Catholic deconstruction


  • 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,…


  • Our Musical Faith – Raised Catholic 131

    Our Musical Faith – Raised Catholic 131

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 131: Musical Faith Hi friends, today on the podcast we’ll return to some reflections from my experience in Rome, and today it is all about the music. Now, we were with a very talented…


  • Point of View – Raised Catholic 129

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 129: Point of View Hi friends. We’re continuing our summer series just trying to put some words to the spiritual epiphanies I received while in Rome, and today it is all about the view.…


  • Our Global Church – Raised Catholic 128

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 128: Our Global Church Hi friends. Today we’ll continue our summer series all about the spiritual epiphanies I experienced on a recent trip to Rome with an episode all about our global church.  As you…


  • What Revival Really Looks Like – Raised Catholic 124

    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…


  • Make a New Soundtrack – Raised Catholic episode 122

    Make a New Soundtrack – Raised Catholic episode 122

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 122: Make a New Soundtrack Hi friends. In this time in our culture, there is so much noise vying for our attention. TV and other media, social media, podcasts, and much more. It can take…


  • What We Have in Common – Raised Catholic episode 121

    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…


  • 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…