making sense of life in the details
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 38: Holy Water Well, hi, friends. As I write these words on my front porch today, it has just started to rain, and I hear those fat raindrops plopping on the porch roof and on the... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Notre Dame Cathedral, photo by Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute 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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 27: Holy Communion Well, hello friends. If you’re paying attention to Catholic news, then you know that this week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, defying clear calls from the Vatican, overwhelmingly supported the creation of... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 24: Christian Sisters (and Brothers, too) oh the Time has Come Well, hello friends. Today we’re talking about Christian ecumenism and how the current time we find ourselves in is the very perfect time to explore... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 20: Church People Okay, so I am mindful that this episode has the potential of being very long, there is so much to say about ‘church people’, but I’ll do my best to encapsulate a... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 16: Good News Well, Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you had a beautiful day with your dear ones. Um, okay, so in last week’s episode on sin, I told you that this week we would talk... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 9: Meeting Jesus Well, hello friends. If you were born and raised Catholic, you may have heard the phrase ‘personal relationship with Jesus’ and maybe had a few thoughts about it: 1. Um, that’s a... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 4: Is it Okay to Question? If you were born and raised Catholic, you may have received and internalized a message about the authority of the Church and its teachings and even of its clergy and... Continue Reading →
