Hearing With The Heart: Conversations Over Coffee
Join us as we explore topics that invite us to live deeper our Catholic, Christian faith.
Hosts Janet Jones (Director of Faith Formation) and Bridgett Passauer (Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation, Evangelization, and Community Life), from Church of the Ascension in Virginia Beach, have incredible conversations over coffee. We invite you to grab a mug of your favorite brew and share in their stories, laughs, and connection with Jesus and each other.
Episodes
69 episodes
The Stations of the Cross - A Guide for Our Lives
Janet and Bridgett explore the Lenten practice of the Stations of the Cross. They share how there are various ways to pray the Stations and how, by placing yourself in the scene, you may experience the Stations in a new way. This ex...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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27:39
The Three Pillars of Lent: Fasting and Almsgiving
Bridgett and Janet finish up the three pillars of Lent with a discussion on fasting and almsgiving. Fasting provides the opportunity for our emptiness to be filled up by Jesus, and almsgiving allows us to see Jesus in ways we may not have exper...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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29:22
The Three Pillars of Lent: The Perfect Prayer (Our Father)
This week Bridgett and Janet share the meaning behind the words of the prayer that Jesus gave us, the Our Father. The Our Father is the final section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and each verse holds so much meaning.&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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38:45
The Three Pillars of Lent: Prayer
In today's episode, Janet and Bridgett discuss one of the three pillars of Lent: prayer. So many of us struggle with prayer and think we aren't doing it right. Janet and Bridgett share their perspectives and ways to bring prayer int...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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32:11
A Journey of Faith - Encounter through Conversation
This week Bridgett is joined by Tara Bigley, a wife, mother, Catholic convert, and so much more. Tara shares her journey from her Lutheran upbringing to her conversion to Catholicism and one moment when she realized her image of God was n...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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34:42
It's Here: The Jubilee Year of Hope
Janet and Bridgett wanted to take some time to talk a little bit about the Jubilee Year of Hope that Pope Francis has called for. This Year of Hope is a time for all people, but especially Catholics throughout the world to recognize that ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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22:49
Slowing Down to Listen
Bridgett and Janet continue the discussion about how busyness can limit our abililty to hear God's voice. This episode explores why it is important to make time, create a Sabbath, so we can ask God how He is working in our lives.
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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28:32
The Holiness of Leisure: Reclaiming the Sabbath
Janet and Bridgett continue sharing their thoughts on Matthew Kelly's book Slowing Down to the Speed of Joy: The Simple Art of Taking Back Your Life. They share the need to reclaim the Sabbath, whatever day of the week...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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28:15
Finding Joy in 2025: We Need to Slow Down
This week Bridgett and Janet share some insights they've gained from Matthew Kelly's new book, Slowing Down to the Speed of Joy: The Simple Art of Taking Back Your Life. Busyness has become the norm. We pride ourselves on being b...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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33:26
Welcome 2025!!!
Janet and Bridgett welcome the year 2025 with a discussion about resolutions and words for the year. They will share their history with New Year's resolutions and the words that they've chosen to guide them in 2025.Baby Step: &nbs...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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25:49
Our Advent Journey Through Words: Week 4
Bridgett and Janet conclude this Advent journey with awe and expectancy. They share how God uses those who consider themselves too small to do great things for His mission here on earth. They end with a discussion on how amazing the encou...
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27:09
Our Advent Journey Through Our Words: Week 3
This third week of Advent brings us to the rose candle and a celebration of the joy of Advent. The third weekend of Advent has so much awe and expectancy. Bridgett and Janet both connect with the First Reading from Zephaniah, while ...
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Our Advent Journey Through Our Words: Weeks 1 & 2
Advent is here, and we are both in awe and expectant! Janet and Bridgett talk about why they chose their words, awe and expectancy; and how reading the Advent scriptures through the lens of those two words changed how God spoke to them. Janet a...
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27:59
Pilgrims on a Journey
On this Thanksgiving Day episode, Bridgett and Janet share how we are pilgrims on a journey to eternal life. Like the pilgrims recognized on Thanksgiving, our faith journey comes with its challenges. We are strengthened by the knowl...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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27:41
Part 3 - The Theological Virtues - LOVE
Love is the third and final Theological Virtue that Bridgett and Janet discuss in this series. God loves us unconditionally but we have skewed love in ways that make our ability to know God's love more challenging. Join them as they...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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31:30
Part 2 - The Theological Virtues - HOPE
Part 2 in the series on the Theological Virtues is all about hope. Janet and Bridgett explore hope and how, from their perspective, it is the most "abstract" of the three virtues. Hope, like faith and charity, is given to us by God....
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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31:52
Part 1: The Theological Virtues: FAITH
Janet and Bridgett begin their three-part series on the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity (Love). They use the image of a tree to help you visualize the interconnection of the three virtues, with faith being the roots. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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30:17
The Armor of God - Wear It Everyday
God's Armor is for every day!!! Bridgett is joined by Ellie Steffens, who explains all about the Armor of God and how it strengthens us on our journey with the Lord. When we put on the Armor of God, we are not only protected but we ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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35:30
Born to Receive
Receptivity. Receiving can be challenging at times, especially when we are being asked to receive from God. Bridgett and Janet share with you how the word "receive" sparked a whole conversation that they thought was worth sharing.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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29:32
Sin - Part 4: Just Say Jesus
Janet and Bridgett conclude their series about sin and discuss how Being Aware, Understanding, and Taking Action is a plan to help overcome the temptations in our lives so we can stay focused on the Lord.Scripture Verses Shared<...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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30:45
Sin - Part 3: Not Today satan
The devil lies! But God has already defeated the devil. Bridgett and Janet help to breakdown the Be Aware and Understand from the acronym B.U.T. They share some of their insights into how the devil tries to get us to believe we are ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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36:56
Sin - Part 2: Clarifying All Those Terms
In this week's episode, Janet and Bridgett take a step back to clarify what is meant by the terms Truth, Conscious, and Relativism. These terms have come to have different meanings in our society, and they just wanted to clarify how these...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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28:39
Sin - Part 1: Awareness, Understanding, and Action
Janet and Bridgett begin the exploration of how sin came into our world. They outline some of the Church's understanding of sin, make the point that the devil is real, and the increase in relativism isn't helping.Baby step for this week...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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29:38
Where We've Been, Where We're Going... with Espresso!
Janet and Bridgett explore the first season of the podcast and its takeaways while also warning listeners about the upgrade in their caffeine source. They also share insights into the first few episodes of Season 2!Correction: this ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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