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 →
Quiet and Loud – Raised Catholic episode 5
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 5 – Quiet and Loud Well hello friends. In one of my non-podcasting vocations, I’m an early childhood music teacher. I’ve done this work for almost twenty years and I’m continually amazed at what the kids... Continue Reading →
Is It Okay to Question? – Raised Catholic Episode 4
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 →
Who is God? – Raised Catholic Episode 3
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 3: Who Is God Well, Happy 2021, friends! As we continue to do the work of rebuilding a life of faith, a quick reminder that last week we looked at the question of who we are... Continue Reading →
Illumination
Remember that scene at the end of Castaway where Tom Hanks pulls over at a four-way intersection, gets out and flips open his map? And then, a woman in a red pick-up truck pulls up and says, “You look lost,” and then proceeds to educate him about precisely where each road will lead. The roads,... Continue Reading →
Normal
“I just can’t wait until this is all over and things can go back to normal.” I felt the fatigue and worry in my friend’s voice as she spoke these words, and I feel it, too. I want to see my preschool music students face-to-face, want to gather with my friends and family. I want... Continue Reading →