Raising Men of God in a Confused World (with Pete Burak) - Part 1

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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What does it mean to be a holy man in today's culture? Recorded live at the SEEK 26 conference, Pete Burak, Vice President of Renewal Ministries, joins Dr. Sri to reflect on what it means to raise and form men of God in a confused culture—one marked by wounded fatherhood, competing visions of masculinity, and deep questions about identity and purpose.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
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0:12.1	Hi, I'm Edwards 3, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.
0:24.1	Well, welcome to all things Catholic.
0:26.4	I'm your host, Edward Sri, and this is a special edition recorded on location in
0:31.3	Columbus, Ohio, with 17,000 people here at the Focus 26 conference. So so excited to be here. And today we have a very
0:44.2	special guest. We have Pete Burak, who is the vice president of Renewal Ministries. And he's going to
0:49.8	be one of the keynote speakers you're going to get to hear from him at the closing talks Monday
0:54.0	morning. So we're excited to have him hear from him at the closing talks Monday morning.
0:54.6	So we're excited to have him. And he's also the author of a brand new book that he just handed me,
1:00.4	actually, in the last hour here. So I haven't had a chance to read it, but I'm so excited to talk about
1:05.6	this book. It just came out January 2nd. So it's called A Man on Purpose, Ten Rules of Life from a Faithful Father.
1:15.9	And so I'd love to just ask you, Pete, and we've been blessed to get to know each other at different
1:20.5	conferences here at Sikh and many others. And I've enjoyed hearing about your work in Renewal Ministries.
1:27.2	But this particular book, I'm curious, what's the background of this and what inspired you
1:32.5	to want to write this?
1:33.5	And yeah, tell us about this new book here.
1:35.7	Well, great.
1:36.7	Well, good to be with you, Dr. Sri, and good to be with all of you.
1:39.3	It's fun to spend an afternoon together.
1:41.3	Yeah, well, the book came from a series of conversations
1:45.7	and Holy Spirit movements where I came to a realization over the last several years that
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