Raised Catholic

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.

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?

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!

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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. 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 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.

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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. 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

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

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. 

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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. 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

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. 

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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. 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

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

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

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