A Word from Our Outpost, with Joseph and Crystal Gruber

By Joseph and Crystal Gruber

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A podcast for Catholic disciples who are wrestling to be missionary-minded in their normal, everyday lives. Joseph and Crystal were Catholic missionaries for over a decade with FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, serving at MIT, UW Madison, Carnegie Mellon University, Western Washington University, and then at a parish in Jackson, Michigan. They're now the co-founders of Our Outpost Marriage Ministry, Inc., a marriage ministry seeking to awaken authentic Catholic culture through holy matrimony, equipping Catholic men and women through formation and accompaniment. Check out their work at https://ouroutpost.org/ This podcast serves as a place for sharing the transformational ideas, books, scripture passages, and people that we've seen impacting our apostolate for the better, in the hopes of serving other Catholic missionary disciples.

Episode Date
Life on Mission with Joe Henkels, Founder of Knights Coffee // Episode 282
May 20, 2026
Gaps in Your Wall // Episode 281
May 13, 2026
Who Are You Becoming? // Episode 280
May 06, 2026
A Spiritual Life Hack // Episode 279
Apr 22, 2026
The Best Missionary Story I've Got // Episode 278
Apr 15, 2026
East, Easter, Eastest // Episode 277
Apr 08, 2026
Ups and Downs in the Christian Life // Episode 276
Apr 01, 2026
Ten Things to Enrich Our Experience of the Mass // Episode 275
Mar 25, 2026
Three Reasons to Fast // Episode 274
Mar 18, 2026
Three Kinds of Dating for Catholic Missionary Disciples // Episode 273
Mar 11, 2026
Intercessory Prayer and Social Media // Episode 272
Mar 04, 2026
"The Man Who was Thursday" and Mission // Episode 271
Feb 25, 2026
Three Things to Give Up or Pursue for Lent // Episode 270
Feb 18, 2026
Some Reflections on Genesis 1 // Episode 269
Feb 11, 2026
How Do We Think of Jesus // Episode 268
Feb 04, 2026
Do We Want To Be Holy? // Episode 267
Jan 28, 2026
Getting Out of the Comparison Trap // Episode 266
Jan 21, 2026
Debatey Faith or Deep Faith // Episode 265
Jan 14, 2026
3 Take-aways from Die Hard for Catholics Today // Episode 264
Jan 07, 2026
Life on Mission with Andrew Farnsworth // Episode 263
Dec 31, 2025
Have Yourself a Merry Big Christmas! // Episode 262
Dec 24, 2025
Practical Tips for Confession with Fr. Peter Gruber // Episode 261
Dec 17, 2025
Things to Know When Seeking Spiritual Direction with Fr. Peter Gruber // Episode 260
Dec 10, 2025
Does Streaming Serve Us? // Episode 259
Dec 03, 2025
Right and Just to Give Thanks and Praise // Episode 258
Nov 26, 2025
Four Keys to Deeper Living // Episode 257
Nov 19, 2025
A Curiously Modern Vice // Episode 256
Nov 12, 2025
Made for Truth and Beauty and Goodness and Being // Episode 255
Nov 05, 2025
Life on Mission with Leanne Bowen // Episode 254
Oct 29, 2025
Maybe People Just Don't Know That We're Called to Be Saints... // Episode 253
Oct 22, 2025
Pray, Pay, and Obey // Episode 252
Oct 15, 2025
Hatefulness and Phobias // Episode 251
Oct 08, 2025
Some Reasons for Suffering // Episode 250
Oct 01, 2025
Meaning and Purpose // Episode 249
Sep 24, 2025
Organize Your Life, Become Like God? // Episode 248
Sep 17, 2025
Focus on the 2050s, not the 1950s // Episode 247
Sep 10, 2025
Building a Tower // Episode 246
Sep 03, 2025
Studying Scripture and Wrestling with God and Man // Episode 245
Aug 27, 2025
Basic Human Formation for the Apostolate // Episode 244
Aug 20, 2025
Life on Mission with Benjamin Stenlund // Episode 243
Aug 13, 2025
Playfulness in the Christian Life // Episode 242
Aug 06, 2025
Marriage on Mission with Mike and Alicia Hernon // Episode 241
Jul 30, 2025
For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free // Episode 240
Jul 23, 2025
Dating Like a Catholic // Episode 239
