Dealing with your Spouse’s Sexual Past

What do you do when your spouse’s past sins still frustrate your present? When forgiveness has been given, but you find yourself still losing your peace and thinking about it? In this episode, John Heinen and Devin Schadt confront a painful and often-unspoken challenge in marriage, how to find peace, confidence, and love when your … Read moreDealing with your Spouse’s Sexual Past

Why Most Marriages Fall Apart After Kids

Every couple begins marriage with love, purpose, and seemingly endless dreams, but then the kids arrive…and everything changes. Sleepless nights, endless noise, and unrelenting schedules can slowly replace tenderness with tension. Before long, spouses who once felt inseparable find themselves living like teammates or strangers, wondering where the closeness went. In this episode of The … Read moreWhy Most Marriages Fall Apart After Kids

A Lesson in Obedience from Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a man whose life and virtues every Christian man should know and emulate. Even a cursory reading of his biography Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy gives one the sense that he achieved that fully human life that all men desire, but so few obtain.  Bonhoeffer was a genius theologian, an excellent musician, a … Read moreA Lesson in Obedience from Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Exact Questions No One Asks Before Marriage (But Everyone Should)

Most couples believe love and faith are enough to build a marriage. But what if they aren’t? Too often, the real cracks appear after the vows because they never talked about what truly matters. In this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, John Heinen and Devin Schadt walk through the questions engaged or serious couples must … Read moreThe Exact Questions No One Asks Before Marriage (But Everyone Should)

The World Does Not Honor the Housewife, So We Must

The word “vocation” gets sort of abused by both the world and in Churchy-talk.  In the Church we use it to refer only in the sense of the objective states in life of marriage and the priesthood or religious life.  In the world, it usually refers just to a specific skill or job, usually one of humble … Read moreThe World Does Not Honor the Housewife, So We Must

FLASHBACK: How to Discuss Sex with your Wife

WARNING, this episode contains adult content. Few men realize how deeply silence about sex can wound intimacy. It’s not usually selfishness that causes distance, but fear of saying the wrong thing, being rejected, or exposing the ache for connection that runs deeper than words. Over time, unspoken needs harden into resentment, and what was meant … Read moreFLASHBACK: How to Discuss Sex with your Wife

What Women Don’t Understand about Men

WARNING, this episode contains adult content. Most wives truly love their husbands, yet still feel confused by what he needs, what drives him, and what hurts him. Most husbands deeply love their wives, yet struggle to explain what’s really going on inside. In this episode, John Heinen and Devin Schadt unpack the four deepest needs … Read moreWhat Women Don’t Understand about Men

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