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  • When the Wood is Dry

    When the Wood is Dry

    The Passion story is a tale as old as time, and for those of us who were born and raised Catholic, the reading of it each year at Palm Sunday mass can sound familiar, redundant, and…long. This year, a phrase floated to the surface which, for me, brought the story to life anew, and it’s…

  • The Good Fruit of Encountering God – Raised Catholic episode 59

    The Good Fruit of Encountering God – Raised Catholic episode 59

    The following is a transcript from a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 59: The Good Fruit of Encountering God Well hello friends.  Today is the third of four episodes in a short series on mysticism.  If you’d like to check out the earlier conversations, there’s episode 57: Into…

  • Simple Gifts – Raised Catholic episode 50

    Simple Gifts – Raised Catholic episode 50

    The following is a transcript of an episode of the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 50: Simple Gifts Hello friends. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and a good start to your Advent season.  For many of us, as soon as the last piece of pumpkin…

  • Advent: Behold Your God – Raised Catholic episode 49

    Advent: Behold Your God – Raised Catholic episode 49

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 49: Advent: Behold Your God Well, hello friends.  You can feel it in the air, it is that time of the year again. To be honest, the last several years have not found me very…

  • Messengers of God – Raised Catholic episode 45

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 45: Messengers of God Well, hi, friends.  This week found me in some early celebrations of my upcoming fiftieth birthday.  I’ve been connecting with little groups of friends in the lead-up to the big day in a…

  • Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    Be Where You Are – Raised Catholic episode 37

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 37: Be Where You Are Well, hello there, friends.  Around here, we’ve hit that part of the summer when we feel some things coming to an end at the very same time that we gear up…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…