Jul 16, 2025
Invitations and Holy Detachment // Episode 238
Jul 09, 2025
Life on Mission with Sam Mazzarelli // Episode 237
Jul 02, 2025
Life on Mission with Mallory Smyth // Episode 236
Jun 25, 2025
Renew and Perfect the Temporal Order // Episode 235
Jun 18, 2025
My Reaction to the Jubilee Episodes with Michael Knowles and Jordan Peterson // Episode 234
Jun 11, 2025
The Difference the Mass Makes // episode 233
Jun 04, 2025
Life on Mission with AJ Garcia // Episode 232
May 28, 2025
Life on Mission with Leanne Jarvis // Episode 231
May 21, 2025
Life on Mission with Luke and Megan Reetz // Episode 230
May 14, 2025
Life on Mission with Nathan Stanley // Episode 229
May 07, 2025
Coached by the Curé with Kevin Wells // Episode 228
Apr 30, 2025
Do You Have Teammates? // Episode 227
Apr 23, 2025
Are You a Spy? // Episode 226
Apr 16, 2025
Life on Mission with Jared Smyth // Episode 225
Apr 09, 2025
Life on Mission with John and Caitlin Wojtasek // Episode 224
Apr 02, 2025
Life on Mission with Thomas Ripplinger // Episode 223
Mar 26, 2025
Life on Mission with Amanda Teixeira // Episode 222
Mar 19, 2025
Making a Trinity House with Soren Johnson // Episode 221
Mar 12, 2025
Tempus Fugit, Memento Mori: A Lenten Episode // Episode 220
Mar 05, 2025
The Father's Blessing with Deacon Luke Oestman // Episode 219
Feb 26, 2025
Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Messy House, with Dana K. White // Episode 218
Feb 19, 2025
Turning the Hearts of Fathers to Their Children with Peter Herbeck // Episode 217
Feb 12, 2025
Family Huddles and Families of Character // Episode 216
Feb 05, 2025
Spiritual Homelessness // Episode 215
Jan 29, 2025
Invitations as a Key to Transformation // Episode 214
Jan 22, 2025
Reasons to Improve // Episode 213
Jan 15, 2025
Readiness to Change // Episode 212
Jan 08, 2025
Christmas Message To Our Listeners! // Episode 211
Dec 25, 2024
Am I My Brother's Keeper? w/ Fr. Jacob Gruber // Episode 210
Dec 18, 2024
Openness to Life w/ Fr. Jacob Gruber // Episode 209
Dec 11, 2024
Is it Too Early To Be Celebrating Christmas? // Episode 208
Dec 04, 2024
Pre-Advent Review of Salvation History // Episode 207
Nov 27, 2024
Christ Is King (and why that's a good thing) // Episode 206
Nov 20, 2024
Intercessory Prayer // Episode 205
Nov 13, 2024
What is the Gospel? // Episode 204
Nov 06, 2024
Cycle of Trust and Evangelization // Episode 203
Oct 30, 2024
"Lord, Don't Trust Philip Today" // Episode 202
Oct 23, 2024
The Rich Young Man and Marriage // Episode 201
Oct 16, 2024
Marriage as an Apostolic Institution // Episode 200
Oct 09, 2024
Testimonies vs. Stories // Episode 199
Oct 02, 2024
Conversation Starters // Episode 198
Sep 25, 2024
"What have you been reading recently?" // Episode 197
Sep 18, 2024
Rethinking Failure // Episode 196
Sep 11, 2024
The Midas Touch and the Screenification and Sterilization of the World // Episode 195
Sep 04, 2024
Life is Worth Living, Sharing, and Multiplying // Episode 194
Aug 28, 2024
Importance of Invitations // Episode 193
Aug 21, 2024
Three Tests for Pride // Episode 192
Aug 07, 2024
What It Takes to Live in the City of God // Episode 191
Jul 31, 2024
Three Reasons Catholic Singles Should Consider Marriage // Episode 190
Jul 24, 2024
Jesus Asleep in the Boat // Episode 189
Jul 17, 2024
Importance of Different Kinds of Friendship // Episode 188
Jul 03, 2024
Men's Ministry, Knights of Columbus, and the Cor Initiative // Episode 187
Jun 26, 2024
Changing the Dating Culture with MaryRose Depperschmidt // Episode 186
Jun 12, 2024
How to Organize Your Life and Make Sense of Your Vocation with Andy Hickman // Episode 185
May 15, 2024
"Late Have I Loved You" with John Michael Talbot // Episode 184
Apr 10, 2024
The Creed of Saint Paul: An Avuncular Episode // Episode 183
Mar 27, 2024
