FLICKER & BURN
When life falls apart, what do you hold onto?
The series explores the everyday person’s struggle with life and faith. Through different characters and stories, each episode examines moments of doubt, hope, loss, and redemption from the perspectives of both the faithful and the faithless.
At its heart, the series asks how people search for meaning in a chaotic world, and how faith can shape, challenge, or sustain the human spirit.
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These aren’t perfect faith stories. They’re real ones. Start with this week’s Flicker & Burn and hear honest conversations about faith, failure, purpose, and becoming who you’re meant to be.
Stories Worth Hearing
Flicker & Burn: Joe Melendrez
Catholic speaker, performer, and music missionary Joe Melendrez joins Rob Kaczmark for a lively conversation about creativity, identity, fatherhood, and following God without losing what makes you unique.
Joe shares how a powerful retreat encounter transformed his faith as a teenager and inspired him to combine hip-hop, dance, storytelling, and Catholic spirituality. From creating the Rosary Rap to performing for thousands of young people around the world, his ministry has been shaped by one conviction: every gift can become a way to glorify God.
He also reflects on rejection, creative resistance, spiritual discipline, and the importance of remaining authentic when others do not understand your calling. Together, Rob and Joe explore how prayer, silence, service, family life, and healthy boundaries with technology can help us stay present and spiritually grounded. Their conversation is an energizing reminder that God can use creativity, courage, and a simple yes to reach people in unexpected ways.
Flicker & Burn: Sonja Corbitt
Catholic author, Scripture teacher, and “Bible Study Evangelista” Sonja Corbitt joins Rob Kaczmark for a personal conversation about conversion, suffering, core wounds, boundaries, and healing from trauma.
Raised Southern Baptist, Sonja’s love of Scripture eventually led her to question the divisions she witnessed within her denomination. Her search brought her to the Catechism, the Eucharist, and ultimately the Catholic Church, even as her conversion created years of tension within her marriage and family.
Sonja shares how prayer, patience, Our Lady, and St. Joseph helped move her family toward unity. She also explains why loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength provides a practical framework for healing the whole person.
Together, Rob and Sonja explore recurring emotional triggers, forgiveness, healthy boundaries, and the connection between spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Their conversation offers an honest look at how God restores identity and interior freedom through slow, faithful transformation.
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About This Conversation
SoulCore founders Colleen Scariano and Deanna Miller join Rob Kaczmark for a deeply personal conversation about suffering, healing, surrender, and how God can transform even the most painful parts of our stories.
Deanna shares her experience with disordered eating and the gradual journey from control and isolation toward healing, prayer, and a renewed understanding of the body as a gift. Colleen reflects on profound loss within her family, including addiction, unexpected deaths, and the faithful witness of a mother who continued to choose hope through tragedy.
Their stories reveal how prayer, presence, movement, and the Rosary became powerful sources of healing in their lives. Together, Rob, Colleen, and Deanna explore what it means to let others accompany us through suffering, surrender what we cannot control, and trust that God can bring redemption from even the deepest wounds, laying the spiritual foundation for what would eventually become SoulCore.
The Episode
Number: 3
Released: August 2, 2026
Duration: 1:10:42
Guest: Coleen Scariano and Deanne Miller
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