vocation
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What Revival Really Looks Like – Raised Catholic 124
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 124: What Revival Really Looks Like Hi friends. Way back on New Year’s Eve, 2018, I wrote a piece on my blog called ‘Re’. It was based on something that Fr. Frank McFarland, a priest whom…
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What We Have in Common – Raised Catholic episode 121
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 121: What We Have in Common Hi friends. In this time of real division in our country, in our politics, in the church and even in many families, we increasingly see in the discourse…
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Who God Actually Is – Raised Catholic episode 119
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Hi friends. This week I’m beginning a short series of reflections on the very rich Gospel readings that come after Easter, particularly in this past week during what is known as the Octave of Easter or the…
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What I Learned This Lent 2023 – An Owl’s Surprising Appearance – Raised Catholic episode 118
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 118: What I Learned This Lent – 2023 Hi friends, happy Easter! As you may know, I took a bit of a break from the podcast for Lent in order to draw close to…
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Lenten Reflection Three – My Life as a Tree
For me, this Lent has been marked by trees. I’ve long looked to trees for wisdom about how the seasons shift and change, and the ways in which trees provide shelter and care for God’s creatures. There are numerous examples in the scriptures about trees, from the first chapters of Genesis through the Prophets and…
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Surprise Lenten Episode: New Wine – Raised Catholic 114
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 114: New Wine Hi friends. I know I said there’d be no new podcasts during Lent but only short reflections here or there, but today’s topic has been brewing in me for several days…
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Lenten Goals – Raised Catholic episode 112
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 112: Lenten Goals Hi friends. If you’re listening to this episode on the day it comes out, then tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, 2023. If you were born and raised Catholic, you just might be considering…
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Hail, Providence – Raised Catholic episode 109
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 109: Hail, Providence Hi friends, before we get into this week’s episode, I have a bit of an update for you and a favor to ask. Well, after lots of years of thinking about…
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True Self – Raised Catholic episode 108
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 108: True Self Hi friends. Today I have a story to tell you about my hair. And you might be wondering, rightly so, how a story about hair could possibly belong on a faith…
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Be Held – Raised Catholic episode 106
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 106: Be Held Hi friends. I’ve been under the weather this week, so I don’t have a full episode for you, but I would like to offer a few thoughts on what it means…