Joe Heschmeyer, Author at Word on Fire

Joe Heschmeyer

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Joe Heschmeyer is an instructor at the Holy Family School of Faith Institute for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, and blogs at Shameless Popery.

Contributors

St. Justin Martyr on the Eucharist and the Ancient Mass

Joe Heschmeyer

June 1, 2023

Contributors

Preparing for Battle: 7 Tips from St. Paul on Evangelization

Joe Heschmeyer

July 5, 2022

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Juan Diego’s Proof of Mary Amid the Aztecs

Joe Heschmeyer

December 11, 2020

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How Strong is the “STRONGEST Argument Against Catholicism”?

Joe Heschmeyer

October 5, 2020

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How the News and Politics Is Destroying Your Soul (And What You Can Do About It)

Joe Heschmeyer

July 20, 2020

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Atheism and the Problem of Beauty

Joe Heschmeyer

January 20, 2020

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In Defense of Exaggerated Marian Devotion

Joe Heschmeyer

June 10, 2019

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Is Religion Just a Social Construct?

Joe Heschmeyer

April 30, 2019

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How Should We Understand Old Testament Human Sacrifice?

Joe Heschmeyer

February 18, 2019

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What Makes a “Holiday”? A Theory of Festivity

Joe Heschmeyer

December 18, 2018

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The Immaculate Conception: A Gift for You

Joe Heschmeyer

December 7, 2018

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Rembrandt and the Queen of Heaven

Joe Heschmeyer

November 21, 2018

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Nothing’s the Matter with Atheistic Materialism

Joe Heschmeyer

October 5, 2018

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3 Simple Ways to Debunk Relativism, Skepticism, and Materialism

Joe Heschmeyer

September 7, 2018

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What It Means to Be Pro-Family

Joe Heschmeyer

July 30, 2018

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Does Prayer Change Things?

Joe Heschmeyer

July 10, 2018

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Understanding Christ’s Humanity and Divinity

Joe Heschmeyer

May 2, 2018

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The Gospel Call to Christian Unity

Joe Heschmeyer

March 5, 2018

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The Evangelical and Pastoral Heart of St. Francis de Sales

Joe Heschmeyer

January 24, 2018

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A House of Prayer for All People

Joe Heschmeyer

November 28, 2017

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5 Ironies About Celebrating “Reformation Day” Today

Joe Heschmeyer

October 31, 2017

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Do Catholics Make Christianity Too Difficult?

Joe Heschmeyer

September 26, 2017

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Does the Immaterial Exist?

Joe Heschmeyer

September 6, 2017

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Christianity: A Bargain That Will Cost You Everything

Joe Heschmeyer

June 30, 2017

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Does Teaching Religion “Brainwash” Kids?

Joe Heschmeyer

June 21, 2017

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What Eye Has Not Seen: Divinization and the Saints

Joe Heschmeyer

May 3, 2017

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The Strangeness of Biblical Imagery

Joe Heschmeyer

April 5, 2017

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Are We Living in the Matrix?

Joe Heschmeyer

March 21, 2017

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St. Juan Diego’s Miraculous Proof

Joe Heschmeyer

December 9, 2016

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The Idolatry of Anxiety?

Joe Heschmeyer

November 29, 2016

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But Who Created God?

Joe Heschmeyer

October 6, 2016

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Getting Morality Wrong

Joe Heschmeyer

September 8, 2016

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Why the Moral Law is Key to Happiness

Joe Heschmeyer

July 8, 2016

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Pope Francis’ 10 New Year’s Resolutions for You

Joe Heschmeyer

December 31, 2015

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How Do We Encounter Christ?

Joe Heschmeyer

December 22, 2015

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10 Things I Learned in My First Year of Seminary

Joe Heschmeyer

May 21, 2015

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The Tragic Case for Christ

Joe Heschmeyer

April 15, 2015

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Mary’s Foretaste of the Resurrection

Joe Heschmeyer

April 6, 2015

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Is Religion Responsible for the World’s Violence?

Joe Heschmeyer

March 24, 2015

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What Neil deGrasse Tyson Misses About Science and Faith

Joe Heschmeyer

January 15, 2015

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Augustine’s Favorite Apologist Explains the Eucharist

Joe Heschmeyer

January 13, 2015

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Is This the End of the Christmas Season or the Beginning?

Joe Heschmeyer

December 23, 2014

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What the Media Got Wrong about Pope Francis and Evolution

Joe Heschmeyer

November 17, 2014

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Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s Inadvertent Proof for God

Joe Heschmeyer

October 21, 2014