FIREBRAND DISPATCH #6
Hey subscribers and fellow firebrands!
Is it cold where you are? This Firebrand Dispatch should help keep you fired up and feeling toasty
I’ve been writing a lot of great stuff that’s fiery, punchy, and tight. This week the focus was on Spirituality, and also Gender (culture/news, and theology) I also published two new episodes since the last Dispatch that hit pretty hard.
Table of Contents
NEW PODCAST EPISODES
“TWO” HOT TO HANDLE
TWO PODCASTS Since the last Dispatch went out. Here they are!
Some Truth is too hot to handle, even for some Catholics. But not for Catholics like you! Let’s do this!
In this episode of Fire Branded, I take on a truth many Catholics would rather avoid.
Pope Leo warns of a generational rupture in how the faith is handed on — and he’s right. But the problem runs deeper than poor catechesis or weak evangelization. We are losing the capacity to recognize truth itself.
Listen on Apple | Spotify | YouTube | Stoking the Embers (my headquarters)
Fire Branded is available everywhere. Find it on your favorite podcast app
I’ve been accused of lying for months — because I said the quiet part out loud.”
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Below is a 2.5 minute highlight reell
Just so you know!
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ARTICLES AND OP-EDs
Are Hogwarts and Magic Catholic
Subtle Seductions, and Spiritual Drift
This piece examines how occult or pagan spiritual practices and pop-culture themes are increasingly being introduced into Catholic parish life under the banner of outreach or relevance. It explains why the Church has consistently warned that these substitutions cause spiritual drift, even when they appear harmless or well-intentioned.
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(At Stoking the Embrers)
Why We Lose in Spiritual Combat
Why does spiritual combat so often feel quiet, frustrating, and unwinnable? This piece explains how the real losses don’t come from dramatic temptations but from ordinary compromises, neglected disciplines, and misunderstandings about how spiritual warfare actually works.
Gender: Not a Construct, but a Gift from God
What if the culture’s basic assumption about gender is wrong? This article argues that gender isn’t a social construct but a personal gift from God, rooted in biological reality and revealed in Scripture and Tradition.
Beginning of the End for Gender Care?
After years of unquestioned authority, “gender-affirming care” is facing its first real reckoning. This piece tells the story of one victim whose legal victory may be the death knell for gender ideology itself.
A Final Note
NOTES FROM TJ
I’ve ramped up my activity on 𝕏 with great posts, short articles, Spaces sessions (Like a short podcast, with audience participation). Follow me there @RealTJHaines (same handle on all my socials
I’m also going to stream to YouTube more frequently, with shorter podcasts called “Firebrand Brief” and “Night Watch”. Subscribe to me there @CatholicFirebrand
God be with you all!
Ave Maria, Virgo Fidelis!