discernment

  • With and a Little Ahead – Raised Catholic 177

    With and a Little Ahead – Raised Catholic 177

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 177: With and a Little Ahead Hi friends. Today I’m bringing you a story that I first wrote back in 2017, well before the start of this podcast. This insight that I’ll describe into…

  • Where Are You? – Raised Catholic episode 95

    Where Are You? – Raised Catholic episode 95

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 95: Where Are You? Hi friends. Today I have a short episode centered around one big question: Where Are You? As you may know, I’m a longtime music minister in a small campus chapel.…

  • Reconstructing Faith Part Two – Raised Catholic episode 90

    Reconstructing Faith Part Two – Raised Catholic episode 90

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 90: Reconstructing Faith, Part Two Hi friends. Our series on faith reconstruction begins with a short review on deconstruction, though if you’re looking for a deeper dive on that topic, I would recommend heading…

  • 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…

  • Quiet and Loud – Raised Catholic episode 5

    Quiet and Loud – Raised Catholic episode 5

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 5 – Quiet and Loud Well hello friends. In one of my non-podcasting vocations, I’m an early childhood music teacher.  I’ve done this work for almost twenty years and I’m continually amazed at what the kids…

  • Is It Okay to Question? – Raised Catholic Episode 4

    Is It Okay to Question? – Raised Catholic Episode 4

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 4: Is it Okay to Question? If you were born and raised Catholic, you may have received and internalized a message about the authority of the Church and its teachings and even of its clergy and…

  • Who is God? – Raised Catholic Episode 3

    Who is God? – Raised Catholic Episode 3

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 3: Who Is God Well, Happy 2021, friends!  As we continue to do the work of rebuilding a life of faith, a quick reminder that last week we looked at the question of who we are…

  • Illumination

    Illumination

    Remember that scene at the end of Castaway where Tom Hanks pulls over at a four-way intersection, gets out and flips open his map? And then, a woman in a red pick-up truck pulls up and says, “You look lost,” and then proceeds to educate him about precisely where each road will lead.  The roads,…

  • Normal

    Normal

    “I just can’t wait until this is all over and things can go back to normal.” I felt the fatigue and worry in my friend’s voice as she spoke these words, and I feel it, too.  I want to see my preschool music students face-to-face, want to gather with my friends and family.  I want…