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Open Doors is a conversation about inviting God’s love, presence, and power into our hearts. We are friends and teammates from Heart of the Father Ministries who share in the mission of setting captive hearts free through Unbound ministry. We’ll be touching on the impact of Neal Lozano’s book, Unbound, and hearing stories of lives changed through Unbound ministry. At times we’ll dig deep into the Five Keys of Unbound, simple responses to the gospel with profound impact on hearts and lives. J ...
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In this concise yet thorough episode, Neal Lozano airs the contents of his latest book Unbound Unpacked: The Exorcising Task of the Believer. We learn about the book’s beginnings, growth, and unique approach that provides overview, yet answers often-asked questions and concerns about Unbound Ministry. “There’s an urgency today like there was at the…
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Join us as we share best bits from the 2025 Unbound Leadership Conference! You’ll hear brief audio clips from the four main sessions along with Jenn and Lisa’s personal takeaways. Neal Lozano kicked off the conference on Friday evening with his talk, “The Kingdom of God is Advancing.” We learn about a scripture and a song that accompanied Neal’s ta…
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“I have always known Jesus to be my best friend,” shares Helen Stewart, Regional Coordinator for Ireland who describes herself as just a simple girl from the country. Helen organized the recent Unbound conference in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, where Matt Lozano presented, along with Sue Walsh of Unbound UK. As a young mother, Helen unexpectedl…
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“Anyone seeking freedom is coming with a heart that’s just beautiful,” states Neal Lozano while sharing about connecting heart-to-heart with someone desiring Unbound prayer. “What we’re offering them is our presence, our past experience, receiving from God, and our faith.” Prior to an Unbound session, Neal prays on his own – recently it has been th…
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Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and Father David Barrow –all these can be found in Westminster, London! But it’s Father David Barrow with us on Open Doors this Holy Thursday 2025. He is doing transformative work by incorporating Unbound into parish programs and ministry. Some years back, Fr. David encountered a spiritual war zone which made him open to…
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“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend us your ears…” Or should we say, lend us your eyes as we imagine ourselves with Roman citizen Saul in the dramatic moments described in Acts 9. Saul, chief persecutor and killer of early church Christians, encounters the voice of Jesus amidst a blinding light. Lisa, Emily, and Jacqueline examine this conversion st…
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In this fifth week of Lent, we feature a paralytic whose four friends lowered him through a roof to be healed by Jesus. The value of friendship is discussed and what it means to “carry a friend.” Paralysis can be physical but also can occur emotionally and spiritually in response to challenges faced. In Unbound Ministry, we come alongside a person …
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Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he; He climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see… Many of us remember singing this Sunday School song which speaks of a short man named Zacchaeus who was a rich tax collector and wanted badly to catch sight of Jesus. We know Zacchaeus’ name because Jesus spoke it upon seeing him…
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Welcome to the third episode of the Open Doors Lenten podcast series covering various Stories of Conversion. This week, Neal, Lisa, and Jacqueline gather for a poignant dialogue surrounding the story of a woman healed from twelve years of hemorrhaging. The profound poverty of this woman is discussed and why the constraints of the Levitical Law woul…
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We’re blessed with a Lozano trio this second week of Lent as Jenn, Matt, and Janet discuss a story found in three of the four gospels. It’s about a boy who suffered from an evil spirit that would cast him to the ground, cause him to foam at the mouth, and even throw him into the fire! This story embodies healing — physical healing of the boy but al…
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What happens when someone is excited about their encounter with Jesus and runs to tell a friend? What happens when we meet the Lord and realize anew that He sees and knows us? The Open Doors Lent 2025 series begins with talk of Nathaniel who voiced the now-famous question, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” But once Nathaniel meets Jesus, his …
