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By Kerry Campbell

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Is It Okay to Question?

Raised CatholicJan 12, 2021

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The Spiritual Practice of Being Wrong

The Spiritual Practice of Being Wrong

This week we explore the many wonderful things can happen when we're wrong. I hope this episode is a blessing to you!

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources to help you dig into this week's topic on your own:

1. Video: Oprah Winfrey speaks about the impact of her friend Maya Angelou's words, "When you know better, you do better."

2. Instagram follow: Psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy, at Good Inside

3. Podcast: Dr. Becky Kennedy on We Can Do Hard Things, on the science of return and repair in relationships

4. Video: Introduction to the Japanese art of Kintsugi, from CBS Sunday morning

5. Song: Anthem, by Leonard Cohen

6. Song: You're Only Human, by Billy Joel

Mar 12, 202414:00
Church Clothes

Church Clothes

This week we're considering Jesus' take on 'appropriate clothing' at mass while I tell the story of my unfortunate engagement on an Instagram post. I hope this episode blesses (and relieves) you!

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources to help you dig into this week's topic on your own:

1. Raised Catholic ep. 148: The Gospel vs. Clericalism and Outside the Cup Catholicism (transcript with link to episode)

2. Article: Pope Francis reminds us - again - to reject clericalism, from Daniel P. Horan for National Catholic Reporter

3. Scripture: Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

4. Lyric video: ⁠Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus⁠, by Lauren Daigle

Mar 05, 202415:04
Music Ministers

Music Ministers

This week we're exploring the miraculous gift and conduit of music, and the ways in which God moves through music to reach and help his people.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources to help you dig into this week's topic on your own:

1. Raised Catholic Recommends music playlist on Spotify - faith music from lots of genres/moods

2. Green Noise playlist on Spotify

3. Song: Front Porch, by Vontmer - check out all of his music, lots in that green frequency range, but this one is magic for little ones.

4. Video clip - JAWS - With and Without Music featuring Richard Dreyfuss and John Williams

5. Song: Pitter Patter Goes the Rain, by Christy Nockels. I've taught this song hundreds of times and never had a teacher or parent NOT say that there is magic in this song. Nockels herself says that she recorded a track of herself reading scripture or encouraging words in each of the songs on this album that you can't audibly hear but you can feel. Listen for yourself.

6. Journal question: when has music elicited a response in me that I did not expect? What kind of music was it? Where was I? How do I explain that reaction?

7. A primer on green, white, brown, and pink music/sound from Soundly

8. A few examples of music that unexpectedly ministered to me:

Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland, John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra

Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Second Movement, Andante (When I first heard this, I thought it sounded like what we'll hear in Heaven. I still do.)

Rainbow, by Kacey Musgraves

Four, by Sleeping At Last (lots of 'hidden tracks' in his music as well - hear him tell the story of this one in this podcast episode - how it was made)


Feb 27, 202412:44
Let's Talk About Lent - 2024

Let's Talk About Lent - 2024

This week I'll bring you an episode from way back in 2021 that I hope will help us to frame our Lent in a positive and hopeful way.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode. Today we're looking at Lenten disciplines with an eye toward the growth of what we want to see in the end - in ourselves, our families, our church, community, country and world.  And we're giving ourselves space for light and hope in this liturgical season which literally means 'springtime'. 

Here are some resources I hope will make your Lent more encouraging and fruitful:

1. Helpful, grounded (and often funny!) d⁠aily Lenten video reflections⁠ from author Kate Bowler - you can also find them on ⁠Kate's Instagram⁠

2. ⁠Be Kind ⁠- a helpful Lenten practice video from Fr. James Martin

3. Best Lent Ever - ⁠daily videos⁠ from Dynamic Catholic

4. Song: ⁠Better Days⁠ by Ant Clemons, Justin Timberlake and Kirk Franklin

5. Song: ⁠Someday Soon⁠, by Wilder Woods

6. Song: ⁠O My Soul⁠, by Audrey Assad

7. Podcast: ⁠Abiding Together⁠

8. Lenten Practice: ⁠Watch this tulip video⁠, then: buy flowers for yourself (yes, for you!), put them in your kitchen, and let them be your teacher: spring is on the way, friend!

9: Instagram Account: Follow my friend ⁠The Bluebird of Happiness⁠ on Instagram for more hope and light in your feed!

10. My current favorite cover of ⁠Here Comes the Sun⁠ - search for more, they will make your heart happy! 

11. Lenten Practice: Conversations with God journal, start a new page and at the top write one or more of the following prompts, then just write until your hand is sore or you feel the loving voice of God creeping in and making Himself known to you: 

What habits or practices do I have today that are not serving me? How can I let them go? 

What do I want my life (or my family or community) to look and feel like on Easter weekend? How can I move in that direction now? 

How can I serve other people using my unique gifts? What would be a good first step today?

Feb 20, 202411:28
February 5

February 5

Today we explore a small sampling of the miracles I experienced on February 5, 2024. I hope this episode helps all of us to seek and find the miraculous in our everyday.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Today, notice the parts of your life that maybe did not seem like miracles at first, but which actually are. Contemplate the fruit and vegetables you eat and how they grew and made their way to you. Contemplate the people whose paths cross yours. Contemplate your miraculous body and all that it does for you. Treat today as an adventure and notice all you can. Breathe and take it all in, and give thanks to God today.

2. Song: Everyday Miracles, by Sara Groves

Feb 15, 202412:13
The Delivery People

The Delivery People

This week we reflect on how God works through us to deliver his gifts to his people, and how reality that requires us to step back from our ego that God might step forward.

