Winning The Bridge
True stories of faith against impossible odds. Every hero found the one advantage that turned the tide. They won a tactical bridge in their battles that made all the difference - and you can too.
Every episode of Winning the Bridge hands you a hero of the faith: a saint, an underdog, an ordinary person in an impossible situation. Then it breaks down exactly how they won. The strategic advantage they identified (the bridge they won), the move that took it, and the grit and grace that made it possible.
Then we turn it on you. In a few short minutes, you'll walk away with one concrete move for the battle you're fighting right now, whether that's in your faith, your family, or your work.
One hero, one battlefield, one bridge to win.
Hosted by Gabriel, a Catholic husband and father, and a six-year U.S. Navy veteran. He went down the wrong path in his youth and survived it by the grace of God. During his enlisted service, after a long battle in pursuit of truth, he was confirmed and received his first Communion at age 33. He believes history's best stories are also the best strategies and examples for our lives.
This show is how he pays it forward. Gabriel was helped along the way by many Catholic writers and creators he never met; Winning the Bridge is his way of giving hope to anyone fighting the good fight, and a brother-in-arms walking alongside you.
This podcast is brought to you by Uptime Ministries https://uptimeministries.com - where Gabriel is helping Catholic nonprofits, parishes and kingdom-focused businesses get back to their mission while Uptime Ministries handles their audience experience.
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Episodes
6 episodes
Gregory The Great And The Barrel Escape
We tell the story of Gregory the Great, the man who hid in a barrel to avoid the papacy and still became the leader Rome needed when the empire stopped showing up. We track how a monk who wanted silence learns servant leadership through plague,...
Mother Teresa And The Discipline Of Faith Without Feelings
We tell the hidden story behind Mother Teresa’s public smile: decades of serving the poorest while feeling an interior darkness that never seemed to lift. We pull out the “bridge” she had to cross and the simple discipline that helped her keep ...
Saint Monica’s Long Game Of Prayer And Staying Close
We tell the story of Monica and Augustine to show why winning the battle sometimes means dropping the argument and choosing the long game of prayer. We unpack “win your bridge” as the one advantage that changes the fight, then we challenge you ...
Ten Seconds Of Courage
We tell the story of Maximilian Kolbe stepping out of line at Auschwitz to take another man’s place, then we ask why that kind of courage rarely comes out of nowhere. We connect “winning your bridge” to the unglamorous practice of small surrend...
Whose Power Do You Trust Under Pressure
We tell the story of Constantine standing outside Rome outnumbered, then trace how one decisive choice of “whose sign to carry” becomes the turning point. We turn that moment into a weekly framework for faith and action by naming the bridge in ...