A Clear Path of Discipleship with Jim Jansen // Episode 182
Mar 13, 2024
Music in the Home and the Liturgy with JohnMarc Skoch // Episode 181
Feb 28, 2024
Fostering Healthy Masculinity with John Bishop // Episode 180
Feb 14, 2024
Friendship: A Talk // Episode 179
Feb 07, 2024
Why People Aren't Getting Married, with Pete Burak // Episode 178
Jan 31, 2024
The Sacrifice of Isaac: An Avuncular Episode with a Catholic Anthropologist // Episode 177
Jan 17, 2024
Hopes and Dreams for the New Year // Episode 176
Dec 28, 2023
Romans, Sacrifice, and Us with Fr. Jacob Gruber // Episode 175
Dec 21, 2023
Freedom from Pornography with Steve Pokorny // Episode 174
Oct 25, 2023
Apostolic Mission with Daniel Boyd // Episode 173
Oct 04, 2023
Creative Word of God in Genesis 1 // Episode 172
Sep 13, 2023
The Three Stages of Moral Education! // Episode 171
Sep 06, 2023
A Key to Deeper Relationships // Episode 170
Aug 30, 2023
Why We're Running a Marriage Ministry // Episode 169
Aug 23, 2023
Building Community w/Alison De Lima Fernandez // Episode 168
Aug 09, 2023
Why It's Good We Can Be Wrong // Episode 167
Aug 02, 2023
Doubts and Difficulties // Episode 166
Jul 26, 2023
The Difference a Holy Hour Makes, with Fr. Peter Gruber // Episode 165
Jul 19, 2023
Is Eucharistic Adoration a Step Backwards? with Fr. Peter Gruber // Episode 164
Jul 12, 2023
Hebrews, the Priesthood, and Mediation vs. Alienation with Fr. Jacob Gruber // Episode 163
Jul 06, 2023
Evangelizing in a Car-Proportioned World // Episode 162
Jun 28, 2023
3 Burning Questions about the Power of the Gospel // Episode 161
Jun 21, 2023
Job and the Character of God and the Pattern of Being Chosen, Part 2 with Deacon Jacob Gruber // Episode 160
Jun 14, 2023
Job and the Character of God and the Pattern of Being Chosen, Part 1 with Deacon Jacob Gruber // Episode 159
Jun 07, 2023
Love of Self // Episode 158
May 31, 2023
Being Physically Spiritual with Andrew Reinhart // Episode 157
May 24, 2023
Opting In vs. Opting Out in Evangelization // Episode 156
May 17, 2023
The Difficulty in Beginning // Episode 155
May 10, 2023
Matrimony as Evangelical // Episode 154
Apr 26, 2023
A Week with Doubting Thomas
Apr 19, 2023
Consuming or Contemplating
Apr 12, 2023
Holy Week Thoughts
Apr 05, 2023
A Thought on Sola Scriptura
Mar 22, 2023
Fasting and Its Benefits // Episode 149
Mar 15, 2023
The 'Our Father' and Honesty // Episode 148
Mar 08, 2023
Almsgiving and Mercy // Episode 147
Mar 01, 2023
Our Outpost // Episode 146
Feb 15, 2023
On Judging People // Episode 145
Feb 01, 2023
The Temple of the Burning Furnace w/ Deacon Jacob Gruber // Episode 144
Jan 05, 2023
Advent Thoughts // Episode 143
Dec 21, 2022
On the Rise and Fall of Satanism // Episode 142
Dec 14, 2022
SEEK23 Podcast // Episode 141
Dec 07, 2022
Praying with Others as a Gift // Episode 140
Nov 16, 2022
Hopes and Dreams and Family Life // Episode 139
Nov 09, 2022
In the World but Not of It // Episode 138
Oct 26, 2022
What is the Plan of God? // Episode 137
Oct 19, 2022
Thor: Film Negative of Jesus? // Episode 136
Oct 12, 2022
We Are God's Workmanship // Episode 135
Oct 05, 2022
Dating Like a Catholic Formation Opportunity!! // Episode 134
Sep 28, 2022
2 Ways to Understand the Effects of Sin // Episode 133
Sep 21, 2022
4-ish Things about Hopes and Dreams and Desires // Episode 132
Sep 14, 2022
4 Stages of Growth // Episode 131
Aug 17, 2022
4 Ways to Receive Truth // Episode 130
Aug 03, 2022
Having the Tools for Life // Episode 129
Jul 27, 2022
Who, Exactly, Are You? // Episode 128
Jul 13, 2022
Neighboring Well (or Poorly) // Episode 127
Jul 06, 2022
Ignatian Contemplation Lecture // Episode 126
Jun 29, 2022
Lectio Divina Lecture // Episode 125
Jun 22, 2022
Q&A about Dating Part 3 // Episode 124
Jun 15, 2022
On Loving Children and Suffering Well with Kate Gallimore // Episode 123
