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Welcome to Word Made Fresh, where Dr. Christopher West, Bill Donaghy, and Mike Mangione dive into art, poetry, music, stories, and everyday moments to reveal the sacramentality of reality.No script. No filters. Just a conversation that keeps surprising even them.
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These Catholic Works Can Become Psychologically Damaging | WMF25 (opens the original)
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What happens when our desire to become holy starts working against the very freedom we're seeking? In this conversation, Bill, Christopher and Mike explore how certain spiritual practices, especially around self-denial, humility, and the desire to be loved, can be misunderstood in ways that lead to fear, defensiveness, or even neurosis rather than genuine freedom. But the conversation goes far beyond that. They talk about childhood wounds, relationships, vulnerability, the human desire to be lov
Why That Emptiness Feeling Is Exactly Where You Need to Be. | WMF24 (opens the original)
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Why do we still feel empty after getting the things we thought would make us happy? Why do we keep reaching for more... more pleasure, more success, more distraction. Only to find that the ache is still there?In this conversation, we talk about the strange hunger inside us that nothing in this world seems quite big enough to satisfy. We get into art, addiction, attention, desire, and the ways we numb ourselves when the longing becomes uncomfortable. We also revisit Glen Hansard, Anne Sexton, and
The Brutal Pain Of Making People Laugh |WMF23 (opens the original)
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Why are some of the funniest people also some of the most wounded?In this episode, we talk about the strange connection between suffering, vulnerability, and laughter—from Martin Short facing the death of his daughter, to Chris Farley turning his own awkwardness and vulnerability into comedy, to the simple, almost mysterious experience of making someone laugh. We explore why humor can loosen something in us, break through our masks, and give us a safe way to acknowledge things that are actually
Why Your Spouse Doesn't Want Sex (It's Not What You Think) | WMF22 (opens the original)
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What do you do when one spouse longs for sexual intimacy and the other no longer seems interested? In this conversation, we take a step back and ask a deeper question: What if the problem isn’t simply sex? What if we’ve reduced intimacy to something that happens in the bedroom while neglecting the attentiveness, presence, communication, tenderness, and trust that allow two people to truly open themselves to one another? From a newlywed disagreement over “good bread” to the simple wisdom of not p
They Said We're Preaching Heresy... Here's Our Response. | WMF21 (opens the original)
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A listener challenged us with a serious accusation: Have we spent so much time talking about marriage and sexuality that we've lost sight of the Church's call to holiness and celibacy? Rather than dismiss the criticism, we slow down and ask what truth might be hidden within it. Together we wrestle with the reality of lust, the fear many Christians carry about sexuality, and the astonishing claim of St. John Paul II that the human body reveals a "great mystery." If you've ever wondered whether ho
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