In Memory of our friend, Jim Orcutt.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Galatians 2:20 in many Bible translations - find the wording for The Message version here

2. My Brother's Keeper, the charity that Jim began with his wife Terry. Donate or volunteer.

3. Video: My Brother's Keeper Policy #2

4. Podcast: Upside Down: Conversations on God's Upside Down Kingdom

5. Song: Christ in Me Arise, by Trevor Thompson

6. Song: Lord, I Need You, by Matt Maher

7. Song: I Am Nothing, by Ginny Owens

8. Scripture: Mark 12

Feb 06, 202412:10
Life Well Lived

Life Well Lived

This week we remember our friends who have gone before us, the ones whose lives we really admired. When we consider their 'yes' that is the throughline of a life well lived, we can be more intentional about what we say 'yes' to, and the ways in which we want to live now to be remembered then.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Memento Mori - Raised Catholic ep. 47 - transcript with link to episode

2. My Brother's Keeper - the organization our friend Jim started along with his wife Terry. Donate or get involved!

3. Song: All I Ask of You, by Gregory Norbet and Monks of Weston Priory

4. Song: Take, Lord, Receive by St. Louis Jesuits


Jan 30, 202412:10
Your Vocation

Your Vocation

This week we explore the idea of vocation and how we can identify and step into our God-given vocations that are as uniquely created as we are.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: Make Your Own Kind of Music, by Cass Elliot

2. Article: Job, Career, Vocation - The Difference is in the Calling, by Becky Horst for Goshen College

3. Song: Who Am I, by Casting Crowns

4. Book: Let Your Life Speak - Listening for the Voice of Vocation, by Parker Palmer

5. Book: Listening to Your Life - Daily Meditations, by Frederick Buechner

6. Instagram Live - artist Scott Erickson speaks on struggling through discovering his vocation, asking the question, "What do you love?"


Jan 23, 202412:14
You Are Seen

You Are Seen

This week I'll tell two stories from my life that remind me of the profound reality that we are seen by God and that our lives matter. I pray it's a blessing to you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: His Eye is on the Sparrow, by Preservation Hall Jazz Band

2. Book: The Weight of Glory, by C.S. Lewis

3. Song: Why We Sing, by Kirk Franklin and the Family

4. Podcast: Living a Life of Whimsy with Annie F. Downs and Michelle McKinney Hammond on That Sounds Fun

Jan 16, 202413:11
Open Hands

Open Hands

This week we are exploring prayer postures as an indication of the state of our souls. As we enter a new year, it's a good time to check in on where we are and where we want to go, always trying to let God lead us. I pray this episode is a blessing to you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Raised Catholic ep. 118: What I Learned this Lent - An Owl's Surprising Appearance (transcript and link to episode)

2. Book: New Seeds of Contemplation, by Thomas Merton

3. Raised Catholic ep. 155: Retreat Takeaways - Bells, Time & Open Hands (transcript and link to episode)

4. Song: In the Sanctuary, by Kurt Carr

5. Song: Open Hands, by Sara Groves

6. Song: The Clearing, by Amanda Cook

7. Song: Springtime, by Chris Renzema

Jan 09, 202411:42
Word of the Year 2024

Word of the Year 2024

This year I'll reveal my word of the year for 2024 - Springtime! - along with my process for discovering it. Whichever way you find yours - in a contemplative process like mine, through prayer, as a reflection of what you want to see, or through a word generator, I hope it's a blessing and lighthouse for you as you make your way through the year ahead!

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Raised Catholic ep. 105 - Word of the Year 2023 - Path transcript and link to episode

2. Word of the Year 2020 - Walk at kerrycampbell.org

3. The Modern Saints, edited and art by Gracie Morbitzer (my reflection is on St. Brigid)

4. Song: Springtime, by Chris Renzema

5. Song: Done, by One House

6. Quote from The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis - "This is Aslan's Doing"

7. Movie Clip - Winter turns to Spring from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

8. Word of the Year Generator, by Jen Fulweiler

Jan 02, 202412:09
Christmas Changes Everything (repost)

Christmas Changes Everything (repost)

This Christmas week, we explore of the God of impossible things. If the impossible story of God becoming a human is true, then that changes everything, for everyone, forever. I am particularly mindful this week of those who feel unwelcome at church or those for whom Christmas might be a particular struggle - I pray you will feel the truth of Emmanuel - of God with us (all of us!), both inside and outside of church walls.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠find me on Instagram⁠ or ⁠on my blog⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠help support this podcast financially⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. ⁠Beautiful advent IG post⁠ from author Laura Kelly Fanucci

2. Video: ⁠Christmas Chapel Music⁠ - advent and Christmas music we recorded for our community who couldn't attend church in December of 2020

3. Podcast: ⁠Unlocking Us with Brene Brown and Fr. Richard Rohr⁠, on Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Unlearning Certainty, part one of two

4. Children's Book: ⁠Jesus' Christmas Party⁠, by Nicholas Allen

5. Song: ⁠One Day,⁠ by Christina Wells

6. Song: ⁠Wonder (Spontaneous)⁠, by Bethel Music, Amanda Cook

7. Song: ⁠Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened⁠, from Handel's Messiah, performed by Oregon Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra

8. Song: ⁠Night of Silence/Silent Night⁠, by Marty Haugen

9. Video: ⁠Silent Night on harp⁠, performed by my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail. Thank you, Peter, for the gift of your harp music in each and every episode of Raised Catholic. You and your music are a gift.

