metaphor
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Reconstructing Faith, Part Three – Raised Catholic episode 91
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 91: Reconstructing Faith, Part Three Hi friends. Our short series on faith reconstruction finishes up this week with a story about my own process of deconstruction and reconstruction. If you’ve been around here for…
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Under Construction – Raised Catholic podcast 35
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 35: Under Construction Well, hello, friends. Today’s episode is a short update about some work I’m doing on the podcast, along with a little reflection about some things I’m learning along the way. First, the…
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Asparagus
I hadn’t bought asparagus in months as I couldn’t bring myself to spend $4/pound, but we all know that with the spring comes the very tasty and also much lower-priced asparagus, so I had planned on waiting it out. Then came a pandemic, and all thoughts of non-utilitarian vegetables moved pretty far down the list. We…
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Tapestry
“Not everything is a metaphor, Mom…not everything has to mean something,” my sixteen year old daughter says sometimes when I look too deeply at some small thing. And, I get it. Mothers can be annoying, and our quirky habits can be fodder for teasing and the very best eulogies. My ability to find a metaphor…