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  • 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…


  • 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…


  • Contemplating in Church – Contemplative Summer Week Nine – Raised Catholic episode 87

    Contemplating in Church – Contemplative Summer Week Nine – Raised Catholic episode 87

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 87: the Ninth and Final Week of Contemplative Summer – Contemplating in Church Hi friends, as I explained in detail before a break way back in episode 78, I took this summer to focus…


  • Say No – Raised Catholic episode 53

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 53: Say No Well hello friends. On last week’s first anniversary episode, we talked about the ways in which we can say yes to the callings of God, even to things that feel uncomfortable…


  • Say Yes – Raised Catholic episode 52 (1st anniversary episode!)

    Say Yes – Raised Catholic episode 52 (1st anniversary episode!)

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Oh friends, it’s our first anniversary, and I am so glad that you’re here!  Today is episode 52: Say Yes This Advent we’ve been exploring some seasonal themes, like giving and hospitality, and as we celebrate a…


  • You Are Free – Raised Catholic episode 48

    You Are Free – Raised Catholic episode 48

    The following is a transcript of an episode of the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 48: You Are Free Hello friends. This week the weather and the fall colors are giving me a kind of sense memory of the first time I ever felt free. I was…


  • Holy Water – Raised Catholic episode 38

    Holy Water – Raised Catholic episode 38

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 38: Holy Water Well, hi, friends.  As I write these words on my front porch today, it has just started to rain, and I hear those fat raindrops plopping on the porch roof and on the…


  • 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…


  • 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…