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  • Digging in the Past to Build Something Better – Raised Catholic 133

    Digging in the Past to Build Something Better – Raised Catholic 133

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 133: Digging into the Past to Build Something Better Hi friends. Today we continue our summer series all about some takeaways from my week in Rome, and today we are digging deep. When you…


  • Our Musical Faith – Raised Catholic 131

    Our Musical Faith – Raised Catholic 131

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 131: Musical Faith Hi friends, today on the podcast we’ll return to some reflections from my experience in Rome, and today it is all about the music. Now, we were with a very talented…


  • Point of View – Raised Catholic 129

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 129: Point of View Hi friends. We’re continuing our summer series just trying to put some words to the spiritual epiphanies I received while in Rome, and today it is all about the view.…


  • The Great Tapestry of God – Raised Catholic 127

    The Great Tapestry of God – Raised Catholic 127

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 127: The Great Tapestry of God Hi friends. As I explained in last week’s episode, I am newly back from a week’s pilgrimage in Rome, and I had so many deep spiritual experiences there…


  • Pentecost – The Amazing Movement of God – Raised Catholic 125

    Pentecost – The Amazing Movement of God – Raised Catholic 125

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 125: Pentecost: The Amazing Movement of God Hi friends. You know, it’s funny how God works. Last year at this time, I made a podcast episode for you called Pentecost Takeaways. In the introduction,…


  • What Revival Really Looks Like – Raised Catholic 124

    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…


  • Who God Actually Is – Raised Catholic episode 119

    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…


  • Lenten Reflection – Light Source

    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…


  • Lenten Goals – Raised Catholic episode 112

    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…


  • Who is Mary? – Raised Catholic episode 102

    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,…