Contemplating Life with Chris Young

This week we begin a multipart series recounting my school days in a special education school here in Indianapolis.

Article about Roberts School including a photo: https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/james-e-roberts-school-crippled-children-indianapolis/

Google map of Roberts School now an apartment building: https://t.ly/hAnB

Roberts School Flats at Apartments.com: https://www.apartments.com/roberts-school-flats-indianapolis-in/gvzs7ww/

Episode 5 about attempts to enroll me in Catholic school: https://contemplating-life.com/blog/2023/02/06/contemplating-life-episode-5-abusing-disability-terminology-2nd-of-a-2-part-series/

Polio vaccine on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine

Thalidomide on Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

Thalidomide scandal on Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal

Book “Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown” at Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/stress-analysis-strapless-evening-scientific/dp/B0007E9QMW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=215DNUM84N4QB

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This week we conclude the story of my journey back to the Catholic Church. I struggle with the question “Does God exist?” Next week, we begin a multi-part series on my travels through the special education system from kindergarten through high school. 

Links related to this episode:

Axioms on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom

Euclid on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid

"… God is love." 1 John 4:8 at USCCB: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1john/4?8

"All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_7xMfIp-irg

"With a Little Help From My Friends" by the Beatles on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0C58ttB2-Qg?t=75

Contemplating Life – Episode 6 in which I discuss the Baltimore Catechism: https://contemplating-life.com/blog/2023/02/13/episode-6-the-little-boy-that-god-made-1st-in-a-series-on-faith/

Online version of Baltimore Catechism: https://www.catholicity.com/baltimore-catechism/

Baltimore Catechism on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Catechism

Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_presence_of_Christ_in_the_Eucharist

The Turing Test on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

Home video of my niece’s baptism where I was Godfather: https://youtu.be/yUNBlkHGWxE

Dynamic Catholic Welcome program purchased Christ Renews His Parish in 2017. Here is their website: https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/welcome.html

US Conference of Catholic Bishops on RCIA: https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/who-we-teach/christian-initiation-of-adults

RCIA on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_Christian_Initiation_of_Adults

Catholics Returning Home program: https://www.catholicsreturninghome.org/

Catholic celebration of Easter Vigil on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Vigil#Catholic_Church

Romans 6:3-11 at USCCB: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/romans/6?3

Easter Vigil 2023 bilingual service at St. Gabriel Church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXHF36rOTGA

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This week we continue my journey back to the Catholic Church. I begin studying Scripture and learn how the Catholic approach seems much more common sense to me than the fundamentalist literalist approach we hear about so much. Next week, the last of our series on faith and then we returned to disability topics.

Links related to this episode:

New American Standard Revised Bible on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/American-Bible-Revised-Psalms-Testament/dp/0529064847/ref=sr_1_7

New American Standard Revised Bible online at USCCB: https://bible.usccb.org/bible

Bible Gateway website with many translations and complete search capability: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=NASB

Catechism of the Catholic Church online edition at Vatican.va: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

Catechism of the Catholic Church online at USCCB: https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/

Ephesians 5:21-33 at USCCB: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/ephesians/5?21

Prof. Scott Hahn's website: https://www.scotthahn.com/

Scott Hahn conversion story on YouTube(be sure to watch 28 minute mark):: https://youtu.be/P-bz4kRtCQI

Sola scriptura on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_scriptura

“Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation” at vatican.va: https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html

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In this episode, we continue the story of my faith journey. I attended the Easter Vigil in 1984 which had a profound effect on me. It was the start of my journey back to the Catholic Church. We will wrap up this section of my faith journey next week and the following week will return to disability topics.

Links related to this episode:

Dynamic Catholic Welcome program purchased Christ Renews His Parish in 2017. Here is their website: https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/welcome.html

US Conference of Catholic Bishops on RCIA: https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/who-we-teach/christian-initiation-of-adults

RCIA on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_Christian_Initiation_of_Adults

Catholic celebration of Easter Vigil on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Vigil#Catholic_Church

Paschal candle on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_candle

Exsultet prayer text on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsultet#Roman_Catholic_English_and_Latin_text

“Felix culpa” (happy fault) on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_culpa

Easter Vigil Scripture readings for 2023 at USCCB: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040823.cfm

Romans 6:3-11 at USCCB: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/romans/6?3

John 20:19-31 about Thomas’ unbelief on USCCB: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/20?19

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In this week’s episode, we continue a multi-part series about my off-again, on-again relationship with God and the Catholic Church. This episode is about the 9 years I spent away from the Catholic Church and what led me back again. We will continue this series on faith for a few more weeks and then go back to disability-related topics as I review my history in special education.

