Fr. Richard Rohr


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • Contemplative Summer Week Seven – Contemplating the Body – Raised Catholic episode 85

    Contemplative Summer Week Seven – Contemplating the Body – Raised Catholic episode 85

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 85: Contemplative Summer Week Seven – Contemplating the Body Hi friends, as I explained in detail before a break way back in episode 78, I’m taking this summer to focus on contemplation with a…


  • Contemplative Summer Week One – Contemplating Music – Raised Catholic Podcast episode 79

    Contemplative Summer Week One – Contemplating Music – Raised Catholic Podcast episode 79

    The following is a transcript from a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 79: Contemplative Summer Week One – Contemplating Music Hi friends, as I explained in detail before a two-week break way back in episode 78, I’m taking this summer to focus on contemplation with a…


  • Contemplative Summer – Raised Catholic podcast episode 78

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 78: Contemplative Summer Hi friends. In today’s episode, we’re taking a look at what it means to be a contemplative when it comes to the living out of our faith lives.  So, I have some…


  • Pass it On – Raised Catholic episode 40

    Pass it On – Raised Catholic episode 40

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 40: Pass it On Well, hello friends.  This week, as we waited for a yoga class to begin, some of the older ladies in class were talking all about collagen: the brands they’ve tried, the best…


  • 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…


  • Deconstructing Catholic – Raised Catholic episode 22

    Deconstructing Catholic – Raised Catholic episode 22

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 22: Deconstructing Catholic Well, hey, friends. Today we are addressing a subject that we’ve touched on a little bit already and that is faith deconstruction.  By definition, faith deconstruction is the systematic pulling apart of a…


  • Christian Sisters (All Hands In, Part Two)

    Christian Sisters (All Hands In, Part Two)

    Christian sisters, O the time has come. The world’s a messy place these days and somehow you find more conflict and consternation in a corner you wouldn’t expect: between Christians of different denominations. In the wake of the sudden loss of progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans, you see the divide in the contrast between…


  • Tread

    In yoga, savasana brought me to the awareness of my deep-water faith experience yet again. In His kindness, Jesus threw me a little floatie out there because He could see I was not resting or walking or floating. I was flailing. While I caught my breath there in the obviously-made-for-a-child floatie, He let me have…