10. 4th Sunday of Advent mass at St. Cecilia's Boston - ⁠don't miss this homily b⁠y Fr. John Unni


Dec 26, 202312:57
Retreat Takeaways: Bells, Timing & Open Hands

Retreat Takeaways: Bells, Timing & Open Hands

This week completes my short series on my takeaways from a recent retreat. I hope it encourages you to consider both contemplative prayer and a retreat in 2024.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: Missing Piece, by JJ Heller

2. Song: Turn! Turn! Turn, by The Byrds

3. Lyric Video: Open Hands, by Diana Trout

4. Movie Scene: Every Time a Bell Rings, from It's a Wonderful Life

5. Song: Ring Them Bells, by Sarah Jarosz


Dec 19, 202312:11
Retreat Takeaways: Trees, Dancing & Anchors

Retreat Takeaways: Trees, Dancing & Anchors

This week continues my short series on takeaways from a recent retreat experience. I hope it's a blessing to you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Raised Catholic ep. 118 and transcript: What I Learned This Lent - An Owl's Surprising Appearance

2. Video: Anchor, by Skillet (acoustic performance)

3. Song: Lord of the Dance, by The Dubliners

4. Song: Evergreen, by Amanda Lindsey Cook

5. Raised Catholic podcast series on Contemplation - I hope these ten episodes will help you to identify and name the pictures, words, sounds and more that God is bringing to your awareness. Find the Summer Contemplation on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, episodes 78-88, from June 14, 2022 - September 6, 2022


Dec 12, 202310:54
Advent - Simple Gifts

Advent - Simple Gifts

This week I've been a bit under the weather, so I'm bringing you an older episode from 2021, all about how to really prepare for Christmas. In this giving season, let's tune our hearts to how God is calling us to live these hope-peace-joy-love weeks well and to be present with our sisters and brothers with whatever we have.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

In this season, our minds turn toward giving, and in this episode we'll talk about the what, where, when, how, and why we give as people of faith. Let's be intentional to give well this year in a way that benefits the recipients of our giving as well as ourselves.

1. As promised, ⁠"Christmas Morning"⁠ from Saturday Night Live, 2020

2. Song: ⁠Simple Gifts⁠, Traditional - Yo-Yo Ma

3. Song: ⁠Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring⁠ - Aaron Copland, John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra

4. Look at (and research using a service such as ⁠Charity Navigator⁠) charities that resonate with your talent, interest, and resources and give to them directly, as gifts, or in honor of loved ones. If you're local to me - ⁠My Brother's Keeper⁠ is a good place to give at this time of year and year-round.

5. A short piece I wrote in 2015 about listening to our inner voice to direct our giving, divine reciprocity, and about finding God in a grocery store (which I do all the time): ⁠Pineapples, Orange Soda, Chicken Salad⁠

6. All about ⁠St. Nicholas, Gift Giver⁠, from St. Nicholas Center

7. Song: ⁠Give a Little Bit⁠, by Supertramp (How does knowing we're all "on our way back home" affect how you give?)

8. Journal prompts:

As I look back on my life, how does my own lived experience inform how and to whom I give?

If I've suffered hardship (as we all have), how can I turn that experience for the good by investing in and helping my community in a specific way?

How can I care for myself well in this season so that my giving comes from a place of health and not depletion this year?

What am I good at? What do I have? What do I know? How could I use these things to make the life of someone else better?

9. Video: ⁠The Joy of Giving⁠: effects of giving on our brains, by Big Think

10: Song: ⁠In the Bleak Midwinter⁠ - Worcester Cathedral Choir, Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst




Dec 05, 202312:29
Retreat Takeaways - Stations of the Cross - Circle of Life

Retreat Takeaways - Stations of the Cross - Circle of Life

This week I bring you the first of a few little epiphanies I gained while on retreat last week. A retreat is a good chance to take a detour from everyday life to hear how God is speaking directly to you, and a great gift to give yourself, too. I hope my takeaways are a blessing to you, and I hope you give yourself a time in retreat soon, too, because you deserve it.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Stations of the Cross prayers at the Colosseum with Pope Francis Good Friday, 2023

2. Stations of the Cross art and prayers from daylesford.org

3. Song: Circle Game, by Joni Mitchell

4. Song: Like a Circle, by Ben Abraham

5. Art: Stations in the Street, by Scott Erickson

6. Song: Everyday is a Winding Road, by Sheryl Crow

7. Song: Life is But a Dream, by Harpoons

8 Song: The Detour, by FAITHFUL

9. Animated - for all ages (from Veggie Tales): Hope's Song



Nov 28, 202311:34
Repost: Retreat to Move Forward

Repost: Retreat to Move Forward

This week as I'm away on retreat, I thought I'd share an older episode with you from September of 2019, all about the importance of taking time away with God in order to know where and how best to move forward. What a timely reminder for me, and I hope it's a blessing for you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. My retreat home: ⁠Holy Cross Retreat House⁠ in Easton, Massachusetts - information on cursillo programs may be found here.

2. To find a cursillo program through you - check in with local Catholic or Protestant parishes and churches, or search 'cursillo weekend near me'

3. ⁠Weston Priory⁠, the monastery in Vermont where I went on retreat

4. ⁠Miramar⁠ - a retreat center in Duxbury, Massachusetts

5. Song: ⁠The Detour⁠, by FAITHFUL

6. Song: ⁠Nothing to Fear⁠, by The Porter's Gate

7. Video: ⁠Love is Moving⁠, by Audrey Assad

8. A description and history of ⁠Cursillo⁠, plus the cursillo weekend schedule at my retreat house 

Nov 21, 202312:57
God ≠ Church

God ≠ Church

This week I bring you a more personal episode about my own prayerful wondering here between the two meetings of the Synod on Synodality. As we as a Church hold our breath looking for change on the horizon, there's one thing I know for sure: God does not equal Church.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:


1. Art print: "It Changes With Time" by Scott Erickson

2. Song: God is Love, by Ginny Owens and All Sons and Daughters


Nov 14, 202310:10
Synod Update

Synod Update

As the Synod participants head home from their month-long meeting, I'll offer a few thoughts on what's next, but the real meat of this episode are in the articles and podcasts which are linked below. Check these out to learn more about the Synod for yourself.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Article: Synod: Unpause, by Colleen Dulle at Go, Rebuild My House from Sacred Heart University

