In this episode, the dogs discuss the heroes journey (12:45) and Rob asks the question: If we’re made for home, then why do we leave (14:00)? Rob gives his favorite Summer Reading combinations (7:55), Connor references the gospel of Luke (19:00) as well as SNL (24:30), and Mike shares what it’s like to maintain values while developing his career in the army (28:22).
Quotes:
“Culture without substance is empty.” (Mike, 1:30)
“There’s nothing you can do but kick your horse.” (from Lonesome Dove, 10:45)
“Life is about relationship.” (Mike, 18:09)
“That’s the cross and resurrection. The way to life is death.” (Connor 19:30)
“My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.” (Luke 15:31, 23:15)
“Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you.” (from Augustine’s Confessions, 25:20)
“The ways that we live in “untruth” for some “greater good” can actually mar us and change us.” (Mike, 28:41)
“The framework for the question of growth is off if it’s just about you.” (Rob, 32:50)
“To be the truly human image of God, where you’re an unselfconscious gift to God… that’s holiness… you just have to receive it and step into that river with Jesus.” (Connor, 36:50)
“You’ve answered all my questions because now I’ve seen you.” (Mike, 40:20)
Media Mentions:
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- A River Runs Through It (1992)
- Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
- Downton Abbey (2010- 2015)
- Art of Manliness Podcast #871: Jane Austen for Dudes
- Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited
- Matt Fradd’s interview with Peter Kreeft
- J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
- Unbroken (2014)
- Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
- Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn
- Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove
- Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
- Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It
- Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild
- The Prodigal Son
- C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Last Supper Discource (John 14- 17)
- Romano Tours – SNL
- Augustine of Hippo’s Confessions
- Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life
- Joe Pug’s After Curfew
- Peter Kreeft’s lecture on Till We Have Faces
- C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces
- Job (38:3)
References:
- Jane Austen
- WWI
- Therese of Lisieux
- Samwise Gamgee (Sam)
- Peter Kreeft
- USS Indianapolis
- John Steinbeck
- University of Chicago
- Montana
- Adam Sandler
- Rule 7: Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient.
- Rule 8: Tell the truth- or at least don’t lie.
- Franz Jägerstätter
- Maximilian Kolbe
- Thomas More
- Pope John Paul II
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