Living Well


  • ‘Tis the Season – Raised Catholic episode 23

    ‘Tis the Season – Raised Catholic episode 23

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 23: ‘Tis the Season Well, hey, friends. Did you ever have a word, a phrase, an object, or a song just call out to you in different places repeatedly on multiple occasions over a short period…


  • Deconstructing Catholic – Raised Catholic episode 22

    Deconstructing Catholic – Raised Catholic episode 22

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 22: Deconstructing Catholic Well, hey, friends. Today we are addressing a subject that we’ve touched on a little bit already and that is faith deconstruction.  By definition, faith deconstruction is the systematic pulling apart of a…


  • Bless You – Raised Catholic episode 21

    Bless You – Raised Catholic episode 21

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 21: Bless You Well, hey friends. Today we’re talking all about blessings – what they are, who can do it and when, the many varieties of blessings, all the things.  But before I get into any…


  • Church People – Raised Catholic episode 20

    Church People – Raised Catholic episode 20

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 20: Church People Okay, so I am mindful that this episode has the potential of being very long, there is so much to say about ‘church people’, but I’ll do my best to encapsulate a…


  • Finding God – Raised Catholic episode 19

    Finding God – Raised Catholic episode 19

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 19: Finding God These days, in the wake of more than a year of pandemic, racial injustice, upheaval, isolation and much more, people are tired and overwhelmed and we’re working to unpack the real trauma…


  • Amazing Grace – Raised Catholic episode 17

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 17: Amazing Grace When you think of the word ‘grace’, what comes to your mind?  Is it the prayer you say around a table before you eat a meal?  The period of time before the late fees…


  • What’s Your Story? – Raised Catholic episode 14

    What’s Your Story? – Raised Catholic episode 14

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 14: What’s Your Story? In our next few episodes, we’ll continue re-building our faith with topics like sin, grace, and ecumenism, just to name a few, and these episodes will bring us straight through the…


  • What Are We Building? – Raised Catholic episode 13

    What Are We Building? – Raised Catholic episode 13

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 13: What Are We Building?  This week I’m popping outside of our faith rebuilding process to step back and take a wider view. So far, we’ve looked at a number of foundational topics – all…


  • Deep Water – Raised Catholic episode 12

    Deep Water – Raised Catholic episode 12

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 12: Deep Water Well, hey friends. As we are rebuilding our faith foundation, brick by brick, we will at times meet questions without any neat answers, and this is one of those days.  Today we’re talking…


  • Bloom Where You’re Planted – Raised Catholic episode 11

    Bloom Where You’re Planted – Raised Catholic episode 11

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 11: Bloom Where You’re Planted Well, hey friends. Two towns away from where I live, there is a half mile stretch of road that contains huge chunks of my life and vocation in various buildings…