Mountaineering, Masculinity & Modern Technology w/ Fr. John Nepil

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Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode of Guestsplaining, Fr. Patrick sits down with Fr. John Nepil to explore the themes of his new book, "To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail." They dive into the spiritual lessons of wilderness, the rediscovery of authentic masculinity through shared hardship, and how stepping away from modern technology opens space for encountering God. Fr. John's book can be found herehttps://ignatius.com/to-heights-and-unto-depths-thudp/ Fr. John's podcast, "Catholic Stuff You Should Know", can be found here https://catholicstuffpodcast.com/ Godsplaining MEN'S RETREAT https://godsplaining.org/mens-retreat-august-2025/ Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsSt. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Patrick Briscoe. Welcome to Godsplaining. Thanks to all who support us.
0:10.2	If you enjoy our podcast, please consider making a monthly donation to us on Patreon. And be sure to like and subscribe to Godsplining wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:19.0	Friends, I am so excited to be sitting down today with a personal friend of many
0:23.8	Dominicans, a truly great priest, Father John Neppel, Father Nepple, welcome to God's Point.
0:29.4	Thank you.
0:30.0	Thanks, Father Patrick.
0:30.8	Good to be with you.
0:32.8	I'm especially excited to have you.
0:34.9	I mean, any conversation with Father Napples, a great conversation
0:37.6	so all of our listeners can benefit from tuning in and sitting down with you at any point in time,
0:44.0	but especially to talk about this great adventure you had and your chronicle of it in your
0:50.2	newest book from Ignatius Press. So I wonder if we might talk about, if we might just open right up, if you would introduce
0:58.0	us to your new book and what the occasion of writing it was, because it's fairly unique.
1:04.3	Well, thank you.
1:04.9	I appreciate it.
1:05.4	It's really good to see you again.
1:07.2	I think it's been since Likki, we have a mutual friend.
1:11.5	I think it's been a couple of years since talk, so it's good to be with you. And love what you guys are doing on this
1:14.8	podcast. To Heights and Untadep's, letters from the Caro Trail is a book that I have been
1:21.9	working on and thinking about for many, many years. A fellow Dominican father Tim Danaher said
1:26.9	he was an editor for me.
1:29.6	And as Dominicans do, they cut your right to the core of things.
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