Wrestling with God Show
Two fun-loving Irishmen, a Catholic priest and his good friend, grapple with the big questions about faith, religion, and life.
Episodes
February 17, 2025 • 29 mins
Father Len reveals some surprising and valuable knowledge and insight while exploring the pros and cons of athletes thanking and praising God after big victories.
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December 21, 2024 • 21 mins
Father Len reveals the real “reason for the season” is us.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
“When I look at the world upside down, that’s when it seems right to me.” – Jeret "Speedy" Peterson
Father Len tells a story about geese to illustrate why God became a human being.
Christmas is a revelation of who we are meant to be.
To be good is to become a t...
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November 3, 2024 • 40 mins
Father Len explores the complex and uneasy relationships between politics, religion and the Kingdom of God.
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Email: irish@wwgproductions.org
Text or voicemail: 208-391-3738
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Life Lessons from Jesus and the Church He Founded: http://LifeLessonsfr...
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September 7, 2024 • 51 mins
Father Len helps us grapple with tough times in our lives and understand the virtue of hope. What is it? Where does it come from? Why it’s essential for peace and joy in our lives.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
Paula D’Arcy Theologian of Hope
“Gift of the Red Bird: The Story of a Divine Encounter” by Paula D’Arcy
Faith, hope and love are diff...
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July 5, 2024 • 34 mins
Father Len grapples with the alarming rate of depression and suicide among kids these days and the challenges and choices facing parents.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
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Text or voicemail: 208-391-3738
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May 30, 2024 • 27 mins
Father Len exposes the scam of judgmentalism and reveals the value of critical and objective judgment of our own attitudes and behaviors.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
People are often harsh on other people for the very sins that they themselves commit.
“In 33 years of priesthood, I’ve observed that those who love to condemn and love to be judg...
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May 1, 2024 • 33 mins
Father Len explains how all the big problems in our nation are soul problems.
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We welcome your questions and comments:
Email: irish@wwgproductions.org
Text or voicemail: 208-391-3738
Links to More Podcasts from Wrestling with God Productions
Life Lessons from Jesus and the Church He Founded: http://LifeLessonsfromJesus.org
A Priest’s Life:...
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April 18, 2024 • 33 mins
Father Len helps us recognize and grapple with decisions we make that control the trajectory of our lives and determine our happiness.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
The Most Important Decision in Life – College commencement speech by Bishop Robert Baron that inspired this episode
The most important question in this life is what kind of soul you...
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April 2, 2024 • 45 mins
Father Len grapples with the causes, effects and solutions to the anger and division present in our country, our churches, and our families.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
Dividers are often inspired and motivated by their own psychological needs.
Dividers are judgmental.
People with a deep desire for division make up their own rules and conde...
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February 8, 2024 • 23 mins
Father Len helps us grapple with what it means to truly listen and why God calls us to be professional listeners.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
Shema Prayer: "Listen O Israel, the LORD your God is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your mind and all your strength and your neighbor as yourself."
Shema means listen, bu...
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January 8, 2024 • 35 mins
Father Len explains why we need a Savior now more than ever and why many of us don’t know it.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
“Now that we have science, we no longer need religion.” – Chris Hayes, MSNBC Host
“God of the Gaps” theory: People invented God and religion began because there was a lack of scientific knowledge to explain things like lig...
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November 7, 2023 • 33 mins
Father Len invites us to grapple with the virtues and character we value, permit, model and promote and the effect they have on us and those around us.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
Culture over time is the most important force in shaping our identity. When an entire community prizes certain things, these things just seep into our pores.
Our em...
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July 12, 2023 • 38 mins
Father Len reveals that pride is damaging lies we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
Pride is a cancer that often goes undetected until it’s too late.
“The Truth Detector: an Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide for Getting People to Reveal the Truth” by Jack Schafer
The moment you tell a lie about yourself you are owned by the lie...
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July 3, 2023 • 32 mins
Father Len presents stunning evidence from hundreds of personal experiences that supports the reality of an afterlife.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
Consciously or unconsciously, how we operate in this life has a lot to do with whether we believe there is an afterlife.
Father Len reflects on hundreds of personal experiences with death and dying...
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June 23, 2023 • 9 mins
A high school listener asks, “Will I go to hell if I have sex before marriage?” Father Len offers some sober, surprising, and humorous answers and insight about passion, sex, and promiscuity.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
There’s nothing wrong with sex. It’s so natural. Nothing could be more natural. It’s part of the drive of life that God gives ...
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April 25, 2023 • 23 mins
Father Len exposes the dangerous effects of trying to boost self-esteem with excessive or false praise and compliments.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom.
“Self-esteem is like a four letter cuss word that when you say it you need to wash your mouth out” – Father Len
Father Len illustrates the negative effects of self-esteem by sharing the story of ...
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April 15, 2023 • 29 mins
Reacting to why actor Seth Rogen says he and his wife don’t want kids, Father Len explains the relationship between making commitments, happiness, love, and having kids.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
“It’s not an easy haul having kids. You can’t be narcissistic. You have to give yourself over to parenting. Kids have got to be the priority.” ...
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December 26, 2022 • 32 mins
Father Len explains how the radical ideas Jesus introduced 2000 years ago and the church he established to spread those ideas have changed the world forever.
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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
“You’re talking about the single event that probably influenced civilization as we know it now. It’s created our laws and behavior. The knowledge of good and evil. It’s...
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December 14, 2022 • 22 mins
Father Len reveals the real “reason for the season” is us.
Make a financial donation here: https://www.GiveSendGo.com/WWGProductions
Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
“When I look at the world upside down, that’s when it seems right to me.” – Jeret "Speedy" Peterson
Father Len tells a story about geese to illustrate why God became a human being.
Christmas is a revelation of who we are meant to be.
To be good is to become a t...
Mark as Played
October 24, 2022 • 39 mins
Father Len explains that sadness is our lot in life and how embracing it will bring us wisdom, love, a sense of purpose, and help guide our path to heaven.
Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom
The pain of sadness wakes you up to be more tender and compassionate.
Sadness is a superpower that can transform you into being more creative.
Depression sucks all the life out of you.
Denying sadness can lead to self-absorption and a toxi...
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