2. Official Synod 2021-2024 website from the Vatican

3. Summary of the Synod Synthesis Report from the Vatican

4. Article: What to Make of the Synthesis Report, from National Catholic Register

5. Article: Sisters respond to document from Synod's first session, from National Catholic Register

6. Synod Diary from America Media

7. Full text: Pope Francis' homily closing the 2023 Synod

8. Chicago's Cardinal Cupich on his experience of the Synod

9. Podcast: Synod on Synodality Debrief with Fr. James Martin, from Inside the Vatican

10. Podcast: Unpacking the Synod's first letter to the people of God, from Inside the Vatican

11. On when Catholic doctrine can change, on the Jesuitical podcast

Nov 07, 202307:23
The Gospel vs. Clericalism and Outside of the Cup Catholicism

The Gospel vs. Clericalism and Outside of the Cup Catholicism

This week we contrast what Pope Francis calls the "scourge" of clericalism and the American trend of 'rad-trad' or 'traditional' Catholicism with what Jesus actually taught in the Gospels. I hope this episode is helpful to you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Article: On the Pope's comments on clericalism from ABC News

2. Article: Pope Francis intervenes at the Synod, calling clericalism a 'scourge' that 'enslaves' God's people from America Magazine

3. Raised Catholic ep. 4 (link and transcript): Is It Okay to Question

4. Raised Catholic ep. 22 (link and transcript): Deconstructing Catholic

5. Raised Catholic ep. 29 (link and transcript): What is Faith:

6. Raised Catholic ep. 119 (link and transcript): Who God Actually Is

7. Lyric video: Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, by Lauren Daigle

Oct 31, 202314:18
Spiritual Parents, Spiritual Children

Spiritual Parents, Spiritual Children

This week we're exploring mentorship within the Body of Christ. Who are you speaking into, and who is speaking into you? I pray it's a helpful episode for you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Article: Three phases of a Paul-Timothy relationship, by Rick Warren

2. Journaling questions:

Who can I identify as a spiritual parent or elder sibling? How has that person spoken into my life and helped to form me?

Who can I identify as a spiritual child or younger sibling? What role can I play in helping that person who is a bit behind me on the road?

3. Podcast: How Do I Find a Mentor, on That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

4. Podcast: Who is Praying for You, on That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

5. Video: First Letter of Timothy, from Bible Project

6. Video: Miracle of the Fish, from The Chosen

7. Song: The Body of Christ, by Sarah Hart

8. Song: My Lighthouse, by Rend Collective

9. Deacon Jerry's favorite song: Give Me Jesus, by Fernando Ortega

10: Jesus teaching the Sermon on the Mount to those who would teach it to others, and on and on, from The Chosen

Oct 27, 202313:00
Body of Christ

Body of Christ

This week we are revisiting ep. 61 from February, 2022: Sandwich Theology. As I was reminded this week, we are made by God with differing interests, ideas, strengths, and talents for a reason and when we come together using all of our strengths on behalf of one another, we are acting as the Body of Christ.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Find the Green Goddess and other perfect sandwiches at ⁠Briggs⁠ in North Attleboro, Massachusetts

2. ⁠Salt Fat Acid Heat⁠ by Samin Nosrat - series, book and more

3. ⁠Be the Bridge⁠ - book, podcast and more

4. Song: ⁠How Beautiful⁠, by Twila Paris

5. Children's book: ⁠Hello World⁠, by Kelly Corrigan

6. Song: ⁠We Are Many Parts⁠, by Marty Haugen

7. Song: ⁠Hold Us Together⁠, by Matt Maher

8. Song: ⁠Garden⁠, by Matt Maher

9. Book: ⁠Taste and See: Discovering God Among Butchers, Bakers and Fresh Food Makers⁠, by Margaret Feinberg

10. Activity: build a charcuterie board with balance and variety in mind: cheeses, meats, veggies, fruits, nuts, jams, dips and more - share with a new friend!

11. Song: The Body of Christ, by Sarah Hart




Oct 17, 202313:08
God's Not Done

God's Not Done

This week, we explore the amazing grace of God who is still at work, who continues to intercede and guide us and His Church, the God who is not done. I pray this episode is a blessing for you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Podcast: Jesuitical: Everything You Need to Know about the Synod

2. Podcast: Inside the Vatican: The Synod Begins - Inside and Outside of Vatican Hall

3. Article: The Holy Spirit Guides Us Toward Harmony and Respectful Listening, from Vatican News

4. Instagram account: Official Synod account from the Vatican, offering helpful updates

5. Song: More Than Able, by Maverick City Music, featuring Tabitha Cobbs Leonard

6. Song: Done, by One House

7. Song: We Need a Miracle, by Clarity Gayle

8. Song: Brighter Day, by Kirk Franklin

9. Song: Take Me to the King, by Tamela Mann feat. Kirk Franklin

10. Mass: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. Cecilia Boston - don't miss this homily

11. Song: His Eye is on the Sparrow, by Whitney Houston


Oct 10, 202310:08
Pray Without Ceasing

Pray Without Ceasing

This week, as we enter into the first Vatican meeting on the Synod on Synodality, a meeting long-time Vatican watchers are saying could be the most significant church event since Vatican II, I am finding myself thinking about Paul's call to 'pray without ceasing'. In our busy lives, what does praying without ceasing actually look like, is it something we would even want to do, and what is the good fruit that comes from prayer for us and for our Church?

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. America Magazine coverage on the Synod on Synodality

2. Overview of the Synod from America Media

3. Podcast: Inside the Vatican

4. Podcast: Pope Francis Generation

5. Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created and you shall renew the face of the Earth. Oh God who, by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolation through Christ our Lord, amen.

