Word Made Fresh

What does an 80s anthem from The Breakfast Club reveal about the Gospel? Beneath rebellion, masks, and church scandals lies a deeper question: Will someone meet me here? A powerful reflection on sin, shame, and the God who isn’t afraid of your humanity.

🎙️ Word Made Fresh Links:
🎵 Listen WMF on Spotify
📍 Tour Dates 

Christopher West:
📸⁠ Instagram⁠
🔵 ⁠Facebook⁠
🎤 ⁠Ask Christopher West Podcast⁠

Mike Mangione:
🎵 Mike's Music
▶️ YouTube 
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠
🎸 ⁠Mike's website⁠
🗺️ ⁠Mike's tour⁠

Bill Donaghy:
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠

Theology of the Body Institute Resources:
🔥 ⁠3 FREE sessions of our flagship course on the TOB⁠
💬 Text TOB to (404) 647-7682
⚡️ ⁠Support us & get access to leading TOB formation⁠
📚 ⁠Course schedule⁠
🏔️ ⁠Pilgrimages⁠
🛍️ ⁠Store⁠

What does an 80s anthem from The Breakfast Club reveal about the Gospel? Beneath rebellion, masks, and church scandals lies a deeper question: Will someone meet me here? A powerful reflection on sin, shame, and the God who isn’t afraid of your humanity.

🎙️ Word Made Fresh Links:
🎵 ⁠Listen WMF on Spotify⁠
📍 ⁠Tour Dates⁠ 

Christopher West:
📸⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠
🔵 ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠
🎤 ⁠⁠Ask Christopher West Podcast⁠⁠

Mike Mangione:
🎵 ⁠Mike's Music⁠
▶️ ⁠YouTube⁠ 
📸 ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠
🎸 ⁠⁠Mike's website⁠⁠
🗺️ ⁠⁠Mike's tour⁠⁠

Bill Donaghy:
📸 ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

Who is Owen Cutts and why does he hear music in a way most of us don’t?
In this episode, we sit down with a rare kind of artist, someone who lets a song completely undo him and at the same time can explain exactly why it’s undoing you too. Owen talks about why the cracks in a singer’s voice are not flaws but revelations, why certain musical moments hit us in the gut, and how shame slowly trains us to shut down instead of responding with the freedom we had as kids.
We share the story of a priest who said he learned more theology from a three minute song than in years of seminary, and we wrestle with the question: once you’ve really encountered beauty, can you ever go back to normal?
This conversation is not just about music. It is about how music opens us up, exposes what is happening inside us, and, if we let it, actually changes us.

🎙️ Word Made Fresh Links:
🎵 Listen WMF on Spotify
📍 Tour Dates 

Christopher West:
📸⁠ Instagram⁠
🔵 ⁠Facebook⁠
🎤 ⁠Ask Christopher West Podcast⁠

Mike Mangione:
🎵 Mike's Music
▶️ YouTube 
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠
🎸 ⁠Mike's website⁠
🗺️ ⁠Mike's tour⁠

Bill Donaghy:
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠

Theology of the Body Institute Resources:
🔥 ⁠3 FREE sessions of our flagship course on the TOB⁠
💬 Text TOB to (404) 647-7682
⚡️ ⁠Support us & get access to leading TOB formation⁠
📚 ⁠Course schedule⁠
🏔️ ⁠Pilgrimages⁠
🛍️ ⁠Store⁠

Artificial intelligence isn’t just a new tool, it’s accelerating a crisis of meaning. In this conversation, we wrestle with embodiment, personhood, and why the body may be the most important question AI puts back on the table.

🎙️ Word Made Fresh Links:
🎵 Listen WMF on Spotify
📍 Tour Dates 

Christopher West:
📸⁠ Instagram⁠
🔵 ⁠Facebook⁠
🎤 ⁠Ask Christopher West Podcast⁠

Mike Mangione:
🎵 Mike's Music
▶️ YouTube 
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠
🎸 ⁠Mike's website⁠
🗺️ ⁠Mike's tour⁠

Bill Donaghy:
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠

We’re recording from Ecuador—and what starts as travel banter turns into a surprisingly raw conversation about the difference between looking at people and truly seeing them. From status, attraction, and the addictive pull of “praise and venom,” to childhood moments that shape our fear of rejection, this episode goes deep on what it takes to live (and lead) like persons—not products.Show Notes:God Is Beauty BookSend us your artwork here: Theology of the Body InstitutePO Box 573, Quarryville, PA 17566Email us your artwork here: [email protected]

🎙️ Word Made Fresh Links:
🎵 Listen WMF on Spotify
📍 Tour Dates 

Christopher West:
📸⁠ Instagram⁠
🔵 ⁠Facebook⁠
🎤 ⁠Ask Christopher West Podcast⁠

Mike Mangione:
🎵 Mike's Music
▶️ YouTube 
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠
🎸 ⁠Mike's website⁠
🗺️ ⁠Mike's tour⁠

Bill Donaghy:
📸 ⁠Instagram⁠

Theology of the Body Institute Resources:
🔥 ⁠3 FREE sessions of our flagship course on the TOB⁠
💬 Text TOB to (404) 647-7682
⚡️ ⁠Support us & get access to leading TOB formation⁠
📚 ⁠Course schedule⁠
🏔️ ⁠Pilgrimages⁠
🛍️ ⁠Store⁠