Raised Catholic

This week we'll look at balance, contrast, and variety as reflected in a few perfect sandwiches and apply these truths to our faith lives, communities, and practices.

Live Panel Discussion Via Zoom - JOIN US!  I'll be part of a roundtable discussion on 2/22/22 on How to Claim Your Faith in the Midst of a Broken Church, sponsored by the Cenacle Sisters of Chicago with a great group of Catholic thinkers.  I hope you'll join us, more information and registration here.

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, rating, and reviewing!

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 

In the last episode of a short series on mysticism, here are some practical ideas for you to develop your own mystical lens for yourself.  I hope it's a blessing to you!

Live Panel Discussion Via Zoom - JOIN US!  I'll be part of a roundtable discussion on 2/22/22 on How to Claim Your Faith in the Midst of a Broken Church, sponsored by the Cenacle Sisters of Chicago with a great group of Catholic thinkers.  I hope you'll join us, more information and registration here.

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!

1. Hope Booth interactive experience

2. Everyday mysticism reflections from Fr. James Martin: Have You Ever Had a Mystical Experience?

A multi-part series on accessible mysticism by Fr. James Martin published by HuffPost, adapted from an essay from his book, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Incompletion

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Common Longings and Connections

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Uncommon Longings

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Exaltation and Clarity

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Vulnerability

3. Podcast: The Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz

4. The Worldwide Synod on Synodality effort from Pope Francis

5. Corny but somehow really moving footage of sheep listening for and following their shepherds

6. Song: God Speaking, by Mandisa

7. The story of Samuel, who practiced tuning his ear to God

8. Song: Look Up, Child, by Lauren Daigle

9. Song: The Loudest Voice, by Ginny Owens

In the third of a four-episode series on mysticism, we're looking at the story of the Woman at the Well as a picture of what encountering God can mean for us and for those around us. 

Live Panel Discussion Via Zoom - JOIN US!  I'll be part of a roundtable discussion on 2/22/22 on How to Claim Your Faith in the Midst of a Broken Church, sponsored by the Cenacle Sisters of Chicago with a great group of Catholic thinkers.  I hope you'll join us, more information and registration here.

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!

1. Video The Chosen: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

2. Song: Jesus Met the Woman at the Well, by Mahalia Jackson

3. Journal prompts:

What is holding me back from experiencing God for myself?

Do I really believe that there's nothing I can do to separate me from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:35)

If I've had an encounter with God, who did I tell?  Who can I tell about it now?

4. Podcast: The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey: guests Beth Moore and Dr. Russell Moore

5. Instagram follow: Scott Erickson, artist and maker of visual prayers

6. Music Video: Awakening, by Amanda Lindsey Cook

7. Music Video: Light, by Sleeping At Last

8. Drawing God Project, by Karen Kiefer and Church in the 21st Century at Boston College - links to the book and related activities

Thank you to Peter Vaughan-Vail for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.

This week, our series on mysticism continues with the encounter stories of a few Heavenly friends, and encouragement to own our mystical experiences for ourselves as holy and good. 

Live Panel Discussion Via Zoom - JOIN US!  I'll be part of a roundtable discussion on 2/22/22 on How to Claim Your Faith in the Midst of a Broken Church, sponsored by the Cenacle Sisters of Chicago with a great group of Catholic thinkers.  I hope you'll join us, more information and registration here.

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!

1. The Seven Storey Mountain, by Thomas Merton - I highly recommend all of his writings, but this is his most popular.

2. History and music from St. Hildegard of Bingen from Open Culture

3. St. Paul, the Forgotten Mystic, by Catholic Exchange

4. Thomas Merton's Mystical Vision in Louisville by Spiritual Travels

5. Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich

6. Journal questions: When in my life have I experienced clarity, wisdom, or peace that might be considered a gift of union with God?  How did that experience change me? How can I become more open to hearing from God? How can telling my own mystical stories benefit other people?

7. Music from St. Hildegard of Bingen on Spotify 

8. Video: What You Don't Know About Christian Mysticism, by Ascension Presents

9. What the Mystics Know, by Fr. Richard Rohr

10. Video: Met By Love (Wonder), by Capital City Music

In the first of a series, today's episode is an introduction to mysticism and an invitation to explore everyday mysticism as a path that will benefit not only our individual faith lives, but also our Church.  I hope the following resources will help you to explore this topic in a deeper way for yourself.  

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!

1. A multi-part series on accessible mysticism by Fr. James Martin published by HuffPost, adapted from an essay from his book, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Incompletion

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Common Longings and Connections

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Uncommon Longings

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Exaltation and Clarity

Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Vulnerability

2. Book: The Little Book of Christian Mysticism: Essential Wisdom of Saints, Seers, and Sages, by Carl McColman

3. Book: The Interior Castle, by Teresa of Avila

4. Book: What the Mystics Know: Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self, by Fr. Richard Rohr

5. Video: What is a Mystic, by Fr. Richard Rohr

6. Podcast series: Abiding Together, 4-part series on the four women doctors of the Catholic Church. Each of these women, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Therese of Liseux, St. Hildegard of Bingen, and St. Catherine of Siena - all mystics.

7. Song: Into the Mystic, by Van Morrison

8. Song: Wonder (Spontaneous), by Bethel Music and Amanda Lindsey Cook

9. Song: Spem in Alium (The Forty-Part Motet), by Thomas Tallis

10. Journal prompts:

When have I experienced God (or what I perceived as supernatural) in nature, in church, through another person, or through some other way?  Describe the experience as best you can, your reaction to it, and write about how that experience colored your thinking from that time on. 

