At the Table

What's so great about St Joseph? Spoiler: EVERYTHING!! It's Joel and Joanna back again for the season wrap up 🎁 and Father's Day special! This episode is all about fathers - God the Father, St Joseph, dad jokes, and Disney's The Mandalorian. Say what?? We share the struggles and joys of journeying with St Joseph, and how he reflects God's fatherhood to us. Dear friend, whether you feel like the favoured child or an orphan out in the cold, know this: you will always have a Father who will welcome you home. Join us on this last episode and know that you are SO loved ❤️

Challenge of the week!

Identify and give thanks for the father figures in your life ✨

Check out Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter Patris Corde:

https://cr.catholic.sg/patriscorde

Here’s a secret for you: homegirls (and homebois) are WOUNDED — and that’s totally okay. In this episode, Mich, Dani, and Joel speak into what it means to come face to face with our brokenness, and in fact to embrace that brokenness and allow it to become the channel for our healing. We don’t need fixing, dear friends — but God himself reveals that wounds can be made beautiful; for in Him, weakness becomes strength.

Lord, help us to become better stewards of our brokenness!

Challenge of the week!

Where are the places in your life that need healing? Invite God to dwell in those places.

Into the unknown is where we’re often called to go but we all know it brings about a lot of fear and change. To all you FROZEN II fansss ✨ out there, this is an episode you wouldn’t want to miss!!! Nic Ng, Jo and Mich gush over their favourite Frozen II moments, how our battle with fear belongs to the Lord, and the beautiful truth that it IS enough to just “do the next right thing.”

p.s. stay till the end for a very special bonus track from the girls!!!!

Challenge of the week!

Bring one fear to the Lord. Dream what Freedom could look like for you.

Happy freedom!!

Do you see the world around you in full colour or are things starting to appear grayscale? Joel invites Nic Law and Mich to reflect on the disposition of wonder and the creative heart of the Divine Artist, as we round off the mini-series on Saint John Paul II's Letter to Artists. Friends, may we never lose our ability to marvel and rejoice as we search for “epiphanies of beauty” in our ordinary circumstances.

Challenge of the week!

Where in your life have you lost the sense of wonder? What will you do to reclaim it?

Check out our fav #catholiccreatives on insta

Michelle (@overbundantgrace)

Nic Law (@nou_rishthesoul/@nicannlaw_)

Wonder by Hillsong Worship

https://open.spotify.com/track/3vHJGrzLg4cr6LqevVi5Jr?si=xfteOt0kSwK4NVUB5hOkvg&utm_source=copy-link

Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Artists

http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_23041999_artists.html

“The beauty of created things can never fully satisfy. It stirs that hidden nostalgia for God.” (Pope John Paul II, Letter to Artists) Join Nic Law, Ann and Joel as we share about the “art attack man”, artist imposter syndrome, happy accidents and the role of beauty in our lives as artists and as co-creators with God.

Challenge of the week!

What is one act of creation that you have been holding off?

Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Artists: http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_23041999_artists.html

We all know that feeling when the Lent bootcamp’s over. Whether you’re fizzled out or bouncing in a new spiritual high, it's never too late to start anew! Join Jo, Nic Law and Bea as they chat about gym routines, growing your spiritual muscles, and taking major trust falls with the Lord of new life.

Challenge of the week~

What is one thing that you can do to restart or sustain your own spiritual journey?

Nic: Try out Visio Divina in prayer

Bea: Incorporate prayer as I exercise!

Jo: Renew wonder in the Sacraments

Crushes in catechism class? Heartbroken and friendzoned? Our feelings-driven culture can be so confusing at times but Jesus wants your FREEDOM. Joel, Daryl and Nic Ng share their personal experiences navigating the messy, wonderful world of male-female friendships, and how to guard your heart while you receive the gift. Tune in to this episode to hear it ALL!!! (sips tea)

Challenge of the week ~

Reflect on your friendships with the opposite sex. How do they bless you?

Friendship happens when both people have the good of the other in their hearts. The three gal pals Joanna, Nic and Bea are back this week to discuss good friendships, what holds us back from connecting with each other, and the ultimate best friendship - with Jesus Christ Himself.

p.s. prepare to be hit by lots of girly giggles and laughter in this episode (we couldn’t help ourselves!)

Challenge of the week!

Bea: Affirm and bless a long time friend.

Nic: Reach out to a distant friend, ask them out for coffee.

Jo: Be a friend to(!!) Jesus - love Jesus as how you would love a friend.

"I come to give you life, and life to the full" - John 10:10

It isn't always easy to believe this promise that Jesus has made to us. In our lowest moments, it may seem that He isn't really with us. Join Joanna, Dan and Daryl as we talk about spiritual dryness and discouragement, our experiences with it, how grace still always carries us through!

Challenge of the week!

Joanna: To talk to someone about my feelings and not bottle them up.

Danielle: To journal daily.

Daryl: To be more intentional in examining my day.

What does it mean to fall - and stay - in love with God? In this episode, Joanna and Joel discuss the poem "Fall in Love", rom-coms, spiritual highs, and a good dose of friendship trivia.

Challenge of the week ~

Encounter or express your love for God!

Jo’s challenge: Dive into the Word and affirm others with those truths.

Joel’s challenge: Spend quality time with someone without KPIs.

"Fall in Love" (https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/fall-in-love/)

Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.

Fall in Love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.