John L. Allen Jr.Editor of CRUX, Author, Vatican Expert

“What exactly happened at the Vatican Sex Abuse Summit?

Crux specializes in coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church. John has written eleven books on the Vatican and Catholic affairs, and also is a popular speaker on Catholicism both in the United States and internationally. The London Tablet has called John “the most authoritative writer on Vatican affairs in the English language,” and renowned papal biographer George Weigel has called him “the best Anglophone Vatican reporter ever.” When John was called upon to put the first question to Pope Benedict XVI aboard the papal plane en route to the United States in April 2008, the Vatican spokesman said to the pope: “Holy Father, this man needs no introduction.” That’s not just a Vatican judgment. Veteran religion writer Kenneth Woodward of Newsweek described John as “the journalist other reporters – and not a few cardinals – look to for the inside story on how all the pope’s men direct the world’s largest church.” His work is admired across ideological divides. Liberal commentator Fr. Andrew Greeley calls his writing “indispensable,” while the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, a conservative, called his reporting “possibly the best source of information on the Vatican published in the United States.” John’s weekly column, “All Things Catholic,” is widely read as a source of insight on the global Church. Among John’s books are “Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church”, and two about Pope Benedict XVI. The first was written before Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became pope; the other came after Benedict’s election to the papacy and was the first biography of the Pope in English. John's articles have appeared in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, The Tablet, Jesus, Second Opinion, The Nation, the Miami Herald, Die Furche, and the Irish Examiner. He is a senior Vatican analyst for CNN and was a correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter for 16 years.

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Larry WorthenExecutive Director of Christian Medical & Dental Society

“Are doctors really being forced to perform duties that go against their beliefs?”

Laurence G. Worthen has been the Executive Director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada since 2012. Prior to that, Larry served in a variety of leadership roles in the not for profit sector and in the Nova Scotia provincial government. Larry has a BA and a law degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax. He also has a Masters in Theology as well as a Diploma in Adult Education. Larry has been married to Dr. Linda Gagnon since 1986. They have two children and five grandchildren. Larry has been an ordained Permanent Deacon in the Catholic Church since June 2012. He is assigned to St. John XXIII Parish in Dartmouth, NS. His ministry consists primarily of pastoral care but he also assists the pastor in preaching and conducting baptisms, weddings, and funerals.

www.cmdscanada.org

Kerri Pomarolli
Comedian, Actress, Author

That's right folks, it's time for our monthly visit with our favourite Hollywood Correspondent!

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TERRORISM UPDATE With Da Bomb Mubin Shaikh
Ex-Muslim Extremist / Turned Undercover Intelligence Operative, Author of UNDERCOVER JIHADI

Join us as Da Bomb gives us Da Truth about the latest acts of terrorism.

Meanwhile Back On The FarmWith Grant Marshall (Drew's Dad)We're losing a generation. A generation of respect, integrity, and honour. A generation who were not afraid of hard work and sacrifice. Drew's father IS that generation. Growing up on the farm taught Grant Marshall more about life than Google. So let’s listen to that generation.

Here is a brief description of The Enneagram found on www.enneagraminstitute.com:

From one point of view, the Enneagram can be seen as a set of nine distinct personality types, with each number on the Enneagram denoting one type. It is common to find a little of yourself in all nine of the types, although one of them should stand out as being closest to yourself. This is your basic personality type.

Everyone emerges from childhood with one of the nine types dominating their personality, with inborn temperament and other pre-natal factors being the main determinants of our type. This is one area where most all of the major Enneagram authors agree—we are born with a dominant type. Subsequently, this inborn orientation largely determines the ways in which we learn to adapt to our early childhood environment. It also seems to lead to certain unconscious orientations toward our parental figures, but why this is so, we still do not know. In any case, by the time children are four or five years old, their consciousness has developed sufficiently to have a separate sense of self. Although their identity is still very fluid, at this age children begin to establish themselves and find ways of fitting into the world on their own

Thus, the overall orientation of our personality reflects the totality of all childhood factors (including genetics) that influenced its development.

Several more points can be made about the basic type itself:
*People do not change from one basic personality type to another.

*The descriptions of the personality types are universal and apply equally to males and females since no type is inherently masculine or feminine.

*Not everything in the description of your basic type will apply to you all the time because you fluctuate constantly among the healthy, average, and unhealthy traits that make up your personality type.

*The Enneagram uses numbers to designate each of the types because numbers are value neutral— they imply the whole range of attitudes and behaviors of each type without specifying anything either positive or negative. Unlike the labels used in psychiatry, numbers provide an unbiased, shorthand way of indicating a lot about a person without being pejorative.

*The numerical ranking of the types is not significant. A larger number is no better than a smaller number; it is not better to be a Nine than a Two because nine is a bigger number.

