reconstruction
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What Revival Really Looks Like – Raised Catholic 124
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 124: What Revival Really Looks Like Hi friends. Way back on New Year’s Eve, 2018, I wrote a piece on my blog called ‘Re’. It was based on something that Fr. Frank McFarland, a priest whom…
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Who God Actually Is – Raised Catholic episode 119
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Hi friends. This week I’m beginning a short series of reflections on the very rich Gospel readings that come after Easter, particularly in this past week during what is known as the Octave of Easter or the…
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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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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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Light and Dark – Raised Catholic episode 99
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 99: Light and Dark Hello friends. As I sit and write these words to you, the house is dark. I’m here next to a snoozing pup in a dark room which is illuminated only…
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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…
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My Triduum – Raised Catholic episode 97
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 97: My Triduum Hi friends. If you were born and raised Catholic, you know all about the Paschal Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Recently I heard someone on a podcast refer…
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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…