May 18, 2022
Q&A about Dating Part 2 // Episode 122
May 04, 2022
Q&A about Dating Part 1 // Episode 121
Apr 27, 2022
An Overview of 'Dating, Like a Catholic' // Episode 120
Apr 06, 2022
The Whys and Hows of Studying the Bible with People // Episode 119
Mar 23, 2022
Personal Influence as the Means of Propagating the Truth with Fr. Peter Gruber, CO // Episode 118
Dec 08, 2021
College Like a Catholic // Episode 117
Sep 29, 2021
Re-Release of Vulnerability Part 4- How to Not Receive Someone // Episode 116
Sep 22, 2021
Re-Release of Vulnerability Part 3- How to Receive Someone // Episode 115
Sep 15, 2021
Re-Release of Vulnerability Part 2- What is Vulnerable? // Episode 114
Sep 08, 2021
Re-Release of Vulnerability Part 1- Why Be Vulnerable? // Episode 113
Sep 01, 2021
Finding a Voice // Episode 112
Aug 25, 2021
How To Not Be Tiresome and Know Nothing, with Jacob Gruber // Episode 111
Aug 18, 2021
On the Value of Failure // Episode 110
Jul 21, 2021
Entrepreneurship and Catholic Social Teaching with Jacob Gruber // Episode 109
Jul 14, 2021
Conversing about "The Catholic Church and Conversion" // Episode 108
Jul 07, 2021
Holy Leisure // Episode 107
Jun 30, 2021
The Catholic Church and Conversion // Episode 106
Jun 23, 2021
3 Habits of Missionary Disciples // Episode 105
Jun 16, 2021
Heroes, Mentors, and Coaches // Episode 104
Jun 09, 2021
Why Did Jesus Curse That Fig Tree? // Episode 103
Jun 02, 2021
Data // Episode 102
May 26, 2021
Discussing Chesterton's Essay on the Family // Episode 101
May 19, 2021
"On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family" by G.K. Chesterton // Episode 100
May 12, 2021
Why Read More? // Episode 99
May 05, 2021
Compatibility // Episode 98
Apr 28, 2021
Make New Friends... // Episode 97
Apr 21, 2021
A Conversation with a Catholic Social Media Influencer w/ Maclaine Capshew // Episode 96
Apr 07, 2021
Why Climb a Tree? // Episode 95
Mar 31, 2021
Matthew 18: Jesus' Sermon on Life in the Church // Episode 94
Mar 24, 2021
Our Thoughts on Natural Family Planning // Episode 93
Mar 17, 2021
Humanae Vitae: A Brief History and Some Thoughts // Episode 92
Mar 10, 2021
Charting Cycles of Fertility // Episode 91
Mar 03, 2021
More Liturgy of the Hours with Fr. Steven Oetjen // Episode 90
Feb 24, 2021
An Intro to the Liturgy of the Hours // Episode 89
Feb 17, 2021
Not Taking the Psalms for Granted // Episode 88
Feb 10, 2021
Judah and Tamar // Episode 87
Feb 03, 2021
An Intro to Lectio Divina // Episode 86
Jan 27, 2021
A Rekindled Faith with Mallory Smyth // Episode 85
Jan 20, 2021
Casti Connubii Part 3: Remedies for Marriage // Episode 84
Jan 13, 2021
Casti Connubii Part 2: Attacks on Marriage // Episode 83
Jan 06, 2021
The Ideal Week with Lisa Canning // Episode 82
Dec 30, 2020
Casti Connubii Part 1: The Three Blessings of Marriage // Episode 81
Dec 23, 2020
Dating and Casti Connubii // Episode 80
Dec 16, 2020
Genesis 9-- Noah, Ham, Canaan, and Christ // Episode 79
Dec 09, 2020
Vulnerability Part 4- How to Not Receive Someone // Episode 78
Nov 25, 2020
Vulnerability Part 3- How to Receive Someone // Episode 77
Nov 18, 2020
Christian Anthropology and the Emotions // Episode 76
Nov 11, 2020
Vulnerability Part 2- What is Vulnerable? // Episode 75
Nov 04, 2020
Vulnerability Part 1- Why Be Vulnerable? // Episode 74
Oct 28, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 8-- Our Love Story // Episode 73
Oct 21, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 7-- Some Special Circumstances // Episode 72
Oct 14, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 6--Getting Engaged // Episode 71
Oct 07, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 5-- Breaking Up // Episode 70
Sep 30, 2020
A Catholic View of Scripture with Dr. Scott Powell // Episode 69
