Rachel Herbeck

Ralph Martin

President of Renewal Ministries

Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries and the host of the weekly Catholic television program The Choices We Face. He holds a doctorate in theology and has just completed twenty-three years as the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ralph is the author of A Life in the Spirit: A Memoir and the widely read A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward and The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints.

Ralph and his wife, Anne, reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have six children and nineteen grandchildren.

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Director of Young Adult Discipleship

Rachel Herbeck is the Director of Young Adult Discipleship for Renewal Ministries and hosts Burning Hearts, a daily podcast and radio program. She received her degree in Catholic Studies from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has worked extensively in youth ministry and speaks to youth and young adults at retreats, conferences, and events in the US and Canada. Rachel is passionate about life issues and has worked for multiple pro-life and political organizations in Minnesota and Washington, DC. She formerly worked for the Minnesota Catholic Conference, doing outreach and lobbying for the Catholic Bishops of Minnesota. She currently resides in Plymouth, Michigan.

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On the Good News Cruise Heather Khym joined Rachel for a guest interview on the "Burning Hearts" podcast! Together the discuss the way the Holy Spirit reveals Jesus and how meditating on the Scriptures daily transforms the heart and mind, and if we let it, our entire life.

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Burning Hearts Podcast

Join Rachel Herbeck as she uses Scripture to draw us into a deeply intimate conversation with the Lord. She asks us to consider two questions: What is God saying to us? And, what are we doing about it? Journey with Rachel to discover how to make your own roadmap through the Word of God and allow Him to set your heart on fire with zeal for his Word!

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Your Present Circumstances

by Rachel Herbeck | Mar 27, 2025

What are your present circumstances? Are you in a season where you are feeling God's love a lot? Are you in a season of suffering? In Philippians, St. Paul tells us his circumstances and how he...

‘Burning Hearts’ Draws Listeners Closer to Christ

by Rachel Herbeck | Feb 7, 2025

I was sixteen when I decided to take my faith in Jesus seriously. After experiencing the emptiness of my own sin and receiving God’s mercy through a powerful confession, I was baptized in the Holy...

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