6. Song: Down to the River to Pray, by Alison Krauss

7. Song: Garden, by Matt Maher

8. Episodes: The Rosary with Fr. Frank McFarland on Boston Catholic Television

9. Book: Personal Prayer - A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love, by Fr. Thomas Acklin and Fr. Boniface Hicks

10. My little daily devotional book: Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young

11. Book: Help Thanks Wow, by Anne Lamott




Oct 03, 202312:44
Where We've Been and Where We're Going

Where We've Been and Where We're Going

This week I'll bring you an older episode on revival along with a reminder about where we've been and where we're going as the Raised Catholic community. You can always listen to older episodes of the podcast for free on Apple or Spotify or wherever you listen, and let's talk about it all over on substack.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: ⁠Awakening⁠, by Amanda Lindsey Cook

2. Ongoing coverage on the Global Synod on Synodality from America Magazine

3. Letters: ⁠Readers Thoughts⁠ on the $28 million Eucharistic Revival, from National Catholic Reporter

4. Album: ⁠Survey Part One⁠, from Amanda Lindsey Cook

5. Article: ⁠12 Signs of a Revival⁠, from Northwest University

6. Deconstruction = revival IG Follows: ⁠The New Evangelicals⁠ and ⁠Kate Boyd⁠ and ⁠The Jesus Lens

7. Song: Common Ground, by Matt Maher, featuring Dee Wilson

Sep 26, 202314:05
What Happens in the Wilderness

What Happens in the Wilderness

This week we explore what happens in a time of spiritual wandering, disconnection from a church community, or wrestling with the ideas of practices of faith. Some call this time faith deconstruction but it sure feels like a kind of wilderness. It's a place no one wants to be, but if we find ourselves here, there are ways we can use a wilderness time well.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Deep Water: Raised Catholic episode 12 transcript with link to listen

2. Reflection by Kerry Campbell: Trust: My Life as a House

3. Reflection by Kerry Campbell: Anchor

4. Article: What does it mean to have a wilderness experience, by Got Questions

5. Book: Learning to Walk in the Dark - Because Sometimes God Shows Up At Night, by Barbara Brown Taylor

6. Music Video: Drawn to You, by Audrey Assad - please watch this one.

7. Song: Find You Here, by Ellie Holcomb

8. Video Teaching Series: Memorial in the Middle, by Beth Moore

9. Song: Hosea, by the Monks of Weston Priory

10. A Blessing on The Business of Hope-Making, by Kate Bowler:

Dear One, may you have the gift of holy sight,

the vision of what might yet be.

Yes, the emptiness is there.

It could have been different, but this is what it is

and there is just a little moment here - a half a breath

where something new might be made, might be seen.

Just give it a little room to be.

There is nothing mechanical about living.

There is no step-by-step process by which good things can be found.

There is no paint-by-number on this one.

All we have is the strange truth that somewhere in us,

because we are made good

is the ability to make.

All we need to do is just give it a minute to be born.

Sep 19, 202313:10
The Dance

The Dance

This week I'll compare the experience of a mass to a meal at a restaurant, and I'll ask us all to consider the part we play in making any communal event into a dance. I hope it's a blessing to you.

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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: I Hope You'll Dance, by Beverly Mahood

2. What I Learned This Lent: An Owl's Surprising Appearance, Raised Catholic episode 118

3. Song: Lord of the Dance, by The Irish Tenors

4. Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”

5. Journal questions:

What small thing can I do today to make an everyday interaction into a dance?

Where is God asking me to be lighter and more playful? Where is He inviting me to dance?

What did I notice today about how people were serving me? How can I return an act of service to someone else?




Sep 12, 202311:57
Repost: Beauty, Truth & Goodness

Repost: Beauty, Truth & Goodness

This week, I'm bringing back episode 43 which first aired in late October, 2021. It makes a great follow-up to last week's conversation about digging into our faith foundations, holding our beliefs and practices up to the light, and finding what will fit the people we are becoming. Where are you finding beauty, truth and goodness in your life these days? Let's talk all about it on Substack!

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠on Substack⁠⁠. If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's a way to do just that ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Video: ⁠O My Soul⁠, by Audrey Assad

2. Podcast: ⁠Things Above⁠ with James Bryan Smith

3. Podcast: ⁠Drink With a Friend⁠, with Tsh Oxenreider and Seth Haines

4. ⁠Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table⁠, by Shauna Niequist

5. ⁠Chef's Table⁠: visually beautiful storytelling about beautiful food and the chefs who make it. This series will slow you down and help you learn to see and experience beauty for sure.

6. Journal prompts: 

Where did I find beauty today?

How can I be more impeccable with my words?

Who has been an example for goodness for me lately?

7. ⁠The Four Agreements⁠: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

8. ⁠How Beautiful⁠, by Twila Paris

9. ⁠Goodness of God⁠, by Israel & New Breed, Cristabel Clack

10. ⁠What a Wonderful World⁠, by Eva Cassidy

Sep 05, 202313:52
New Wineskins

New Wineskins

This week I'll tell a couple of stories about clearing out spaces and finding what fits, and relate these stories to Luke, chapter 5. I hope this episode all about intentionally creating new wineskins in the practice of our faith is a helpful one for you.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠on Substack⁠. If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's a way to do just that ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!ng:

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Scripture: Luke:5 and Luke:6

2. Song: Only Good Will Grow, by Matt Maher, featuring Brian Elmquist

3. Song: I Wanna Feel Again, by Matt Maher, featuring Taylor Leonhardt

4. Community: Evolving Faith

5. Book: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church, by Rachel Held Evans

Aug 29, 202312:54
Raised Catholic Community

Raised Catholic Community

This week I'll walk you through a shift in the next chapter of the podcast, and it is all about YOU!

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or on Substack. If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. My Little Epiphanies, by Kerry Campbell on Substack

2. Subscribe to My Little Epiphanies on Substack

3. Share My Little Epiphanies on Substack with a friend (or a few!)

4. Got faith topics you'd like me to cover as we grow into our community model? Email them to me at mylittleepiphanies@comcast.net!

