Since it is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Nessa and I are devoting the next to episodes to the two key doctrines of the Reformation: “Sola Fide” (Faith Alone) and “Sola Scriptura” (Scripture Alone). Today we’ll begin by looking at the first of these doctrines, Sola Fide. Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes, Google Play or Podbean. If you have any feedback or would

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Restless Heart: 13 – “By Faith alone?”

Nessa and I could not meet up this week, so I recorded a solo where I talked about meeting Christ in my Father’s death. Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes, Google Play or Podbean. If you have any feedback or would like to pose a question for an upcoming episode, you can send us a message from the website or tweet us at @davidandnessa. Episode 12: Memento

Restless Heart: 12 – “Memento Mori”

In this week’s episode, we return to the Early Church and discuss the successors to the Apostles, known as the Early Church Fathers. Somehow Nessa manages to talk about relationships… :-/ Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes and Google Play and if you have any feedback or would like to pose a question for an upcoming episode, you can send us a message from the website or tweet

Restless Heart: 11 – “The Early Church Fathers”

In this week’s episode, Nessa and I talk about one of the most essential of Christian activities, prayer. In particular, we will be talking about the Liturgy of the Hours, which is part of the formal prayer of the Church and prayed by monks and nuns throughout the world Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes and Google Play and if you have any feedback

Restless Heart: 10 – “Praying with the Church”

In this week’s episode, we return to the Saints! Nessa and I share some Saint stories: St. Basil, St. Teresa of Calcutta and St. Philip Neri. Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes and Google Play and if you have any feedback or would like to pose a question for an upcoming episode, you can send us a message from the website or tweet us at @davidandnessa.

Restless Heart: 9 – “Friends in high places” (Part II)

Nessa is in charge this week! This means, of course, that we’re talking about dating. In this episode, Nessa outlines her “Dump Him” List and I offer a few of my own dating red flags as well… Episode 8: The “Dump Him” List (Download)   — Show Notes — * The “CIH” mentioned by Nessa at the beginning is The

Restless Heart: 8 – “The ‘Dump Him’ List”

In this week’s episode, Nessa and I speak a little bit about Saints, and I share the story of one of my favourite Saints, the English Catholic Martyr, St. Edmund Campion. Please subscribe to this podcast using iTunes and Google Play and if you have any feedback or would like to pose a question for an upcoming episode, you can send us a message from

Restless Heart: 7 – “Friends in high places”

Nessa is back and we’re picking back up our discussion “Is there life before marriage?”. In today’s episode we talk about discernment, virtue and service. Episode 6: Is there life before marriage? (Download)   — Show Notes — * If you would like to listen to my original talk I gave on this subject to the Goretti Group, it is available here.

Restless Heart: 6 – “Is there life before marriage?” (Part II)

Unfortunately, this episode I’m flying solo! Nessa wasn’t able to make it so I thought it best to record on my own, rather than let another week pass without a new episode. In today’s episode I tackle the delicate subject of “Intercommunion” and explain why, under normal circumstances, the Eucharist is not given to non-Catholic Christians. Episode 5: Intercommunion (Download)

Restless Heart: 5 – “Intercommunion”

This past week, I gave at talk to the Goretti Group entitled “Is there life before marriage?” In today’s episode, Nessa and talk about some of the issues I raised in that talk. Do some people derive their self-worth from their Facebook “Relationship Status”? What are some common misunderstandings concerning marriage? We then look at the subject friendships, the first area

Restless Heart: 4 – “Is there life before marriage?” (Part I)

In the past few episodes we have indirectly at two of the Sacraments, the Eucharist and Matrimony. In today’s episode we’ll be looking directly at the Sacrament of Confession, what it is, where it comes from and a few pieces of advice to bear in mind when you go. Episode 3: Confession (Download)   — Notes — * A brief

Restless Heart: 3 – “Confession”

Welcome to Episode 2! In today’s show we tackle the tricky and sensitive subject of non-Catholic dating, the situation where a Catholic is considering dating someone who is not in full communion with the Catholic Episode 2: Non-Catholic Dating (Download)   — Notes — * For those of you who would like to dig deeper into this topic, you can find a

Restless Heart: 2 – “Non-Catholic Dating”

We won’t normally be posting more than one episode a week, but here is the first full episode of the Restless Heart podcast. In today’s show we talk about an important figure in the Early Church known as St. Justin Martyr and look at what he had to say about Mass in 2nd Century Rome. Episode 1: Worshipping with St.

Restless Heart: 1 – “Worshipping with St. Justin”

Today is the the Feast Day of St. Christopher, the patron Saint of travellers, and St. James, the patron of the Camino De Santiago, so it seemed like an appropriate day to launch a new podcast, “The Restless Heart”. Each week on this podcast I will be sitting down with my friend Nessa to discuss some aspect of the Catholic Faith.

Restless Heart Podcast Launched!

David and Nessa talking about Catholic Life.

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