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A list of all episodes including this one on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFFRYfZfNjHL8bFCmGDOBvEiRbzUiiHpq

Atheism on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism

Agnosticism on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism

Secular Humanism on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism

Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O%27Meara

Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara on Indianapolis encyclopedia: https://indyencyclopedia.org/edward-t-o-meara/

Archbishop’s invocation at the 1990 Indy 500 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/egg4Pu1x-bM?t=1934

Pastoral letter on War and Peace by the USCCB 1983: https://www.usccb.org/upload/challenge-peace-gods-promise-our-response-1983.pdf

Dynamic Catholic Welcome program purchased Christ Renews His Parish in 2017. Here is their website: https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/welcome.html

US Conference of Catholic Bishops on RCIA: https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/who-we-teach/christian-initiation-of-adults

RCIA on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_Christian_Initiation_of_Adults

Catholic celebration of Easter Vigil on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Vigil#Catholic_Church

This week we conclude our three-part series where I review all 10 films nominated for Best Picture Oscars. We will talk about my favorite director Steven Spielberg who directed one of the final three movies we will cover. The Oscar ceremonies are tonight March 12 on ABC. Apologies for this long episode but we had lots to talk about.  Next week will return to my faith journey stories and after that back to disability topics.

Links related to this episode

List of 2022 Oscar nominations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_Academy_Awards#Awards

List of 2022 Golden Globe nominees and winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_Golden_Globe_Awards#Film

List of 2022 SAG Award nominees and winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards#Film

Stephen Spielberg on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg

“The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044672/

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/

"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/

“The Fabelmans” (2022) on IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14208870/

“Tár" (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14444726/

“Women Talking” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038/

“Women Talking” (2018) novel on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Talking_(novel)

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This week we continue our three-part series where I review all 10 films nominated for Best Picture Oscars. We will cover 3 films this week – “The Banshees of Iniserin”, “All Quiet on the Western Front”, and “Triangle of Sadness”. Apologies for butchering the pronunciation of names and places in this episode. Next week we will wrap up with the final three films. NOTE: Next week’s public episode will come out Sunday morning March 12 prior to the Oscar presentations that night.

Links related to this episode

List of 2022 Oscar nominations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_Academy_Awards#Awards

List of 2022 Golden Globe nominees and winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_Golden_Globe_Awards#Film

List of 2022 SAG Award nominees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards#Film

“The Banshees of Iniserin” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/

Samuel Goldwyn on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016150/

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (1979) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078753/

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (1929) novel on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front

“1917” (2019) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674/

“Triangle of Sadness” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7322224/

“The Menu“ (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9764362/

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When I began the podcast, I mentioned that one of the topics I was going to cover was entertainment. This week we began a three-part series where I review all 10 films nominated for Best Picture Oscars. We will cover 4 films this week and three films each of the next two weeks. We start with “Avatar: Way of the Water”, “Top Gun: Maverick”, “Elvis”, and “Everything Everywhere All at Once”.

Links related to this episode

List of 2022 Oscar nominations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_Academy_Awards#Awards

List of 2022 Golden Globe nominees and winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_Golden_Globe_Awards#Film

List of 2022 SAG Award nominees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards#Film

“Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029/

“Avatar” (2009) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/

View-Master 3D viewer on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View-Master

“Dances with Wolves” (1990) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/

“The Offer” (2022 miniseries) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13111040/

“Top Gun: Maverick” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/

“Top Gun” (1986) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/

“Elvis” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704428/

“Romeo + Juliet” (1996) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117509/

“Moulin Rouge!” (2001) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203009/

“The Great Gatsby” (2013) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/

“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190332/

“Star Trek: Discovery” (2017-) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5171438/

“Bullet Train” (2022) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12593682/

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In this week’s episode, we continue a multi-part series about my off-again, on-again relationship with God and the Catholic Church. I’m not trying to evangelize anyone or be a preacher. I’m just here to tell my story which I hope is entertaining and informative.

Links related to this episode:

Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_v._Vitale

Weekday Religious Education on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekday_Religious_Education

The First Commandment on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_have_no_other_gods_before_me

The First Amendment of the US Constitution on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Whitney Houston sings “Jesus Loves Me”: https://youtu.be/ZNqAHrNNLqA

Sacraments of the Catholic Church on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church

Nicene Creed on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed

“Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” by Pink Floyd on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY

For more episodes: https://contemplating-life.com/

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/contemplatinglife

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In this week’s episode, we begin a multi-part series about my off-again, on-again relationship with God and the Catholic Church. I’m not trying to evangelize anyone or be a preacher. I’m just here to tell my story that I hope is entertaining and informative.

Links related to this episode:

History of St. Bridget Catholic Church: https://historicindianapolis.com/misc-monday-african-american-and-catholic-in-early-indianapolis/

St. Christopher Church Indianapolis: https://sites.google.com/stchrisindy.org/st-christopher-parish/

St. Michael Church Indianapolis: https://saintmichaelindy.org/

St. Gabriel the Archangel Church: https://www.stgabrielindy.org/

Online version of Baltimore Catechism: https://www.catholicity.com/baltimore-catechism/

Baltimore Catechism on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Catechism

Book “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things” by Robert Fulghum: https://www.amazon.com/Really-Need-Know-Learned-Kindergarten-ebook/dp/B000FC1LRY

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