Aug 22, 202307:16
Full Circle

Full Circle

This week concludes my summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this series has been a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Thomas Merton quote on his epiphany at the corner of 4th and Walnut, from his book, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

2. Historical marker of Merton's mystical experience in downtown Louisville, from Spiritual Travels

3. Rome series links - thanks for sharing this series with a friend:

ep. 126 - Rome Sweet Rome

ep. 127 - The Great Tapestry of God

ep. 128 - Our Global Church

ep. 129 - Point of View

ep. 131 - Musical Faith

ep. 132 - Be Not Afraid - Rome Edition

ep. 133 - Digging into the Past to Build Something Better

ep. 134 - Light at Every Stage (St. Clare)

ep. 135 - The Kids are Alright

Aug 15, 202314:52
The Kids are Alright

The Kids are Alright

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about time spent with the younger generations is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Coverage of World Youth Day by Vatican News

2. Coverage of World Youth Day from The Pillar

3. Article: Pope Francis: God Calls Your Authentic Self, Not Your Virtual Self

4. Article: Sail Boldly Into the Sea of Evangelization, Pope Tells Clergy, Religious in Lisbon, by Catholic News Agency

5. Podcast: Jesuitical, from America Media

6. St. Catherine of Siena basics from Franciscan Media

7. Song: The Kids Are Alright, by Pearl Jam

Aug 08, 202312:35
Light at Every Stage (St. Clare)

Light at Every Stage (St. Clare)

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about looking at our lives in stages of grace is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. St. Clare of Assisi basics and short video from Franciscan Media

2. St. Clare of Assisi icon and short biography by Theophilia

3. Guide to Basilica of St. Clare

4. Blog/Podcast - Every Flower Created - St. Clare - Sunflower

5. Song: St. Clare, by Suzanne Vega

6. Journal questions:

What is one story that might be told of me by those who know and love me?

What is one story by which I would want to be known?

What are three symbols that might be included in an icon of me today, as a saint-in-training?

7. Song: I Am, by Kirk Franklin


Aug 01, 202314:14
Digging into the Past to Build Something Better

Digging into the Past to Build Something Better

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about the value of digging into the past is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Short Video: Visiting the Vatican Necropolis, with Boston Catholic Television

2. Article: Opening of The Gospel and Nothing Else Exhibition

3. Podcast: The Examen with Fr. James Martin SJ

4. Raised Catholic Episode One: Notre Dame

5. Article: Synod on Synodality - Your Questions Answered, by Courtney Mares for Catholic News Agency

6. Prayer for the Synod on Synodality:

“We stand before you, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in your name. With you alone to guide us, make yourself at home in our hearts; teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions. Let us find in you our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right. All this we ask of you, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen.”

7. Video: The Bear trailer

8. Song: The Church's One Foundation, by Hymns of Grace

9. Article on Ongoing Renovation Efforts at Notre Dame from EuroNews

Jul 25, 202312:11
Be Not Afraid: Rome Edition

Be Not Afraid: Rome Edition

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about God's call to courage is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Regina Caeli (Angelus) prayer of Pope Francis, Pentecost 2023, English translation

2. The Last Battle, (Narnia Series) by C.S. Lewis

3. Song: Psalm 23, by Poor Bishop Hooper

4. Song: Be Not Afraid, by John Michael Talbot

5. Song: Nothing to Fear, by Porter's Gate featuring Audrey Assad

6. Short Video: Overcoming Fear, with Sister Miriam James Heidland

7. Book: Freefall to Fly, by Rebekah Lyons

8. Website with helpful resources including podcast, writing and more: Evolving Faith - Home for Spiritual Wanderers



Jul 18, 202313:43
Musical Faith

Musical Faith

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about our musical faith is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. John Mulaney clip - And Also With You

2. English translation Pope Francis Pentecost Homily transcript

3. Video: Pope Francis Prayer to the Holy Spirit - Pentecost 2023 - these are the words I quote at the end of today's podcast.

4. Song: Veni Sancte Spiritus, by Taize Session Singers

5. Bernard Pivot's Questionnaire - asked by host James Lipton at the end of each Inside the Actor's Studio (these would make great journaling questions!)

  1. What is your favorite word?
  2. What is your least favorite word?
  3. What turns you on?
  4. What turns you off?
  5. What sound or noise do you love?
  6. What sound or noise do you hate?
  7. What is your favorite curse word?
  8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
  9. What profession would you not like to do?
  10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Jul 11, 202313:44
Replay: Point of View

Replay: Point of View

On this holiday, we have a replay of last week's episode for you. As you gather with friends and family this week, I appreciate you sharing this podcast with someone you think might like it, too. Thanks in advance for your help, and enjoy this time with your dear ones!


This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one all about a shift in view is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: ⁠Seasons of Love⁠, from Rent

2. Book: ⁠Light of Assisi: The Story of St. Clare⁠, by Margaret Corney, OSF

3. Article: ⁠St. Francis Basilica basics⁠ from Wikipedia

4. Book: ⁠St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography⁠, by Omer Englebert

5. Video: ⁠Short video guide to St. Francis Basilica⁠ from Rick Steves

6. Article: ⁠A Pilgrimage Can Change Your Life⁠, by Will Peterson

7. Song: ⁠Found⁠, by Amanda Cook

8. Our perfect Assisi lunch restaurant, ⁠Le Terrazze di Properzio

Jul 04, 202314:37
Point of View

Point of View

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about the meaning of a heavenly view is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: Seasons of Love, from Rent

2. Book: Light of Assisi: The Story of St. Clare, by Margaret Corney, OSF

3. Article: St. Francis Basilica basics from Wikipedia

4. Book: St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography, by Omer Englebert

5. Video: Short video guide to St. Francis Basilica from Rick Steves

6. Article: A Pilgrimage Can Change Your Life, by Will Peterson

7. Song: Found, by Amanda Cook

8. Our perfect Assisi lunch restaurant, Le Terrazze di Properzio

Jun 27, 202313:15
Our Global Church

Our Global Church

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about our global Church is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Wikipedia basics on:

Manifest Destiny

Christian Dominionism

American Civil Religion

Christian Nationalism

2. Podcast/transcript: Raised Catholic ep. 25, Christian Nationalism

3. Show Notes from Raised Catholic ep. 25, Christian Nationalism

Today we're exploring the challenging topic of Christian nationalism; learning about what it is, the danger of it in the future of our church, and how to discern when this political philosophy is taking the place of our theology.

