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2018-08-19T06:15:21-05:00

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Our Catholic faith in the business world – Off the Shelf 086

Last updated on: August 19, 2018 at 6:15 am By Pete Socks

How can business and faith intertwine in a society that seems more focused om getting ahead then leaving a legacy of true meaning? John Abatte joins us this week to discuss just that. Learn how he built his own business while maintaining integrity and cultivating a deep Catholic faith. Business and faith can co-exist if we focus on what truly matters. Be sure to check out John’s book Invest Yourself: Daring to be Catholic In Today’s Business World. Listen to Off... Read more

2018-07-29T08:57:52-05:00

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Fifty years of life lessons

Last updated on: July 29, 2018 at 8:57 am By Pete Socks

Review by Julie Abell Ah 50! I just turned 50, and just before I did I read Patrick Madrid’s Life Lessons: Fifty Things I Learned in My First Fifty Years. If you haven’t read any of Patrick Madrid’s books I recommend starting as he is a remarkable story teller and great apologist for the Catholic faith. The stories he includes in this book are about his life with its mistakes and successes. Each of the 50 stories ends with a... Read more

2018-08-12T06:11:16-05:00

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Off the Shelf Catholic Marketing Network Tradeshow author Interviews

Last updated on: August 12, 2018 at 6:11 am By Pete Socks

The Catholic Marketing Newtork Tradeshow is THE annual event to be at if you want to see the latest in Catholic products or to meet authors and learn about their books. This July 3 through August 3, Breadbox Media was in attendance with a booth. Throughout the event I was able to interview on-site a number of Catholic authors. Those interviews became Episodes 084 and 085 of Off the Shelf. Full content of each show is listed below. And that... Read more

2018-07-29T06:21:19-05:00

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You CAN share the faith

Last updated on: July 29, 2018 at 6:21 am By Pete Socks

Review by Julie Abell Early in the spring I read You Can Share the Faith: Reaching Out One Person at a Time by Karen Edmisten, loved it, got ready to write a review, got distracted, forgot to write the review, and started reading another book…and another. See, I love to read, but I discovered that I don’t necessarily like to take the time to write/type. However, last night I recommitted to writing my reviews and today I picked up this... Read more

You Can Share the Faith

2018-07-29T06:21:58-05:00

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The story of a highly successful Catholic business man

Last updated on: July 29, 2018 at 6:21 am By Pete Socks

Review by Julie Abell A highly successful business man who is unabashedly Catholic, Tom Monaghan, asked Joseph Pearce to write his biography and the result was an uplifting, honest depiction of the founder of Domino’s Pizza: Monaghan: A Life, published by TAN Books. While Joseph Pearce was not the first to author a biography on the former Detroit Tiger’s owner, what he did do was superbly communicate how deeply Monaghan’s increasing faith in God permeated every facet of his life... Read more

2018-07-29T05:59:29-05:00

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Awakening the call to service in youth today on Off the Shelf 083

Last updated on: July 29, 2018 at 5:59 am By Pete Socks

Every person has a purpose in life. Sometimes they get confused as to what that may be or mired down in what the secular tells them it SHOULD be. Join Josh Miller and I as we discuss how can help people found their God given talents, particularly youth today. Our future is the next generation and it is our profound duty to cultivate. Learn how on this week’s episode as we discuss Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person... Read more

Off the Shelf

Breadbox Media

Emmaus Road Publishing

Joshua Miller

Off the Shelf

Unrepeatable

2018-07-29T05:44:24-05:00

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Learn persuasion from the Lord; Church Fathers: Day 349

Last updated on: July 29, 2018 at 5:44 am By Pete Socks

Simon the Pharisee was not rebuked sternly when he misunderstood the Lord’s mission, says St. Ephrem the Syrian. Instead, the Lord used a parable to lead him gently to the truth. But why instead of a stern reproof did our Lord speak a parable of persuasion to that Pharisee? He spoke the parable to him tenderly, so that he, though headstrong, might without realizing it be enticed to correct his perversities. For the waters that are frozen by the force... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Ephrem the Syrian

2018-07-26T05:46:38-05:00

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Pray for conversions; Church Fathers: Day 348

Last updated on: July 26, 2018 at 5:46 am By Pete Socks

In his youth, St. Augustine fell into the Manichean heresy, and used his formidable rhetorical skills to defend it. His Catholic mother begged a prominent bishop to talk her son out of it, but the bishop told her to wait and pray. Meanwhile, you, God, gave her another answer. My mother begged a priest of yours, a certain bishop brought up in your Church and well versed in your books, that he would have a talk with me. She wanted... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-07-22T06:15:36-05:00

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Fitness and spirituality CAN co-exist on Off the Shelf 082

Last updated on: July 22, 2018 at 6:15 am By Pete Socks

Most people will say either they have a strong faith life or the have a strong fitness regimen, few say they have both. In his book Grit & Glory: Cross Training Your Body and Soul, Kaiser Johnson shows readers how to have BOTH. To assume we can separate the soul from the body and view them as two independent entities is a falsehood. Listen in as Kaiser and I discuss how both body and soul are intimately intertwined and how... Read more

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Kaiser Johnson. Grit and Glory

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2018-07-22T05:53:09-05:00

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Welcome the straying when they turn back; Church Fathers: Day 347

Last updated on: July 22, 2018 at 5:53 am By Pete Socks

In the time of persecutions, some Christians thought those who abandoned the Church could never be forgiven. But Dionysius says that we should follow Christ’s example, welcoming the penitent with open arms. But now we’re doing the opposite. Christ, the Good Shepherd, goes out looking for one who strays, and calls him back when he runs away, and carefully takes him up on his shoulders when he finds him. On the other hand, we harshly reject someone who strays even... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

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