Fr. Steve Grunow has spent decades helping shape how Catholic media reaches the culture. As CEO and executive producer of Word on Fire, he has worked alongside Bishop Robert Barron through the rise of digital media, the creation of the Catholicism series, the growth of Word on Fire, and a changing media landscape that has made evangelization both more accessible and more complicated. In this episode of Flicker & Burn, Fr. Steve joins Rob Kaczmark for a wide-ranging conversation about faith, creativity, Catholic media, film, beauty, social media, and what it means to evangelize in a culture driven by conflict. He argues that Catholics cannot retreat into safe, internal conversations. The Church has to take risks, tell better stories, create serious art, and bring Christ into the places where people actually are. Fr. Steve also reflects on why beauty can draw people toward truth, why Catholic storytelling cannot sanitize the human condition, and why some of the strongest images of redemption can emerge from unexpected places in film and culture. The conversation turns sharply toward social media, where he warns that accusation, division, envy, and outrage can become spiritually corrosive, even when they are wrapped in religious language. The episode also looks ahead to Heaven in Stone and Glass, Word on Fire’s first feature film, and the larger question behind it: can the Church once again become a serious force in art, cinema, and culture? For Fr. Steve, that requires courage, artistic excellence, and a willingness to tell the Christian story in ways the wider world cannot ignore. This is a conversation about Catholic media, evangelization, storytelling, beauty, social media, film, culture, and the responsibility Christians have to create rather than retreat. Follow Flicker & Burn Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts Join the F&B Community Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. This season of Flicker & Burn is made possible by our sponsors, SundayMass Underground, faith-based gym and streetwear — Christian gymwear forged by faith and iron.Learn more at: https://sundaymass.store/ Carmel Communications For nearly two decades, Carmel Communications has helped Catholic organizations, ministries, and nonprofits tell stories that inspire, educate, and evangelize through strategic public relations and communications. Learn more at: https://carmelcommunications.com/