 ⁠Christians Against Christian Nationalism⁠

 ⁠Where Peter Is⁠, a group of Catholic writers working to re-center our faith back to our authentic teachings

 ⁠From Here Media⁠, a Catholic faith endeavor which seeks to honor our human stories grounded in authentic faith teaching

 ⁠Common Horizon⁠, a print publication dedicated to the exploration of the seven Catholic Social Teachings

 ⁠The Dangers of Christian Nationalism in the United States:⁠ A Policy Statement from the National Council of Churches

 ⁠Upside Down Podcast⁠: Unscripted Conversations on Spirituality, Culture and God's Upside Down Kingdom

 ⁠The Way of Jesus⁠, a talk by Rachel Held Evans

Podcast: T⁠hat Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs and Francis Chan

4. Song: We Are God's People, psalm 100

5. The nationalist "America" Rosary for sale that I reference in today's episode.


Jun 20, 202312:37
The Great Tapestry of God

The Great Tapestry of God

This week kicks off a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about how our lives are woven together by God in love is a meaningful one for you.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. My 'Word of the Year 2023 - Path' episode and episode transcript

2. Song: The Circle Game, by Joni Mitchell

3. Article: Guide to Vatican Gallery of Tapestries, by Brandon Shaw

4. Journal prompts:

As I look at my life, how can I see the Hand of God weaving my life and experiences with those around me?

Do I believe that we are always 'right where we are meant to be?' Why or why not?

How would I describe the path I am on today? What are the lampposts that show me the light on the good parts of my path?



Jun 13, 202311:55
Rome Sweet Rome

Rome Sweet Rome

This week is the first of many episodes on the many rich experiences and epiphanies I had this week while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope these stories bless you as much as they did me!

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Pope Francis Angelus prayer translation - Pentecost 2023

2. Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis translation - Pentecost 2023

3. 140 Saint statues on the Colonnades map - St. Peter's Basilica

4. Transcript with audio link: Raised Catholic ep. 118: What I Learned This Lent - An Owl's Surprising Appearance

5. Song: Kingdom (featuring Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore), by Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin

6. Song: Psalm 23, by Poor Bishop Hooper


Jun 06, 202308:55
Pentecost: The Amazing Movement of God

Pentecost: The Amazing Movement of God

This week we're taking a look back to episode 77: Pentecost Basics, and remind ourselves of the great gift that it's not all up to us. In a story I'll tell, we'll see that God makes a way, and it's sometimes it's a way we could never have predicted or made on our own, but it's so good.

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This week we're considering some of my favorite takeaways from Pentecost 2022, which this year came right on time. Come, Holy Spirit.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠find me on Instagram⁠ or ⁠on my blog⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠help support this podcast financially⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. ⁠Pentecost 2022 homily transcript ⁠from Pope Francis

2. ⁠Pentecost at the Pantheon: a Rainfall of Rose Petals⁠ - article and video from Italy Magazine

3. Info on ⁠Pando (I Spread)⁠ in Utah from the U.S. Forest Service

4. ⁠Pentecost mass readings⁠ 2022

5. Song: ⁠Send Us Your Spirit⁠, by Dan Schutte

6. Song: ⁠Come Holy Ghost⁠, by Louis Lambilotte, Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

7. Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz ⁠episode 323: Pentecost⁠

8. ⁠Pentecost⁠, from the Bible Project

9. Journal Prompts: 

How can I open myself to receive a new outpouring of God's Spirit?

Is it a time for me to consider trying gathering in a faith community?  What might that look like for me?

How does God's Holy Spirit change people?

10. Song: ⁠Veni Sancte Spiritus⁠ (Come, Holy Spirit), by Taize Session Singers


May 30, 202314:56
What Revival Really Looks Like

What Revival Really Looks Like

This week we take a look at revival - some historical context, what revival really is, what it is not, and who is responsible for it.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: Awakening, by Amanda Lindsey Cook

2. Letters: Readers Thoughts on the $28 million Eucharistic Revival, from National Catholic Reporter

3. Album: Survey Part One, from Amanda Lindsey Cook

4. Article: 12 Signs of a Revival, from Northwest University

5. Deconstruction = revival IG Follows: The New Evangelicals and Kate Boyd and The Jesus Lens

May 23, 202310:37
Repost: The Spiritual Practice of Mothering

Repost: The Spiritual Practice of Mothering

In the wake of Mother's Day, I'm sharing this older episode on the holy calling of mothering. If you mother any other person in any way, you help make the world go round and this one is for you.

This week we're exploring the spiritual practice of mothering, a practice that is accessible to all humans as we undergo to care for others and help them grow. We'll examine references in the Bible to God as mother, and look to God's example to lead us forward in the necessary and holy work of mothering and being mothered, too.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠find me on Instagram⁠ or ⁠on my blog⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠help support this podcast financially⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: ⁠A Mother Never Rests⁠, by Lori McKenna

2. ⁠Scriptural references to God as mother⁠, from womensordination.org

3. Song: ⁠Mary⁠, by Patty Griffin

4. Writer ⁠Laura Fanucci⁠, writing @thismessygrace and on her blog, Mothering Spirit: Everyday Parenting as Spiritual Practice

5. Raised Catholic episode: ⁠Mother Mary⁠

6. Podcast: Abiding Together, ⁠part 1 of a 4-part series on spiritual motherhood⁠

7. Song: ⁠Ave Maria by Franz Biebl⁠, performed by Chanticleer

8. Memoir: ⁠Looking for Mary ⁠(The Blessed Mother and Me), by Beverly Donofrio

9. Memoir: ⁠Glitter and Glue⁠, by Kelly Corrigan

10. Children's Book: ⁠What is God Like?⁠, by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner

11. Podcast: ⁠Kelly Corrigan Wonders with guest Dr. Ariel Trost ⁠on Intentional, Self Aware Parenting

12: IG follow: Pamela Henkleman: Coach for Midlife Moms

May 16, 202311:33
Make a New Soundtrack

Make a New Soundtrack

This week we take a look at the many things that daily fill our ears, and intentionally choose sounds that will help us commune with God who is always seeking to walk with us.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. The songs I heard after I asked God to pick my playlist from random 'liked' songs on Spotify:

