Outside the Walls

Sonja Corbitt is the “Bible Study Evangelista” and creator of “the best modernization of lectio" divina: the LOVE the Word® Bible study method and journal. She is a best-selling author and Telly Award winning broadcaster whose weekly show Evangelista Bible Study and other high-impact, multi-media Bible study resources create space for busy Christians to hear and experience God through the Scriptures. Sonja’s wor...

Mark Hart is the chief innovation officer at Life Teen International. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Hart is a blogger, podcaster, and international speaker. He is a research fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

He is an award-winning producer of Bible study DVDs and the author of more than twenty books, including the topic of our conversation today One Sunday at a Time: Preparing Your Heart fo...

Dr. Matthew J. Ramage is Professor of Theology at Benedictine College where he is co-director of its Center for Integral Ecology. His research and writing concentrates especially on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, the wedding of ancient and modern methods of biblical interpretation, the dialogue between faith and science, and stewardship of creation. 

In addition to his other scholarly and outreach endeavors...

Dawn Eden Goldstein, JCL, SThD, is the author of The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times available on LoyolaPress.com

Born in New York City, Dr. Goldstein began her working life as a rock-and-roll historian. She went on to editorial positions at the New York Post and the Daily News before publishing her first book in 2006. She is one of only a few women to hold both a doctorate in theology licensed by the Holy See...

Gloria Purvis is an author, commentator, public scholar, and the host and executive producer of The Gloria Purvis Podcast. 

Through her media presence, she has been a strong Catholic voice for life issues, religious liberty, and racial justice. She was Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic of the Year for 2020.

She presented a powerful video series entitled Racism, Human Dignity and The Catholic Church through the Wo...

Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore; He is the award-winning author of The Love that is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith on Eerdmans press. He has written extensively on St. Thomas Aquinas, and you can find his most recent book Thinking Through Aquinas, through Word on Fire Academic.

Maureen A. Sweeney is Law School Professor and founding ...

Dr. Thérèse Scarpelli Cory is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center and its associated History of Philosophy Forum. Her work is on medieval theories of mind, cognition, and personhood, with special focus on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his thirteenth-century interlocutors.

She is the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame and is a member of ...

Colleen Vermeulen is cofounder of CatholicBiblicalSchool.org and a teacher and director with the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan, an Adult Faith Formation Ministry.

She is a contributing writer to the Living the Word Catholic Women’s Bible, and has written a daily guide to reading the bible called Simply Scripture for Lent and Easter which uses daily readings of the Gospel Mark and the Acts of the Apostles over the course of th...

Fr. George Smiga is on the Faculty of St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology. He writes regularly at buildingontheword.org/  A resource for Scripture, Culture, and Faith. He has written books with Paul’s Press and with Liturgical Press’ Little Rock Scripture Study. Today we’re discussing his book on The Holy Spirit in the Bible.

To go through this study on your own, or with others from your parish, visit Little...

John Michael serves as a Regional Director for the South Area for the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS.org). He joins me to talk about the work of FOCUS on university campuses, his own initial encounter with FOCUS missionaries bringing him to a deeper understanding and commitment to his faith, and the amazing annual SEEK conference hosted by FOCUS.

While SEEK is sold out in all three locations this year, you can cat...

Jill Simons is the Executive Director of Many Parts Ministries which seeks to equip the lay faithful to discern their charism, given by the Holy Spirit at their baptism, to fully engage in sanctifying the world through their lives.

She joins me today to talk about her book, The Essential Handbook on Living Your Charisms: A Practical Guide for Catholics, and to explore how our Living our Charisms contributes to the Common Good.

For mo...

Jason Kidd serves as the National Director of Alpha in the Catholic Context. He previously served the Marriage and Family Life Office for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. He yearns to share the radical gospel of Jesus and help build His Kingdom. He joins us to talk about how Alpha equips Catholics to be able to effectively proclaim the Gospel of Christ in a post-Christian context.

To learn more, or to bring Alpha to your ...

Heather Khym is the cohost of the internationally popular Abiding Together Podcast. She and her husband, Jake, are the co-founders of Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as director of vision and ministry of the British Columbia-based apostolate. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a speaker and retreat leader, offering workshops and conferences in the United States and Canada. She attended Franciscan Uni...

Kenny Burchard serves as the Director of Development at The Coming Home Network, and is a co-host on the podcast ON THE JOURNEY with Matt, Ken, and Kenny

Out of a passion to help Catholics answer the often-asked question, "Where's That in the Bible?" he launched the growing Catholic Bible highlights video series on YouTube in August of 2024 which has grown to nearly 12,000 subscribers in three months. (https://www.youtube.com/@Kenny...

Dr. Colin Miller is the Director of the Center for Catholic Social Thought in St. Paul, MN, and lives at the Maurin House Catholic Worker in Minneapolis.  

We talk about book We are Only Saved together: Living the revolutionary Vision of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement published by Ave Maria Press. 

This book is not a call to become a strange, marginal, or fringe Catholic; it is a call to become fully...

Steffani Aquila is a Catholic wife, national speaker, upcoming author, theologian, educator, and expert in the field of liturgical life and Catholic culture. For the past 15 years, she has dedicated her work to Catholic parishes, schools, and institutions, taking on roles in both ministerial and administrative capacities.

She invites families and parish communities into a vibrant celebration of the litur...

Bo Bonner is the Mission Officer at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, IA and the Co-host of the UnCommon Good. 

He recently reposted a brief statement on strengthening the will, which began, "When it comes to the will and the spiritual life, much emphasis is placed on immediately turning away from temptation with a decisive act of will. Indeed, asceticism is rooted in this hope, that saying 'no' to things, ...