Do I believe that every person has the potential for mysticism? Why or why not?

How can I put myself in the path of receiving a mystical experience in the future?

As we begin a new year, it's a great time to think about the lenses through which we take in what's around us.  Beauty, truth and goodness are three pillars that can help us start this year off well. Thanks so much for listening and for sharing this episode!

If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram or on my blog.  And here's that update: If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you!  You can do that on my page at buymeacoffee.com!

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

This week, I'll let you in on my discernment process around choosing a word for 2022 and I hope it will serve as a road map of sorts to find your own!  Here are some resources I hope will help you enter this new year with intention.

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, thank you!  You can do that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! 

1. "The Subversive Magnificat," by EnemyLove

2. "Mary's 'Magnificat' is Revolutionary", from D.L. Mayfield at the Washington Post

3. Read about contributors' words of the year and add your own at oneword365.com

4. Journal prompts:

What is one area of my life in which I could make an intentional change this year for the better?

What's one thing I learned in 2021?

Is there a word or phrase that might guide my progress in 2022, even through unpredictable times?

5. These are some of the songs that popped up on my New Year's run - letting the songs play randomly on a run or walk can be a deeply meaningful spiritual practice for me as I love finding meaning in threads, melodies, words and phrases. I love these songs and hope you will, too.  Happy, healthy, blessed 2022 to you!

Ave Maria (Franz Biebl), by Chanticleer

Rule - Live, by Hillsong UNITED

Bonaparte's Retreat/Hoedown, by W.M. Stepp/Aaron Copland

It Is Well With My Soul, by Audrey Assad

When I Get Home, by Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell

No Hard Feelings, by the Avett Brothers

6. If you're thinking of trying running from the literal couch, I could not recommend this program more. 

A short episode in this liminal week to wish you and yours a blessed Christmas season and a healthy, peaceful, joyful 2022. Thanks so much for listening, sharing, rating, and reviewing the podcast this year - all of that is so appreciated as we grow this Raised Catholic community as a space for people to find welcome, compassion, guidance and direction in their walk with God both inside and outside of church walls. 

For those who were kind enough to ask for a way to financially support this podcast this year, thank you! That is so appreciated and humbling and I have finally figured out a way for you to do just that if you'd like!  So now, if you like a particular episode and want to throw a few bucks my way, would like to donate as part of your year-end giving, or want to set up a schedule of giving, you can do that at my page at buymeacoffee. Thanks for your support!

Thanks as always to my very talented friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail for the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every Raised Catholic episode. Blessed 2022 to you, friends!

1. Song: Auld Lang Syne, by Betsy Phillips, Robby Hecht

2. Consider your word for 2022 at OneWord365

3. Search some of my past words of the year over at my blog, My Little Epiphanies (put oneword365 in the search bar)

4. Let's be friends on Instagram @kerrycampbellwrites

5. Song: The Lord Bless You and Keep You, by Peter Christian Lutkin, Messiah College Concert Choir

6. Donate for the production of Raised Catholic on buymeacoffee.com/kcampbellwrites (thanks!)

After last week's Say Yes episode, here's a bit of balance, some of the ways in which saying no can aid in our spiritual lives, help us avoid burnout, and lead to the peaceful Christmas and faith lives our souls are longing for.  Here are some resources I hope will help you to explore this topic in a deeper way for yourself. I hope you and yours have a beautiful, simple, blessed and Merry Christmas!

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1. In modeling saying no to perfectionism, I've left in the tap tap tap percussive sounds of my dog, Bailey, in this week's episode.  I'm hoping it is a happy addition to Peter Vaughan-Vail's beautiful harp music, and I thank Peter (and Bailey) as always for their help.

2. 6 Things You Can Say No To This Holiday Season, by Shannon Martin

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original 1966 tv special)

4. Journal prompts: 

What is a life-giving practice for me in this holiday season?

What traditional practices feel more like work and less like joy?

How can I cultivate quiet and peace in order to hear from God in this season?

5. Song: Stille Nacht, by The King's Singers

6. Song: Silent Night (Holding Us Now), by Christy Nockels

7. 4 Ways to Reduce Holiday Stress Caused by Perfectionism, by Elizabeth Scott for verywellmind.com

On this first anniversary of the Raised Catholic podcast here in the midst of Advent, we're considering the weight and value of Mary's 'yes' at the Annunciation, and we're exploring the divine 'yesses' in our own lives, including many of my own personal 'yes' stories. I hope these resources will help you explore this topic on your own in a deeper way. 

1. "What Mary's Yes Means For Us," by Andrew Willard Jones at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

2. Video: Say Yes to God: The Immaculate Conception Explained, by Fr. Mike Schmitz with Ascension Presents

3. Podcast: Abiding Together - look at their beautiful Advent series from this year and years past.

4. Journal questions: When has God presented me with an opportunity or open door or invitation in my life?  What did I do with it?  If I said yes, how did it work out?  If I said no, is there some way to change that 'no' to a' 'yes' today? 

5. Song: Thy Will Be Done, by Hillary Scott

6. Song: Trust in You, by Lauren Daigle

7. Podcast: That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs and Jeremy Cowart - hear the beautiful story of Jeremy's hard and ongoing 'yes' to creating The Purpose Hotel along with a few other hard 'yesses' in his life

8. Say Yes to God, A Call to Courageous Surrender, by Kay Warren

9. I'm Possible: Jumping into Fear and Discovering a Life of Purpose, by Jeremy Cowart

10. Song: Anyway, by Crazy Whirled

“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

Mother Teresa