FAD & DAD

04/11/2026

Smoking ribs and Sunday meditations.

Prepare for the Sunday readings with Josh Burks. For all things FAD&DAD visit fadanddad.com.

04/05/2026

If you have ever been at the bedside of a dying friend or loved one, you know well the power that death holds over the human condition. It is at once one of the most helpless feelings to watch someone succumb to the ancient curse, while it is also a reality that none of us will escape. The Scriptures talk about death as if it has agency—the agency of a king or kingdom that has enslaved us and over which we have no power whatsoever.

All of this is precisely how and why a man like Pope St. John Paul II could look upon the flock of Christians throughout the world and profess: “We are an Easter people, and alleluia is our song!” We are indeed an Easter people, because Someone entered into the jaws of death—the enemy of the human race from the very beginning—and dismantled its agency over us. The only One more powerful than death is Life itself, and he has demonstrated his victory by emerging victorious from its grasp. Death is no longer the end of our story, but now is the door through which we pass into a greater mode of being, sharing in the victory and resurrection of our Head, Jesus Christ. May the Holy Spirit renew us in the magnitude and joy of this, our sacred Feast!

Happy Easter to our dozens!

03/27/2026

Prepare for the Sunday readings with Josh Burks. For all things FAD&DAD visit fadanddad.com.

03/27/2026

The New York Times, we disagree.

03/25/2026

A blog post from FAD&DAD: "Mary's Moment"

"Enveloped in pure bliss, Mary experienced the Holy Spirit as no other human would for human history, save her Son. It is the experience that, I am sure of it, awaits each of us on the other side of the veil."

The Solemnity of the Annunciation to Mary is one of my favorite feasts to celebrate, as it has become one of my favorite Gospel passages to pray with (Luke 1:26-38). Luke’s account of the Ann…

03/06/2026

Prepare for the Sunday readings with FAD&DAD. For all things FAD&DAD visit fadanddad.com.

12/22/2025

This post is dedicated to Fr. Andrew Dickinson.

Welcome, FAD 👋

Okay it’s not November anymore, but we’re still committed to our four-part series on what November usually provokes: our reflection on the four last things of death, judgment, heaven, and hell. Join FAD&DAD in this mini-series as we discuss our way through them. In part three, we reflect on what all mankind was made for: a new heavens and a new earth.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://open.substack.com/pub/faddad/p/four-last-things-heaven?r=3zk1ub&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

12/17/2025

Thanks, Spotify, for wrapping up FAD&DAD for 2025.

Admittedly, we have no clue what any of it meant, but the most important this is: we see you, Kenya 👀.

Thanks, dozens, for making FAD&DAD a small part of your life!

11/24/2025

No judging—but we're talking about judgment.

This November, the Church invites our reflection on the four last things: death, judgment, heaven, and, hell. Join FAD&DAD in part two of this mini-series as we discuss our way through them.

Listen here or anywhere you get your podcasts: https://open.substack.com/pub/faddad/p/four-last-things-judgment?r=3zk1ub&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true