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After being set free in an Unbound session, what happens if we start struggling again? In this episode, we hear from Ann Stevens – Freedom in Christ conference speaker, Basic Ecourse instructor, and longtime friend of Unbound. Enjoy a fun, helpful volley of ideas filled with laughter and lists as Ann gives suggestions for staying free. We hear Ann’…
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In this powerful and deeply moving episode, host Jenn sits down with Dr. Theresa Burke, a world-renowned expert on grief, trauma, and healing. Dr. Burke is the founder of the Living Scripture Institute, which provides training for three groundbreaking healing ministries: Rachel’s Vineyard – Healing after abortion Grief to Grace – Healing from abuse…
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On this Valentine’s Day, what do a Naval Academy graduate and a personal organizer have in common? The same alma mater, 37 years of marriage, four children, and a heart for Unbound ministry! In this episode, you’ll meet Sandy and Denise MacMurtrie and hear their faith-filled Unbound story. “Hi, I’m Denise!” she said. And so began their first conver…
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Do recent box office earnings and award ceremonies indicate a growing cultural interest in infernal supernatural forces? Should we be concerned? Check out this serious and solid episode that defines the occult and offers compelling reasons why people turn to it. The occult involves acts of the will which give an invitation to the spiritual realm. T…
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Meet the warm and encouraging Maria Kamenstein, a retired educator, church volunteer, and experienced Unbound leader who is currently writing her spiritual memoir. Maria (pronounced /ma-rye-ah/) tells of her Quaker roots in rural Iowa, college days in the 1960’s, falling in love with her husband Dana, and moving to Philadelphia. When marital confli…
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Downright dynamic – that describes Jack Matney’s journey both as a Christian and now as an Unbound leader. Jack’s candid, honest testimony tells how he met his wife, his church journey, and how his parish priest pressed him to receive Unbound prayer. “We did the Unbound thing,” says Jack. “We were at Worldgate in Herndon sitting on chairs in the mi…
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Don’t miss this captivating episode as Neal Lozano hosts Capuchin Franciscan friar Fr. Diogo Escudero who serves the Brazilian and Portuguese communities in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Fr. Diogo remembers first experiencing Unbound in 2015 as a seminarian and being prayed for by Neal. He knew it was something he needed personally, and it was t…
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Meet Amanda and Jonathan Teixeira, cofounders of WalletWin, a ministry that helps folks in all stages of life improve their finances while getting at some of the deeper places of the heart! Learn the Teixeiras’ story – how they met and what inspired them to start a finance ministry. Matt shares how finances can reveal heart issues and often come up…
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Join Neal as he hosts Susan Walsh, Regional Coordinator of Unbound Ministry in England, and Fr. Antonio Ritaccio, a seasoned diocesan priest and Pastoral Director at the Diocesan Seminary in London. Together, they reflect on the transformative Unbound Priest Retreat held in England and share stories of healing, renewal, and fraternity among clergy.…
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Join with Neal, Jacqueline and Lisa in conversation surrounding Advent Four’s scripture readings from Micah, Psalms, Hebrews, and Luke. Neal describes how captivating he found the Gospel reading, pondering the moment John the Baptist leapt in his mother’s womb and Elizabeth’s joy-filled response. “Did John leap first or was Elizabeth filled with th…
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Have a listen as Jenn, Matt, and Jacqueline share personal examples and meaningful reflections based upon scriptures from the third week in Advent. These passages from Zephaniah, Isaiah, Philippians, and Luke, all exhort us to rejoice! Sometimes our circumstances don’t feel joyful but Jesus offers us inestimable joy within the hidden place as we ge…
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Experience a joy-filled dialogue between Lisa, Jenn, and Janet as they ponder four scriptures which speak of promise, confidence, hope, and joy for the second week of Advent. The passage from Luke shows how an unknown person, John the Baptist, was called from the desert to be the courier for the King of Kings. He was a hinge, opening the way, and a…
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We’re thrilled to begin our Advent series, reflecting upon scriptures surrounding the coming of Jesus whether it be as a baby, into our hearts, or His second coming. Advent is a time of preparation that can be frenetic with activity and yet we are challenged be still before the Lord as we consider his coming to earth. Lisa emphasizes the heartfelt …
