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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…
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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…
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Lenten Reflection – Light Source
Here in the first bit of Lent, with way less scrolling and many more chapters of books under my belt; with bundled up walks, intentional stretching and much more silence than I’m used to, there’s one thing I know to be true: it matters where you get your light. Light illuminates and directs our gaze…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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What in God’s Name? – Raised Catholic episode 100
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 100. What in God’s Name? Well friends, it’s episode 100 and I can’t believe it. If you’ve listened to the Raised Catholic podcast for a while, you’ll know that a podcast is something I…
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Wake Up – Raised Catholic episode 98
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 98: Wake Up Well, hi friends. This week we had disturbing revelations from the Catholic Church in France, along with a contentious and somewhat surprising election here in the U.S., and all of it…