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The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal — 313 episodes
When One Door Closes...
Revelation of The Resurrected One
Who Did It Better?
Be Merciful As Your Father
Older Son (Spiritual Sense)
Older Son (Literal Sense)
Fr. Angelus Returns
The Father's Banquet (Lent 2026)
An Unfading Mercy (Lent 2026)
The Father's Embrace (Lent 2026)
The Necessary Consequence of Sin (Lent 2026)
Give Me My Inheritance (Lent 2026)
From Son to Orphan (Lent 2026)
Signs of Hope
Franciscan Jubilee
Human Stuff
A Pro-Life Examen
How Do We Celebrate?
A New Year's Resolution
The Blessed Mother
Meekness: The Manger and the Storm
Jesus, Meekness, and Fighting Satan
Peace, Mercy, and Vulnerability
Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit
Feeling Good vs. Being Good
They Will See God
Fire, Desire, Theosis
Franciscan Lent
Searching and Fearless (2022)
I Can't He Can (2022)
12 Step Wisdom (2022)
Recieving Mary's Hospitality (2023)
Blessed Are The Poor (2023)
Hope For Everything (2023)
Realities Not Fantasies (2023)
A Freedom Greater Than Circumstances (2023)
The Asceticism of Silence (2023)
The Battle (2023)
Believe That God Is Enough (2021)
Trust Is Hard for Everyone (2021)
Trust That Mercy Is Greater (2021)
Trust God With Your Past (2021)
Trust Comes From Relationship (2021)
Ordinary But Extraordinary (2022)
End of the Season
The Beatitudes
Intentional and Wanted by God
Joy and the Valley of Tears
The Fullness of God
Jubilee and the Good Samaritan
Freed by the Cross
Jubilee and Prophets
Jubilee and Kingship
Jubilee and Christ the High Priest
Jubilee and Christ the Bridegroom
Jubilee and Identity
Jesus and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma
Patriarchs, Prophets and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma
The Exodus and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma
The Garden and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma
Lent Prep: Desert Spirituality
Lent Prep: On Fasting
Jesus's Favorite Things: Seeing the Unseen
Jesus's Favorite Things: Faith
Jesus's Favorite Things: Repentance
Jesus's Favorite Things: Quality Time
Jesus's Favorite Things: Lowliness
Jesus's Favorite Things: The Father
Jubilee Year
Merry Christmas
Hot Takes 7
Marian Consecration
Mary As Mother
Restoring Our Mission
Restoring Our Actions and Attitudes
True Masculinity and Femininity
Restoring Communion
Rebuild to Reconsecrate
How To Go To Spiritual Direction
On Beauty
Know Your Heart
San Francesco
Discerning God's Work in You
Discerning God's Voice
Learning God's Voice
Building On Rock
Emotions and Jesus
Know Thyself
SEEK 2024
He Knows Your Name
From Me to You
Desire as a Pathway
Life and Mystery
Hot Takes 6
Hot Takes 5
For Those Not Accepted to Seminary or Religious Life
Hot Takes 4
The Good Shepherd
That None Would Be Lost
Father of Mercies
Love and The Cross
Law and the Father
On Being Safe
Loved and Celebrated
Made for Freedom
The Father's Gaze
The Father's Delight
The Father and The Father Wound
Holy Week and Total Gift (Lent 2024)
The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lent 2024)
Resurrection and the Reproaches (Lent 2024)
The Prodigal Son (Lent 2024)
The Good Samaritan (Lent 2024)
Christ the Bridegroom (Lent 2024)
Lent is About Jesus (Ash Wednesday)
Remember Like Mary
Marian Posture
Mary: A Real Mom
Hope is Personal
The Sweet Way of Love
C'est la confiance
End of Year Identity Check
Little Like Mary
Good St. Joseph (Advent 2023)
God is Working (Advent 2023)
Learning from Nazareth (Advent 2023)
Living Life Not Checking Boxes
Guidance For The Prophet
Hunger For God
(Contemplative) Gains Don't Sleep
Contemplative Spaces
Receiving Mary's Hospitality
The Asceticism of Silence
The Battle
Pray Always
Perseverance Not Pretty
Gratitude vs Greed
Make a Home
Holiness is Possible
Detest Sin, Love Your Neighbor
Mind Your Business
Humility, Obedience, and Prayer
Suffering and Prayer
Conditions for Growth
Experiencing God
Prayer and Repentance
Serious Prayer and Serious Joy
Actions and Consequences
More Than My Sin
On Being Chosen
The Body and Blood of Christ
Praying with Scripture
My Brother's Keeper?