*No type is inherently better or worse than any other. While all the personality types have unique assets and liabilities, some types are often considered to be more desirable than others in any given culture or group. Furthermore, for one reason or another, you may not be happy being a particular type. You may feel that your type is “handicapped” in some way. As you learn more about all the types, you will see that just as each has unique capacities, each has different limitations. If some types are more esteemed in Western society than others, it is because of the qualities that society rewards, not because of any superior value of those types. The ideal is to become your best self, not to imitate the assets of another type.



THIS WEEK’S ENNEAGRAM GURU:
Jack Labanauskas

Founder of The Enneagram Monthly

Enneagram Monthly is an eclectic journal dedicated to intelligent discourse about the enneagram, its current applications, and future potential. Since 1995, the Enneagram Monthly is the most internationally respected and referenced focal point of enneagram development.

www.enneagram-monthly.com  

This Week's LIVE Recording Artist:
Max Marshall

March 2nd, 2019 Mancow Muller
Shock Jock, Ex Harvest Bible Church Attendee,
Ex James MacDonald Pal

According to the mecca of trusted sources, Wikipedia says that: Matthew Erich "Mancow" Muller (born June 21, 1966) is an American radio and television personality, actor, and former child model. Considered a shock jock, his career has been well known for controversy and clashes with the Federal Communications Commission. He is best known for Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a Chicago-based syndicated radio show, and The Mancow Radio Experience, which have been nationally distributed by Talk Radio Network. Muller also co-starred with his brother, Mark, in the reality TV series God, Guns & Automobiles, which aired on History Channel.[1] He was most recently host of the morning show on WLUP-FM/97.9, before he left on March 6, 2018 upon hearing WLUP-FM/97.9 was to be sold. In January 2019, Muller returned to radio on WLS to host mornings… Mancow previously attended Harvest Bible Chapel and considered himself good friends with its pastor, James MacDonald. However, in 2019 he began calling for MacDonald to resign or be removed as pastor, calling him a con artist among other things.
@MancowMuller

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Clive Doyle
Survivor of “The Waco Siege” Where 76 Branch Davidians Died

Clive Doyle was a member and follower of David Koresh’s Branch Davidian cult but escaped the April 19, 1993 fire that consumed 76 members of the Branch Davidians, including Clive’s 18-year-old daughter and David Koresh. Clive was one of eleven Branch Davidians tried for murder and conspiracy but he was acquitted on all counts. Clive still lives in Waco and he is still a Branch Davidian. He still believes in the teachings of David Koresh and he is waiting for his `resurrection' as well as the resurrection of one of David’s wives - Clive’s daughter Shari.

Live! on TDMS! Devoted Souly to the Art of Music
This week's LIVE recording artist: Paul Reddick

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Chris HeuertzSpeaker, Enneagram Coach, Non-Profit Consultant, 
Anti-Human Trafficking Activist, Author of THE SACRED ENNEAGRAM 
Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth

Chris Heuertz’s life was forever changed after he learned about the Enneagram over 15 years ago, and since then he has trained under some of the great living Enneagram masters including Father Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Marion Gilbert, and Helen Palmer. Today he leads Enneagram workshops all over the world. Join Chris as he shows you how this ancient tool can help you awaken to the gifts God has given you, find freedom from your personal patterns of sin and fear, and grow in acceptance of your identity as you grow with God. The Sacred Enneagram is a trustworthy, richly insightful guide to finding yourself in the Enneagram’s 9-type profiles and applying this practical wisdom to transform your life. Far more than a personality test, author Chris Heuertz writes, the enneagram is a sacred map to the soul. The Enneagram offers a bright path to cutting through the internal clutter and finding our way back to God and to our true identity as God created us. In conversational style with compelling stories, The Sacred Enneagram will show you:

How to understand the 'why' behind your type, beyond caricatures and stereotypes
How to align your type with prayer
How to identify and find freedom from self-destructive patterns
How to grow in reasoning ability
How to face your past and step toward healing
How to awaken your unique gifts to serve today’s broken world

Chris’s own journey with the Enneagram is an accessible introduction and exploration of how the Enneagram can change your life, because to the extent that we are transformed,
the world will be transformed.
www.chrisheuertz.com

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Justin McRoberts & Scott EricksonAuthors of PRAYER: Forty Days of Practice

A simple yet profound guide to facilitate the instinctively human desire to pray. We pray because we are human, not because we are religious. Something in our nature points beyond itself; something in us searches for and desires personal connection with God. Although communicating with our Creator through prayer is innate, the effective practice of it often feels just beyond our reach. This unique book guides you to pray in deeper and more authentic ways. The short prayers and thought-provoking imagery, interspersed with contemplative reflections and suggested practices, will stir, inform, and encourage you. The simplicity of the prayers and the aesthetic appeal of the images will inspire people in every facet of life, including those with no real religious background at all. Check out Justin & Scott’s explanation HERE.

www.justinmcroberts.com
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