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Experience the Father’s Blessing with a sweet listen as Neal shares from his deep well of experience and wisdom regarding the extraordinary Fifth Key of Unbound. The enemy always works to steal our identity and destiny, wanting to lead us deeper and deeper into loneliness and isolation. An Unbound Ministry session allows for restoration of our iden…
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Warm, wise, compassionate, and oh so real! Meet Emily Wilson, Heart of the Father’s newest team member. Emily, our Resources and Sales Coordinator, hails from California’s Bay Area but has embraced Philly and loves to “talk about the Eagles, eat a cheesesteak, and ride public transportation home.” A graduate of Villanova University and the Augustin…
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If you aren’t yet acquainted with Dr. Christopher West, President of Theology of the Body Institute, this episode is your golden opportunity. The passion with which Dr. West speaks is infectious and amazing. Dr. West answers deep questions surrounding this year’s Open Doors podcast theme of “Come and See.” He tells about hearing a song at age eight…
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Following last week’s podcast with Dr. Mary Healy, we listen to Jenn and Matt discuss the issue of authority, taking it to a personal level. Jenn reflects on how Romans 6: 8-11 relates to authority and she references Chapter 12 of Abba’s Heart. We hear about an individual who, after receiving healing through Unbound prayer, was later able to use he…
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Dr. Mary Healy Explains The Fourth Key: The Command Meet Matt’s “go-to theologian,” the best-selling author and international speaker Dr. Mary Healy, Professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, general editor of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, and a recent member of the Vatican's Dicastery for Divine Worship and t…
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In this episode, Jenn hosts Neal as they discuss the reasons why Renunciation, the Third Key of Unbound, is so important. So you're following Jesus, and there's something in your life that doesn't belong to you and in that relationship you have with Him. Well, it's a good time to consider renunciation! Renunciation means that, in the name of Jesus,…
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Hear the engaging story of Ron Riggins –family man, businessman, Unbound ministry team founder, Board member, and more! We hear of Ron’s faith background, meeting his wife Terry, and his prayer while watching the Pentagon burn on September 11th. His first introduction to Unbound was the change he saw in Terry after she attended an Unbound conferenc…
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Jacqueline hosts Neal in this intimate discussion on the topic of Forgiveness, the Second Key. As Christians, we can be quick to forgive but forgiveness is often a process for those deeper wounds and hurts. God has forgiven us through His Son and we receive His forgiveness by an expression of faith. Neal discusses the connection between our receivi…
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What does repentance and faith look like in an Unbound session when past wounds might cause inner blindness? How can we go deeper in healing through this First Key of Unbound? In this episode, we review the foundational and foremost First Key: Repentance and Faith. Sometimes called “The Forgotten Key,” it can be easy to overlook within Unbound pray…
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Season 4 Begins!! Matt and Jenn kick off our Open Doors podcast announcing the theme of Season Four: “Come and See!” Together they offer scriptures from the Apostle John’s writings that invite us to “Come and See” what the Lord is doing. Due to sin, the world we live in is dark. We can’t see in the dark, but Jesus’ life illuminates things for us. H…
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Jacqueline hosts Neal as he shares about speaking in Rome at the Course on the Ministry of Exorcism and Deliverance sponsored by the Sacerdos Institute. Neal presented a non-confrontational approach to deliverance, which is Unbound ministry, to 195 people from 46 countries worldwide. His talks were translated into four languages. “It was a very dif…
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Neal and Janet connect with ministry friend Bohus Zivcak who prays Unbound in post-communist countries. Half his life was spent under communism and now he ministers among a people still struggling to live in freedom. Janet and Neal speak of Slovakia, hiking in the mountains with Bohus, and people’s openness while receiving personal freedom and then…
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Got cabin fever? Meet Aaron Richards of Damascus Camps, whose serious case of cabin fervor ignites his mission to train and disciple year-round missionaries. Aaron and his wife, Monica, met as teens during their first summer of camp ministry and their five children have grown up spending every summer at camp. “A true encounter with Jesus leads us t…