Dealing with Loneliness
Prayer, Presence, Party (Easter Things)
Our Stories
The Option's Not Optional
Hot Takes 3
I Am The Resurrection
Surrender It All (Lent 2023)
Surrender Authority (Lent 2023)
Surrender the Stench (Lent 2023)
Surrender the Script (Lent 2023)
At The Well (Lent 2023)
Up The Mountain (Lent 2023)
Into The Desert (Lent 2023)
Blessed Are The Poor
Hope For Everything
Realities Not Fantasies
A Freedom Greater Than Circumstances
Strong But Weak
Getting Virtue Right
Relationship, Identity, Mission
Formation First
I Know Him
Peace not Panic
Don't Fumble the Bag
Gentle But Uncompromising
Step One
Little But Infinite
The Ecstasy Episode
Our Holy Aunt
Worship and Warmth
We Speak Praise
Prayer Battle Tactics
Stay Where The Grace Is
The Me in "Our" Father
Define The Relationship
Authentically Awesome
Heaven Within
Dryness in Prayer
Hot Takes 2
A Really Good Episode
No More Self-Protection
Rethink Growth
Learning To Be Loved
Finding Peace in Chaos
Give It To God
Prayer: Pure and Simple
Unceasing Prayer
Under Open Heavens
Words, Works, and Wonders
Searching and Fearless
I Can't He Can
12 Step Wisdom
Hot Takes
Ordinary but Extraordinary
Discernment Basics
New Light New Life
Made for Mysticism
A Father's Heart
Intimacy with the Bridegroom
We Do Hard Things (Lent 2022)
Get Over Yourself (Lent 2022)
This is My Beloved Son (Lent 2022)
Rending the Heavens (Lent 2022)
Confronted by the Eucharist
From Fullness For Fullness
Loving to the End
Thy Will Be Done
A New Vision
Optimizing Confession
Healed By His Wounds
The Spark of Conversion
Ending The Year Well
Imaginative Prayer (Advent 2021)
The Resourcefulness of God (Advent 2021)
Our Father is Faithful (Advent 2021)
Give God Time (Advent 2021)
Hope for a Hard Life (Advent 2021)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!
A Father's Faithfulness
The Good Shepherd: Tender and Fierce
We Are Not Self-Defined
Believe That God Is Enough
Trust Is Hard for Everyone
Trust That Mercy Is Greater
Trust God With Your Past
Trust Comes From Relationship
A Holy Hiding
The Father's Blessing
The Tears of God
Jesus Receives You As a Gift
The Last Words of Christ
A Father And Son Moment
House of Prayer Not Den of Thieves
The Compassion of God
The Heart of God
A Prophetic People
The Art of Sacrifice
Learning to Love Like Jesus
Christian Contentment
Your Stuff Is Holding You Back
Are You Stuck in the Ordinary?
Loving The Person Who Has All Your Pet Peeves
You Need Community. (Really.)
Discipleship Is a Team Sport
Jesus, look at my heart.
You'll Be Glad You Prayed
We're Not Kids Anymore
You're Not an Outsider
The Rich Young Man Who Didn't Turn Away
God Is Looking for You. Let Yourself Be Found.
On Chastity: The Wounded Heart of Jesus (Lent Part Seven)
On Obedience: The Wounded Feet of Christ (Lent Part Six)
On Poverty: The Wounded Hands of Jesus (Lent Part Five)
The Only Rule Is: We Don't Stop. (Lent Part Four)
There Are No Comforts in the Desert—Except Relationship (Lent Part Three)
Safety Is an Idol (Lent Part Two)
Into the Wilderness—To Pray; To Rely; To Die. (Lent Part One)
Consistency is Key... But It's Not Flashy
The Confidence That Comes From Choosing Hard Things for Jesus
Boring and Comfy Are Enemies of Holiness
There's a Divine Efficiency to Interior Poverty
Build the Kind of Fraternity that Replaces Rejection with Rejoicing
Being Fully Alive Doesn't Come from Prayer That's Lifeless
The Authentic Renewal You Crave is Possible
Returning to Your First Love Isn't About Balance
Jesus Wants to Wipe Away Your Tears—Even Today (Advent 2020 Part Four)
Time to joyfully expect big things of God (Advent 2020 Part Three)
Jesus is our home (Advent 2020 Part Two)
A Cry for Those in Crisis: Come, Lord Jesus! Maranatha! (Advent 2020 Part Three)
Prince of Peace - Crucified King - The Way to Peace
We Have a Father (forever!!): The Foundation and Fullness of Good News
Mighty God
Were you there? An invitation to trust the Wonderful Counselor
Going Deeper With Our Lady of Tenderness
So, I Send You: Living the Mission of Jesus With Urgency
Come, Holy Spirit: The Promise is a Person
He Thirsts For You: You Are Pursued by God
Tangible Grace, The Spiritually Hangry, and Praying in a Crazy World: With Michelle Benzinger
Love Desperately (and don't be vanilla): The Reasonable Response to Salvation
He Sees You That You May See: Faith as the Source of Absolute Security
God Is Who He Says He Is: Allowing God to Walk the Walk in Your Life
Christian Rest Hits Different: Receiving Christ's Rest
The Battle For Your Heart: Learning to Pray Well
The Battle of Prayer: The Right Struggle
Echoes of The Word: What's the Word Want to Say Through You?
Prayer: A Matter of Life or Death
Know who you are. Know who He is. Know peace.
Define Others By What Defines You (Keeping Mercy In Your Definition and Defining)
I Want To See God (Seeking the Face that Saves)
Burn Through The Finite (You Gotta Want It)
The Father Thinks I'm Hot Stuff
Greater Than The Lilies (He Cries Because He Cares)
It's Not About Me (Discipleship as a Team Sport)
Beggars and Beast Mode (Poverty and Holiness)
Intimacy Is Our Inheritance
Becoming Fascinated with Jesus
Intimacy With The Father Is For You
Patience! Takin' a Look at What God's Doing and How He's Doing It
FOCUS! An Introduction to the Particular Exam
Our First Episode! A Quarantine Way of Life