sorry for the long banter! I decided to leave it all in because there was a lot of genuinely good conversation sprinkled in. Also, the tortellini soup was really good! email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Resources: - interview with Ennie Hickman on...
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Episode 23: Work
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Episode 22: Marriage Amidst a Pandemic w/ Bob and Robbyn Schoonover
This week, we talk with our good friends Bob and Robbyn Schoonover about a variety of topics from preparing for marriage amidst a pandemic to Robbyn's conversion to Catholicism. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five...
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Episode 21: Docility
This week, we talk about the meaning of docility and the interplay with prudence. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star review are the best ways to help our podcast grow! If you find this podcast helpful for the...
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Humility, Hot Takes, and Is Obedience a Virtue?
This week, we jump all over the place. The overall topic is humility, especially in regards to disagreement with others. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star review are the best ways to help our podcast grow! If...
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episode 19: Trust in the Love of the Father
This week we talk about our need to trust that God loves us and that this love is not something we need to earn but rather something that we are invited to participate in. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star...
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episode 18: Identity
This week we talk about how we need to stay focused on why we are doing the ministry we are doing. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star review are the best ways to help our podcast grow! If you find this podcast...
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Episode 17: Community
This week we talk about the benefits and pitfalls of a Catholic community email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star review are the best ways to help our podcast grow! If you find this podcast helpful for the sake of...
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Episode 16: Scripture
This week we talk about the importance of sacred scripture email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star review are the best ways to help our podcast grow! If you find this podcast helpful for the sake of growing in the...
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Episode 15: We don't need to be the Shepherd
Trevor and I talk about a bunch of random stuff that can be summed up as, maybe we don't have to work ourselves up so much and we should just let ourselves be led by Jesus. email Alex at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star...
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Episode 14: The People Who Have Influenced Us
This week we talk about people who have been an influence in our life. We were going to talk about both people who have been personally involved in our lives and people we don't know personally but we were only able to get through the latter. Hopefully, in a future episode we can revisit this....
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Episode 13: Love is a Self Gift
Send us feedback, it will help us a lot! email me at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star review are the best ways to help our podcast grow! If you find this podcast helpful for the sake of growing in the spiritual life…
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Episode 12: Pastoral Formation
Trevor and Alex bring us to this exciting close on the four part trilogy of "Pastores Dabo Vobis" will the document apply to the average layperson? Will we be able to make disciples of 'all' nations? Is that clicking noise coming from Trevor? Find out all of this in this week's episode. (except…
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Episode 11: Intellectual Formation
This week we talk about the importance of intellectual formation and seeking answers to our questions. Here are some resources: This is something I was trying to get at in the podcast. If you don't understand the terms of philosophy you can completely misunderstand what someone is trying to say…
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Episode 10: Human Formation
Trevor and Alex talk about the importance of being a good human, often referred to in Catholic circles as human formation. email me at [email protected] email Trevor at [email protected] Sending in feedback and leaving a five star review are the best ways to help our podcast grow! If...
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Episode 9: The Call to Holiness
Trevor and I talk about what it means to be called to be holy and explain why it's possible for everyone. Once again towards the end we start to talk over each other because the audio get's mismatched. We also mess up our math right out of the gate. Do us a favor and give us some feedback! email…
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Episode 8: Prayer
In this episode Trevor and Alex talk about the importance of prayer and some practical advice on how to pray. The audio got a little bit mismatched at some point so Trevor and I might sound like we're talking over each other so I apologize for that. I also apologize for how much I say like and…
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Episode 7: the Force Awakens
Trevor and Alex are back. In this episode we'll update you on our lives and break down some of the lessons we've learned over the last year.
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Episode 6: Mentorship
This week Alex & Trev talk about their experiences with Mentorship, and the importance it carries in today's world.
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Episode 5: Leadership
This week on Alex & Trevor talk about the pitfalls of poor leadership, like gossip, and how it can affect the community around us.
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Episode 4: Spring-Break Stories
This week we delve deep into spring break stories as Alex breaks down his mission trip to India and Trevor updates us on his relationship status..!
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Episode 3: Godly Friendships
This week Alex & Trevor cover the beauty of Godly Friendships, how it has affected their lives and how to find these types of friends.
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Episode 2: Aristotle's Friendships
Alex & Trevor delve deep into the types of friendships in this week's episode !
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Episode 1: the Kerygma
Alex & Trevor breakdown the Kerygma in the pilot episode of their new series, "Layman's Terms."
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast by seminarian Alex Shannon and college missionary Trevor Barreca where we talk about living out our Catholic faith as young adults.
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A podcast by seminarian Alex Shannon and college missionary Trevor Barreca where we talk about living out our Catholic faith as young adults.
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