Speaking
Presentations & Interviews
For Your Parish or Group
Presentation Topics
Rick is available to speak to your group or organization on a variety of topics:
Hans Urs von Balthasar
The theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar (Pope Saint John Paul II's favorite theologian) and its application to Christian discipleship and evangelization.
Love
Insights regarding love drawing on Hans Urs von Balthasar, Josef Pieper, Thomas Aquinas, Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, C. S. Lewis, and other thinkers.
- “Life as a School of Love: Insights from Saints and Sages”
Evangelizing Culture
Evangelizing/transforming our culture via a rediscovery of the beautiful, the good, and the true.
- “Re-enchanting a Disenchanted World: Rediscovering Beauty, Goodness, and Truth”
- “The Flight from Beauty as a Flight from God: Contemporary Culture's Desecration of Beauty”
- “Evangelizing in an Era of Liquid Identity”
Prayer
- “Transform Your Prayer Life into a Life of Prayer”
- “A Contemplative Pause: Tips and Guidelines for Contemplative Prayer from Hans Urs von Balthasar”
Spirituality
- “Blood Flowing in the Body of the Cosmic Christ: A Mission-Focused Spirituality”
- “Keeping the Faith in an Increasingly Anti-Christian World”
Parenting
Parenting from a Catholic perspective and from Rick's perspective as a clinical psychologist and father of five.
- “Raising Good Catholic Kids Who Will Raise Good Catholic Kids”
- “Soulcraft: The Art of Parenting”
Scripture
- “A Deep Dive into the Gospel of John”
On the Air
Interviews
May 19, 2025 · 47:58
“The Life and Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar”
On Unlicensed Philosophy with Chuong Nguyen
Listen / Watch ↗March 17, 2025 · 21:56
“Can the Global Fertility Crisis Be Solved?”
On Ave Maria in the Afternoon with Dr. Marcus Peters, Ave Maria Radio Network
October 29, 2024 · 52:18
“A Critique of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement”
On Coffee, Commerce & Catechesis with Travis Callaway and Rigel Raju
Listen / Watch ↗September 3, 2024 · 9:54
“The Vision of Society as a Trust”
On Ave Maria in the Afternoon with Dr. Marcus Peters, Ave Maria Radio Network
Society is a trust among the dead, the living, and the unborn members of that society, in which the living members of the society are trustees who have an obligation to conserve and enhance the benefits they have inherited from their forebears (which include the social institutions and traditions established by previous generations and their accumulated knowledge and wisdom) and also to pass those benefits on to succeeding generations.
Listen / Watch ↗September 26, 2023 · 12:51
“Evangelizing the 'Lapsed Atheists'”
On Kresta in the Afternoon with Dr. Marcus Peters, Ave Maria Radio Network
Listen / Watch ↗February 13, 2023 · 1:06:12
“The Book of Love”
On Author to Author with Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson, WCAT TV
Listen / Watch ↗November 23, 2022 · 1:08:02
“The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar”
On The Open Door with James Hanink and Mario Ramos-Reyes, WCAT TV
Listen / Watch ↗August 25, 2022 · 34:13
“The Meaning of the World Is Love”
On Author to Author with Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson, WCAT TV
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