Catholic deconstruction


  • Lenten Goals – Raised Catholic episode 112

    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…


  • Celebrity Christian Culture – Raised Catholic episode 107

    Celebrity Christian Culture – Raised Catholic episode 107

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 107: Celebrity Christian Culture Hi friends. Have you ever thought about what it took to spread the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus, from a tiny speck on a map to, like, the entire…


  • Be Held – Raised Catholic episode 106

    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…


  • Christmas Changes Everything – Raised Catholic episode 103

    Christmas Changes Everything – Raised Catholic episode 103

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 103: Christmas Changes Everything Hi friends. If you hear this on the day it comes out, there will be just a few more days until Christmas 2022. I teach preschool music and I can…


  • Upside Down Kingdom – Raised Catholic episode 101

    Upside Down Kingdom – Raised Catholic episode 101

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 101: Upside Down Kingdom Well, hello friends. As we enter further into Advent 2022, I’m finding myself inundated by messaging from the world, on social media, and even from the church: messages about winning, about…


  • Light and Dark – Raised Catholic episode 99

    Light and Dark – Raised Catholic episode 99

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 99: Light and Dark Hello friends. As I sit and write these words to you, the house is dark. I’m here next to a snoozing pup in a dark room which is illuminated only…


  • My Triduum – Raised Catholic episode 97

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 97: My Triduum Hi friends. If you were born and raised Catholic, you know all about the Paschal Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Recently I heard someone on a podcast refer…


  • Where Are You? – Raised Catholic episode 95

    Where Are You? – Raised Catholic episode 95

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 95: Where Are You? Hi friends. Today I have a short episode centered around one big question: Where Are You? As you may know, I’m a longtime music minister in a small campus chapel.…


  • Faith on a Threshold – Raised Catholic episode 93

    Faith on a Threshold – Raised Catholic episode 93

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 93: Faith on a Threshold Hi friends. This week I have been anticipating, teetering, and crossing over a pretty significant threshold; the kind that, when you do step over, it changes everything. And, friend,…


  • Contemplating Art – Contemplative Summer Week Eight – Raised Catholic episode 86

    Contemplating Art – Contemplative Summer Week Eight – Raised Catholic episode 86

    The following is a transcript of the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 86: Contemplative Summer Week Eight – Contemplating Art Hi friends, as I explained in detail before a break way back in episode 78, I’m taking this summer to focus on contemplation with a variety of…