Living Well


  • Everything Means Something – Raised Catholic episode 39

    Everything Means Something – Raised Catholic episode 39

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 39: Everything Means Something Well, hello friends.  As I sit on my porch and write these words today, there is a red dragonfly sitting just a few feet away in a bush.  Whenever I see a dragonfly,…


  • Holy Water – Raised Catholic episode 38

    Holy Water – Raised Catholic episode 38

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 38: Holy Water Well, hi, friends.  As I write these words on my front porch today, it has just started to rain, and I hear those fat raindrops plopping on the porch roof and on the…


  • Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 37: Be Where You Are Well, hello there, friends.  Around here, we’ve hit that part of the summer when we feel some things coming to an end at the very same time that we gear up…


  • Under Construction – Raised Catholic podcast 35

    Under Construction – Raised Catholic podcast 35

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 35: Under Construction Well, hello, friends. Today’s episode is a short update about some work I’m doing on the podcast, along with a little reflection about some things I’m learning along the way. First, the…


  • Holy Places – Raised Catholic episode 34

    Holy Places – Raised Catholic episode 34

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 34: Holy Places Well, hello, friends. As we hear in the Psalms, the Book of Jeremiah, and lots of other places in the Bible, God is everywhere.  There’s nowhere that God is not, but today we’re…


  • What About the Kids? – Raised Catholic episode 33

    What About the Kids? – Raised Catholic episode 33

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 33: What About the Kids? Well, hello friends. Today’s episode is kind of a challenging one for me. As some of you know, I write and record this podcast over the span of four or…


  • Discerning in a Divided Church – Raised Catholic episode 32

    Discerning in a Divided Church – Raised Catholic episode 32

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 32: Discerning in a Divided Church Well, hi, friends.  You don’t have to be an actively practicing Catholic to know that the American Catholic Church is pretty divided these days. We have polarizing figures, demonization, easily…


  • Be Not Afraid – Raised Catholic episode 31

    Be Not Afraid – Raised Catholic episode 31

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 31: Be Not Afraid Well, hi friends, if you were born and raised Catholic, you may have inherited a kind of wariness or even outright fear about some practices which, though there is no teaching…


  • Sign of Peace – Raised Catholic episode 26

    Sign of Peace – Raised Catholic episode 26

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 26: Sign of Peace Well, hey, friends, peace be with you.  Ah, I can almost hear you replying from here. Did you say ‘and also with you’ or ‘and with your spirit’ back to me just now?  We…


  • Christian Nationalism – Raised Catholic episode 25

    Christian Nationalism – Raised Catholic episode 25

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 25: Christian Nationalism Hi friends.  Today I want to explore a bit of a heavier topic that’s been on my heart for several months now.  I’m getting into this hard topic precisely because I love our faith and I…