We've Got This Hope, by Ellie Holcomb

Riding in My Car, by Elizabeth Mitchell (This reminded me of the post I had made the day before about the spiritual metaphor of riding with my dog Bailey in the car)

Blessed Always, Donna De Lory

My Lighthouse, by Rend Collective

Pieces, by Amanda Cook

2. The most beautiful version of the song I shared with you at the end of today's episode: We Gather Together, arr. S. Paulus



May 09, 202311:22
What We Have in Common

What We Have in Common

This week we explore one thing I believe we all have in common in these divided times: a feeling of precarity. This common feeling ironically promotes division, but Jesus does have a word for us that we can explore together.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Video: Father Greg Boyle on how We Belong to Each Other

2. Scripture: Sermon on the Mount, Matthew chapters 5-7, NIV translation

3. Org: Starts With Us - working to end extreme political and cultural division in America

4. Song: Hold Us Together, by Matt Maher

5. Journal prompts:

After reading the Sermon on the Mount, is there a teaching from Jesus I find there that surprises me?

Is there a group of people that I routinely dismiss or demonize? How can I try to see them as God sees them?

6. Book: Start With Hello - and other simple ways to live with each other as neighbors, by Shannan Martin

May 02, 202313:35
Where God Meets Us

Where God Meets Us

Today we take a look at the many places that Jesus met His friends, both before and after the Resurrection, and use these as a sort of map for finding God in all the places He meets us in our everyday lives. Spoiler: He is already there.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Open the Eyes of My Heart, by Audrey Assad

2. Book: The Shack, by Wm. Paul Young

3. Movie Trailer: The Way - this beautiful movie on the Camino de Santiago now available in theaters and online

4. Journal prompts:

Has God ever surprised me by showing up unbidden in an everyday experience? How did that feel? How did I recognize God there?

Where has God used me to encounter someone else so that they could experience God's kindness?

5. Book: Drawing God, by Karen Kiefer




Apr 25, 202311:22
Who God Actually Is

Who God Actually Is

This week we'll look at the rich Gospel readings from the Octave of Easter and learn the importance of moving into an understanding of who God actually is rather than the God we make that mirrors us and what we want Him to be. The journey from 'but we had hoped' to 'hearts burning within us' is available to all of us.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: Open the Eyes of My Heart, by Audrey Assad

2. Song: Good Good Father, by Chris Tomlin

3. Book: The Return of the Prodigal Son, by Henri Nouwen

4. Journal Prompts:

Have I heard Jesus 'call me by name' through prayer or some other experience? Do I feel known and seen by God? How can I help cultivate this understanding in my spirit and make room for God to speak directly to me?

What biases might be preventing me from seeing God as He actually is?

What parts of my family or church history might be impacting the way in which I understand God today?

5. Daily readings from the Octave of Easter, starting with Easter Monday

6. Animated short: the story of the lead-up and aftermath of the crucifixion and resurrection through the Gospel of Luke from the Bible Project.inter

7. Video podcast: Interview with Fr. Greg Boyle on Jesuitical





Apr 18, 202314:28
What I Learned This Lent 2023 - An Owl's Surprising Appearance

What I Learned This Lent 2023 - An Owl's Surprising Appearance

As I return from my Lenten break, I'm sharing what I learned from my time away along with parallels to the story of Jesus and his friends during Holy Week and Easter.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠find me on Instagram⁠ or ⁠at my website⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠help support this podcast financially⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Daily devotional: Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young

2. Book: Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, by Fr. Greg Boyle

3. Podcast: Turning to the Mystics with Jim Finley on Thomas Merton from Center of Action and Contemplation - transcript


Apr 11, 202315:20
Replay: The Happy Fault of Sin

Replay: The Happy Fault of Sin

This week as we make our way toward Palm Sunday and Holy Week, I'd like to offer a replay of a previous episode, way back to number 15: The Happy Fault of Sin. I hope it's a blessing to you and I continue to hold you and yours in prayer as we journey together with Jesus toward Holy Week.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠find me on Instagram⁠ or ⁠at my website⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠help support this podcast financially⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. If you'd like to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation this week, you should be able to find it offered at a number of area parishes, retreat houses, missions, shrines, Catholic colleges, and hospitals. Check their websites for details and feel free to travel a ways from your home parish - it can be a good opportunity to take some time in silence and prayer. ⁠Here's a primer⁠ on how to receive this Sacrament if it's been a while. 

2. In addition, check your area for Eucharistic Adoration, Stations of the Cross, services for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, and other Lenten programming.

3. Podcast: ⁠That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs, guest John Eldridge⁠. This recent episode helped me gather in my thoughts about the last year and how to bring them to Jesus this week. 

4. Podcast: ⁠That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs, guest Sally Lloyd-Jones⁠. This episode pairs so well with the one before - unknowingly they both spend a good amount of time on psalm 23, the psalm we need this week. 

5. Podcast: ⁠Abiding Together Lenten Study on This Present Paradise. This is part 5,⁠ but you'll want to go back and listen to them all.

6. Video: ⁠Making a Good Confession⁠ with Fr. Mike Schmitz

7. Book: ⁠The Return of the Prodigal Son⁠, by Henri Nouwen

8. Song: ⁠Shadow Step⁠, by Hillsong

9. Song: ⁠Even Unto Death⁠, by Audrey Assad

10: Song: ⁠Run to the Father⁠, by Matt Maher

11. Song: ⁠Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus⁠), by Chris Rice

12. Song: ⁠Met by Love⁠, by Capital City Music

13. Song: ⁠Mercy,⁠ by Amanda Lindsey Cook

14. Song: ⁠O Happy Fault⁠, by Audrey Assad

15. ⁠Read the Gospel account⁠ of the last days of Jesus. Prayerfully journal or sit in silence as you contemplate just how big His love is for you.

Mar 28, 202313:15