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Neal hosts the Open Doors podcast and shares a first for Unbound – prison ministry! Joining Neal are Dan Gahagan of Unbound Maryland and Jakob Kerlin, a pastor at Victory Church. Both were part of the Unbound team that recently ministered inside a Pennsylvania maximum-security prison. Invited there by the prison chaplain, it “felt like it was a div…
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“This is where the real stuff happens,” says longtime Unbound partner and Polish interpreter, Gosia Wojcik. Gosia joins Matt in this informative episode that covers exciting ministry developments in United Arab Emirates and Ukraine! Hear Gosia’s Unbound story beginning with the “First-ever Unbound conference,” in Poland and how she interpreted for …
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Author Matt Lozano talks with Lisa Livezey and host Jacqueline Harper. Tempted to jump out a window when it comes to holiness? In this final episode of our Free to Be Holy book study, the author himself speaks! We discuss Chapter Seven where Matt invites us to learn from his own mistakes. He shares his personal backstory of realizing he had believe…
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He’s Right Here!! Jenn hosts Neal and Lisa for a distinctive discussion during Week Three of our Free to Be Holy book study. Free to Be Holy means being “free to walk in holiness,” says Neal and “free to grow in holiness,” adds Lisa. One reason we fail is because we aren’t free. Hear Neal’s story about a prayer recipient exclaiming at The Father’s …
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“The J’s are in the house” this week as Jenn and Janet Lozano along with Jacqueline Harper sum up Chapters Three and Four of Matt Lozano’s book Free to Be Holy. “Reading Chapter 3 was like going into the throne room. I just encountered the Lord,” said Jenn. God is totally other – completely unique and excellent in every way. And yet He’s excellentl…
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On this Holy Thursday, we begin studying Matt Lozano’s book Free to Be Holy. What is Holiness? The Hebrew word kadosh translates as “set apart, sacred, holy.” This applied to items used in the temple vessels and nothing made holy could be returned to ordinary service. Proper ritual allowed outward participation, but not interior restoration. Throug…
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As we approach Palm Sunday, Matt and Lisa discuss the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem from Mark 11: 1-10. See parallels to the crowning of King Solomon, who was placed on David’s mule and cloaks laid down. What was symbolized by laying down cloaks before Jesus? Zechariah 9 prophecies about the king entering on a colt. What might have been t…
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Grab a cuppa and enjoy some time with Jacqueline and Jenn as they continue our Lenten series, reflecting upon Jeremiah 31:31-34 where the word ‘covenant’ is mentioned four times. Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, felt so sad about the condition of his people. Amidst Israel’s failure, he offered hope – a promise that God would forgive all our sins and …
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What a treat to hear Matt and Jenn Lozano together for Week Four of our Lenten series as they cover the story in John 9 about Jesus’ healing a man born blind! Jesus makes room in His day to heal this man and he does the same for us! During Lent, we consider the darkness and undergo self-reflection. Why is there so much brokenness in the world? We j…
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Amidst the cold of winter, enjoy warm conversation and memories shared by Janet and Lisa as they discuss Romans 5:1-2, 5-8. God poured out His Word into our hearts. Pouring relates to our baptism and God himself infuses the virtues of faith, hope, and love into us when we are open to receive them. Through our faith, we rejoice in hope. Janet explai…
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Are you going deeper this Lent? Join Neal and Jacqueline as they reflect on the liturgical readings for this coming Sunday. You'll be blessed as they discuss many beautiful themes, beginning with a word on testing. The first reading is from Genesis chapter 22. Sometimes we complain about the testing we are going through. Yet, here Abraham is asked …
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Jenn and Lisa kick off our Lenten series! Join us as Lent begins, talking about God’s covenant in Genesis 9: 8-15. We start with the theme of light in the Scriptures. Light bursts from darkness in creation, the post-flood prism of light is the rainbow, and Jesus comes as the Light of the World. A covenant offers three aspects: a promise, a family, …
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Join Matt Lozano and Gilbert Rodriguez as they share details from the Freedom In Christ conference held in San Juan, Mexico, last summer. Gilbert is Associate Director of Adult Faith Formation in the New York Archdiocese and has extensive ministry experience. He helps run Freedom in Christ conferences in Spanish. Gilbert tells of first benefitting …
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