Sep 24, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 4-- How Far is Too Far and a Better Question Instead // Episode 68
Sep 16, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 3-- What Some Would Call the DTR Episode (except we didn't...) // Episode 67
Sep 09, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 2-- Leading up to a First Date // Episode 66
Aug 19, 2020
Catholic Dating Part 1-- Freedom and Clarity // Episode 65
Aug 10, 2020
Vocations: A Brief Overview // Episode 64
Jul 16, 2020
Catholic Marriage and Apostolic Life Part 3-- Next Steps! // Episode 63
Jul 09, 2020
Catholic Marriage and Apostolic Life Part 2-- Problems! // Episode 62
Jun 26, 2020
Catholic Marriage and Apostolic Life Part 1 // Episode 61
Jun 17, 2020
An Invitation to Ordinary Time // Episode 60
Jun 11, 2020
Beatitude(s) // Episode 59
Jun 05, 2020
The Sacrifice of Isaac Part 2 // Episode 58
May 27, 2020
A Marriage Workshop Advertisement // Episode 57
May 20, 2020
The Sacrifice of Isaac Part 1 // Episode 56
May 13, 2020
Theology of the Body and Gift // Episode 55
May 06, 2020
Intimacy and Acts 2:42 // Episode 54
Apr 29, 2020
Domestic Dreams and Domestic Gardens with the Schnieders // Episode 53
Apr 21, 2020
Theology of the Body: Icons and Idols // Episode 52
Apr 14, 2020
Fatherhood // Episode 51
Apr 02, 2020
The Battle of the Nine Armies, Salvation, and Thanksgiving: Genesis 14 // Episode 50
Mar 24, 2020
The Domestic School // Episode 49
Mar 21, 2020
Gratitude in the Midst of Suffering // Episode 48
Mar 04, 2020
The Domestic Church with Rich Budd // Episode 47
Jan 16, 2020
Our Take on Hospitality // Episode 46
Dec 11, 2019
2nd Q&A with the Grubers // Episode 45
Dec 04, 2019
Q&A with the Grubers // Episode 44
Nov 26, 2019
Transcendent Friendship // Episode 43
Nov 12, 2019
Beauty and Wonder // Episode 42
Nov 06, 2019
Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand // Episode 41
Oct 25, 2019
Chastity: Window to Beauty // Episode 40
Oct 16, 2019
Excellence: From Goodness to Goodness // Episode 39
Oct 10, 2019
Sobriety: Gateway to Truth // Episode 38
Oct 03, 2019
A Basic Christian Anthropology // Episode 37
Sep 26, 2019
Soulful Apostolate // Episode 36
Sep 18, 2019
The College's Duration // Episode 35
Sep 05, 2019
The College Clubs // Episode 34
Aug 29, 2019
The College Dorm // Episode 33
Aug 21, 2019
The College Dining Hall // Episode 32
Aug 14, 2019
The College Classroom // Episode 31
Aug 07, 2019
There's Something about Eve... // Episode 30
Jul 25, 2019
Ongoing Intellectual Formation // Episode 29
Jul 18, 2019
Christianity as the One True Religion // Episode 28
Jul 11, 2019
Does God Exist? // Episode 27
Jul 03, 2019
Relativism // Episode 26
Jun 29, 2019
The Four Senses // Episode 25
Jun 05, 2019
Aids in Training // Episode 24
May 23, 2019
Specially Suitable Formation // Episode 23
May 16, 2019
Lifelong Formation // Episode 22
May 08, 2019
Pillars of Formation // Episode 21
May 01, 2019
Apostolicam Actu... Actually Really Good // Episode 20
Apr 25, 2019
Feel the Urgency // Episode 19
Apr 18, 2019
The Good News Gets Real // Episode 18
Apr 10, 2019
Contraceptive Spirituality // Episode 17
Apr 03, 2019
I Know There is More to This Story // Episode 16
Mar 27, 2019
Simplicity // Episode 15
Mar 20, 2019
Holding Fast // Episode 14
Mar 13, 2019
Our Father Who... // Episode 13
Mar 06, 2019
Giving Priorities // Episode 12
Feb 27, 2019
Curiosity Killed the...? // Episode 11
Feb 20, 2019
Redeeming Institutions // Episode 10
Feb 13, 2019
#Winning // Episode 9
Feb 05, 2019
Failing Some More // Episode 8
Jan 30, 2019
Failing Well // Episode 7
Jan 23, 2019
A Deacon's Tale // Episode 6
Jan 16, 2019
Letting Talks Change Lives // Episode 5
Jan 10, 2019
Starting Small // Episode 4
Jan 02, 2019
Apostolic Direction // Episode 3
Dec 26, 2018
The Drama of Prayer // Episode 2
Dec 19, 2018
What’s in a Name // Episode 1
Dec 19, 2018