136: God Made, Self Driven w/Dustin Bertrand & When Your Best Isn't Good Enough

May 22nd, 2019  |  56 mins 1 sec

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Allison Sullivan cohosts for conversations on when we do our best but it wasn't good enough and how to deal with that. Dustin Bertrand joins the show to discuss how "God made, self driven" has motivated his life.

135: Good Shepherds & Barking Dogs w/Fr. Anthony & Ali Hoffman

May 15th, 2019  |  53 mins 20 secs

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Fr. Anthony co-hosts as he and Taylor dive deep into Jesus as the Good Shepherd and its implications on us today. Taylor shares a cartoon that wrecked him(weird right?), the importance of scary sheep dogs and Jesus breaking your legs(what!?!?!) Ali Hoffman rejoins the show to talk Oodles of Doodles, Taylor's terrible handwriting and life skills, praying and much more.

134: Avengers, Revelation & Tornado Warning w/ Liv Harrison

May 8th, 2019  |  55 mins 55 secs

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Liv Harrison is welcomed back into the studio to guest co-host. We catch up on life, spoiler free Avengers thoughts & finish last week's discussion on the book of Revelation(the thunder, lightning and tornado were a perfect background.)

133: The biggest pop culture weekend ever, Ennie Hickman & more

May 1st, 2019  |  51 mins 18 secs

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Fr. Anthony co-hosts as we discuss the ridiculously insane weekend with the Avengers endgame premiere, largest battle in television/movie history on GOT & more! We’re joined by one of the coolest dudes in the ministry world, Ennie Hickman. We talk about preaching, actually loving your neighbors and all his work at Del Rey Collective.

132: Easter Celebrations w/Fr Joseph-Anthony Kress & Allison Sullivan

April 24th, 2019  |  54 mins 36 secs

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Happy Easters!!!! We hope you enjoyed your Easter day and are continuing to enjoy the celebration of this great season! Allison Sullivan cohosts as we discuss how our Lent's went, Easter joy and Taylor being the balance in the Force. Our guest this week is Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, a Dominican priest who is the chaplain at the University of Virginia.

131: Sports, Faith & Holy Week w/former pro soccer player Luke Vercollone

April 17th, 2019  |  55 mins

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Bearded Blevins co-hosts this week as we discuss Tiger Woods return to Master’s victory and what it has to do with Taylor’s working out and spiritual life. They also talk about the super long Palm Sunday and Good Friday Gospel readings and how to have a good experience with them instead of focusing on your knees buckling for standing up so long. We connect with some of the characters in the Passion narrative that we’ve never really connected with before.

Our guest this week is Luke Vercollone, a recently retired professional soccer player who is using his platform to share the Gospel message. His ministry, Beast4Christ, calls everyone to be a saint…and has some amazing apparel! Tune is as we talk about his soccer career, how to strive for sainthood and be a Beast for Christ.

130: Ministry Madness Bracket Results & Stacey Sumereau

April 10th, 2019  |  53 mins 39 secs

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The Ministry Madness Bracket results are in! We go through some of the best first round matchups and eventually countdown the Top 10 finishers, all the way down to our winner! Our guest this week is former Broadway/reality TV star and current Catholic mom, speaker and podcaster, Stacey Sumereau.

129: Jesus, Demons & Janet from The Good Place w/ Edmund Mitchell

April 3rd, 2019  |  53 mins 41 secs

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Fr. Anthony Sciarappa co-hosts as he and Taylor talk growth in friendship, demons, the power of Jesus name, & play a game, all through friendly argument and unstoppable laughter. This week's guest is Edmund Mitchell, host of "The Show" a self-proclaimed semi-Catholic podcast.

128: Why Do We Focus on the Negative? & Hilarious Conversation w/Liv Harrison | Forte Catholic Ep 128

March 27th, 2019  |  53 mins 22 secs

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In this special edition of the show, we have two different co-hosts, and in person interview & only two segments(cuz we weren't stopping that interview. It was priceless) Join Taylor, Shaun, Allison & Liv packed into one episode!

127: Memento Mori, Ministry Madness & Paul George

March 20th, 2019  |  53 mins 44 secs

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Jon Blevins co-hosts this week as we talk updates to the bracket, Memento Mori and are joined by Paul George to talk marriage.