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  • Holy Places – Raised Catholic episode 34

    Holy Places – Raised Catholic episode 34

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 34: Holy Places Well, hello, friends. As we hear in the Psalms, the Book of Jeremiah, and lots of other places in the Bible, God is everywhere.  There’s nowhere that God is not, but today we’re…


  • What About the Kids? – Raised Catholic episode 33

    What About the Kids? – Raised Catholic episode 33

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 33: What About the Kids? Well, hello friends. Today’s episode is kind of a challenging one for me. As some of you know, I write and record this podcast over the span of four or…


  • Discerning in a Divided Church – Raised Catholic episode 32

    Discerning in a Divided Church – Raised Catholic episode 32

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 32: Discerning in a Divided Church Well, hi, friends.  You don’t have to be an actively practicing Catholic to know that the American Catholic Church is pretty divided these days. We have polarizing figures, demonization, easily…


  • Be Not Afraid – Raised Catholic episode 31

    Be Not Afraid – Raised Catholic episode 31

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 31: Be Not Afraid Well, hi friends, if you were born and raised Catholic, you may have inherited a kind of wariness or even outright fear about some practices which, though there is no teaching…


  • All Saints – Raised Catholic episode 30

    All Saints – Raised Catholic episode 30

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 30: All Saints Well, hi there, friends.  In today’s episode, we are talking all about saints, and if you were born and raised Catholic, you probably have a long history of stories surrounding the saints: the…


  • What is Faith? – Raised Catholic episode 29

    What is Faith? – Raised Catholic episode 29

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 29: What is Faith? Well, hello friends. We have some new listeners lately, so let me just first say welcome, and also, thank you to those who are sharing the podcast with your friends, and who…


  • Light Bearers – Raised Catholic episode 28

    Light Bearers – Raised Catholic episode 28

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 28: Light Bearers Well hello friends. In the midst of this dark time in our Church, I thought today we could change it up a bit, shift our perspective, and look for some light.  So today…


  • Holy Communion – Raised Catholic episode 27

    Holy Communion – Raised Catholic episode 27

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 27: Holy Communion Well, hello friends.  If you’re paying attention to Catholic news, then you know that this week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, defying clear calls from the Vatican, overwhelmingly supported the creation of…


  • Sign of Peace – Raised Catholic episode 26

    Sign of Peace – Raised Catholic episode 26

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 26: Sign of Peace Well, hey, friends, peace be with you.  Ah, I can almost hear you replying from here. Did you say ‘and also with you’ or ‘and with your spirit’ back to me just now?  We…


  • Christian Nationalism – Raised Catholic episode 25

    Christian Nationalism – Raised Catholic episode 25

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 25: Christian Nationalism Hi friends.  Today I want to explore a bit of a heavier topic that’s been on my heart for several months now.  I’m getting into this hard topic precisely because I love our faith and I…