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  • Lenten Reflection Three – My Life as a Tree

    Lenten Reflection Three – My Life as a Tree

    For me, this Lent has been marked by trees. I’ve long looked to trees for wisdom about how the seasons shift and change, and the ways in which trees provide shelter and care for God’s creatures. There are numerous examples in the scriptures about trees, from the first chapters of Genesis through the Prophets and…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • Jesus of the Gospels (Luke 7) – Raised Catholic episode 111

    Jesus of the Gospels (Luke 7) – Raised Catholic episode 111

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 111: Jesus of the Gospels (Luke 7) Hi friends. Last week, I gave the beginning of a reflection on Luke Chapter 7 with the first two stories from the chapter, and I promised that…


  • Tiny Bible Study (Luke 7) – Raised Catholic episode 110

    Tiny Bible Study (Luke 7) – Raised Catholic episode 110

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 110: Tiny Bible Study: Luke 7 Hi friends. This week brought me into a little study of one chapter of Luke’s Gospel, and in the next couple of episodes, I thought I’d model for…


  • Hail, Providence – Raised Catholic episode 109

    Hail, Providence – Raised Catholic episode 109

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 109: Hail, Providence Hi friends, before we get into this week’s episode, I have a bit of an update for you and a favor to ask. Well, after lots of years of thinking about…


  • 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…


  • Who is Mary? – Raised Catholic episode 102

    Who is Mary? – Raised Catholic episode 102

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 102: Who is Mary? Hi friends. If you don’t mind, I’d like to start off today’s episode with a question. If I were to ask you to give me one word to describe Mary,…