The C-Nerds share updates on their lives. There's parenting, spiritual direction, balancing work and family life, and all the good things. The joys and struggles of raising children and family life ... and family deaths. Even Obi-Wan and the Jedi Communion of Saints make an appearance ... "Strike me down, Darth, and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!"

Chapters

02:03 The Importance of Connection and Community

05:07 Parenting Insights and Spiritual Direction

11:07 Balancing Family Life and Personal Growth

17:05 Understanding Sleep Patterns and Parenting Dynamics

23:06 Work-Life Balance in Modern Parenting

27:58 Navigating Work-Life Balance

33:01 The Impact of Modern Convenience

39:05 Understanding Life and Death

45:07 The Role of the Communion of Saints

53:10 Final Thoughts and Reflections

Recent Blog Posts

• Talking about Trinitarian Baptism with Pentecostals, Matthew 28:19
• 33 Days to the Holy Family: Living a Pious Life (Substack article)

Takeaways

• Podcasting helps maintain connections among friends.
• Parenting is a journey filled with challenges and joys.
• Spiritual direction can enhance family life.
• Balancing work and family is a common struggle.
• Loss can deepen our understanding of faith.
• The Communion of Saints offers comfort in grief.
• Children can teach us about empathy and perspective.
• Maintaining a sense of humor is essential in parenting.
• It's important to prioritize family time over material pursuits.
• Faith provides a framework for understanding life's difficulties.

The Catholic Nerds are BACK with a new season, new episode, and NEW POPE! We go over all the following:

• Where were you when you saw the white smoke?
• Good Signs: Regina Caeli sung in Latin, dodging the rainbow flag, papal blessing in Latin
• All the people who predicted the name Pope Leo XIV

• The Louisiana and Creole ancestral roots of Cardinal Prevost, through the Holy Father’s great-great-great-grandfather Louis Charles Boucher de Grand Pré (1745-1809), Spanish colonial governor and militia leader
• The connection to Pope Leo XIII: Is the 100-year reign of Satan over? Feast of the Holy Family

Do you like board games? We do too! Especially when we can play them with our families. Well do we have a game to share with you! Cody, Erik and I got a chance to speak with Charlie McKinney, President of Sophia Institute Press. We spent a little time getting to know Charlie, where he is from and what exactly he does as president, and then we talked about Sophia's cool board game: The Journeys of St. Paul! Erik even set up the game on Roll20 so we could all play the game together!!! What an awesome interview!!! https://sophiainstitute.com/ Sophia products mentioned on the show https://sophiainstitute.com/product/journeys-of-st-paul/https://sophiainstitute.com/product/everythings-coming-up-rosie/https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-habsburg-way/ Scott's Publishing Company https://www.holywaterbooks.com/ Codex Sinaiticus https://codexsinaiticus.org/en/manuscript.aspx Tokens used for our TTRPGs https://itch.io/profile/zeshio Do you want to bedeck yourself in your #1 galactic source for quality Catholic nerdery? Of course, you do! And now you can … Check out the C-Nerd ⁠T-Shirts and Merch⁠! Like the ⁠Catholic Nerds on Facebook⁠. Tweet us @NerdsCatholic Email us at ⁠catholicnerdpodcast1@gmail.com⁠ Also, check out Scott's ⁠e-course on the Virgin Mary⁠ at ⁠All Saints University⁠!