Marriage, Family, & Sexuality

A Journey Back from Same Sex Attraction | Jessica Owens

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / January 25, 2024 /

  How can you help someone struggling with same sex attraction? How can Christians minister to the LGBTQ community and speak the truth about God’s plan for marriage? In this interview with Jessica Owens, she shares her journey back from same sex attraction. After living a lesbian lifestyle for years, she realized the truth and…

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A Hard Look at Annulment Data Raises Questions About the Process

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / January 18, 2024 /

  In the past 60 years, annulment rates have skyrocketed in the U.S. Meanwhile, marriage rates are down. What’s up with that? Is the marriage annulment process breaking down our understanding of the sanctity of marriage? In this interview with John Clark, we discuss his new book Betrayed Without a Kiss: Defending Marriage After Years…

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How Birth Control Disrupts Chemistry in Relationships | Dr. Joe Malone

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / January 4, 2024 /

  What type of men do women want? How does birth control affect the science of relationships? Can the pill make you choose the wrong man? Hormonal birth control negatively affects a woman’s mental and physical health. And it also alters chemical attraction between men and women. Because birth control disrupts a woman’s hormonal cycle,…

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Positive Masculinity in 10 “Lord of the Rings” Characters

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / December 14, 2023 /

Is Aragorn the epitome of masculinity? How do Lord of the Rings characters model masculine virtues? Why is this even important? Right now, there’s a masculinity crisis in society. People talk about toxic masculinity. Boys don’t know how to be strong men and good fathers. Many men don’t know what positive masculinity looks like! The…

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Does Birth Control Affect Health? An Honest Look by a Women’s Health Practitioner

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / December 7, 2023 /

How does birth control affect fertility? Why do I have weight gain from birth control pill? What are the birth control pill side effects? There’s a reason women ask these questions. Right now, millions of women are one some form of hormonal birth control, such as the mini-pill or IUD. But many don’t realize that…

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Contraception and IVF Are the Same Sin

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / November 24, 2023 /

Why are contraception and in vitro fertilization the same sin? Isn’t contraception anti-baby? And IVF is pro-baby? In today’s podcast episode, Fr. Boquet unpacks the relationship between contraception and IVF. Separating sex from babies always opposes God’s plan for sexuality. Surprisingly, in vitro fertilization and birth control are related on a very practical level too.…

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The Science Behind How Men and Women Fall in Love Differently

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / November 16, 2023 /

In this compelling episode, we sit down with Dr. Joe Malone, a sexual integrity scientist and expert in human biology, to explore the biological and chemical differences between men and women—especially in how men and women fall in love and bond. Drawing from cutting-edge science and knowledge of pair bonding in humans, Dr. Malone explains…

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How Films from Hollywood’s Golden Age Reveal God’s Plan for Sexuality

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / October 19, 2023 /

How can you teach teens about chastity and healthy relationships? And how can you inspire young people to embrace God’s plan for marriage? Ever since the Sexual Revolution, healthy relationships seem rare. Kids grow up thinking divorce is normal. Movies and TV shows push casual sex and contraception on teens. And today, the LGBTQ agenda…

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How Every Family Can Pull Off Catholic Education

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / October 5, 2023 /

What is classical education? And why should you care? Parents want to give their children the best education. But in today’s cultural climate, options feel limited. Many public schools embrace anti-family agendas, indoctrinating kids with woke ideologies. So, what should parents do? On this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet unpacks the benefits of Catholic classical education.…

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Masculinity Crisis: Divorcing Men from Marriage and Fatherhood

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / August 24, 2023 /

What even is a patriarch? Is masculinity really toxic? And how did Marxism and feminism tear down society by destroying fatherhood? Dr. Pat Fagan joins us for our second episode on fatherhood, explaining how manhood is under attack in our current society. He also offers advice for men who didn’t have a father figure growing…

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