all things new


  • Revisiting: Retreat to Move Forward – Raised Catholic 151

    Revisiting: Retreat to Move Forward – Raised Catholic 151

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Hi friends. This week as I was away on a team for a cursillo retreat with no time to make a new episode for you, I thought I’d bring you an older one from September of 2021.…


  • God ≠ Church – Raised Catholic 150

    God ≠ Church – Raised Catholic 150

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 150: God ≠ Church Hi friends. This week I’m pondering a question I raised in last week’s episode, which was about the first month-long meeting of the Synod and the 11-month period between that and…


  • Synod Update – Raised Catholic 149

    Synod Update – Raised Catholic 149

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 149: Synod Update Hi friends. As the members of the Synod on Synodality make their way home to all over the world and bring what they have experienced from part one of the Synod…


  • Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going – Raised Catholic 143

    Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going – Raised Catholic 143

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Hi friends, today I’m bringing you an older episode along with a reminder that you can listen for free to all 140-or-so episodes of the Raised Catholic podcast on Apple or Spotify or wherever you listen. I’ll…


  • New Wineskins – Raised Catholic 138

    New Wineskins – Raised Catholic 138

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 138: New Wineskins Hi friends. Just a reminder that we have moved into our Substack era here at the Raised Catholic podcast, that’s the place where we get to be in conversation over the…


  • Raised Catholic Community – Raised Catholic 137

    Raised Catholic Community – Raised Catholic 137

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 137: Raised Catholic Community Hi friends. Last week we concluded a huge summer series all taken from inspiration from just one week I spent in Rome. If you need to catch up on those,…


  • Full Circle – Raised Catholic 136

    Full Circle – Raised Catholic 136

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 136: Full Circle Hi friends. Today is the conclusion of my Rome series – in total, there are ten full episodes in this series which are all taken from inspiration and experiences from just…


  • Surprise Lenten Episode: New Wine – Raised Catholic 114

    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…


  • Pivot

    Pivot

    We are almost to the one-year anniversary of the time when everything changed.  And there’s not a date we can look to, specifically, but there is a feeling we can name when we increasingly understood that something big was happening at this time last year.  Maybe it was when you or your dear ones had to…


  • Raised Catholic – episodes one and two

    Raised Catholic – episodes one and two

    Hi friends, I’m starting a new adventure, a podcast offering which I hope will serve a population that’s not getting a lot of care these days. This is for the ones who were raised Catholic but who are now struggling with church while seeking connection with God in these hard times. I hope you’ll have…