Mamas in Spirit
261 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsA mini-retreat in a podcast for Catholic women! Host Lindy Wynne interviews guests as they share how God has converted their hearts and transformed their lives. Join this beautiful community of faith and know you are never alone! Learn more at mamasinspirit.com.
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The First Armless Pilot's Catholic Faith with Jessica Cox
April 11, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 41.2 MBThere was silence in the delivery room when Jessica Cox was born—Jessica’s parents and the doctors were stunned to see she was born without arms. As Jessica’s father held her that morning, a stranger approached and said how special he and Jessica's mom must be to bless them with Jessica-- Jessica's parents not only remembered their faith that morning, but they shared it with Jessica. Jessica, in turn, has been blessed with supernatural perseverance and determination in her lifetime. B...
Love is Everything with Immaculée Ilibagiza
April 04, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes - 45.7 MBImmaculée Ilibagiza followed her father’s instructions and ran to her neighbor’s house to hide at the start of the Rwandan genocide. She spent the next three months huddled in a tiny bathroom with seven other women, while extremist members of another tribe tried to find and kill them. It was in this bathroom that Immaculée gave her heart to God and began to pray in a way she never had before—as she recited the words of the Rosary, peace veiled and healed her from the anger and fear that o...
My Greatest Cross with Sister Gianna Junker, O.P.
March 28, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes - 51.5 MBOn Holy Thursday Sister Gianna Junker, a Nashville Dominican, had a conversion of heart in which she learned to accept suffering and discovered what she grappled with most. “I am my suffering. I am my biggest cross.” While Sister Gianna, like all of us, found it easy to blame her suffering on other people and circumstances in her life, she realized that the person who most needed healing was her. As Sister Gianna accepted her own interior struggle she learned a profound lesson: when ...
Radical Empathy with Tim Forbes, Judge Dinkins Educational Center
March 21, 2024 10:03 - 38 minutes - 49 MBTim Forbes scored a goal at his college lacrosse game and looked up to see who was cheering loudly--Tim will never forget spotting his friend, Santis, as well as a young, homeless man they had befriended, James. Tim learned "radical empathy" through his encounters with James. Tim was touched by James' humanity and saw Christ residing in him--James also ministered to Tim. Through this experience in his young adulthood, coupled with many years of ministry and a career in Catholic school ...
Christ: The Face of Mercy with Susan Skinner
March 14, 2024 10:50 - 36 minutes - 47 MBSusan Skinner discovered she had the gift of discernment of spirits. Susan’s son had slept over at his friend's home before, but this time Susan felt uneasy; she said yes to playing during the day, but no to the overnight invitation. Susan dropped her son off and chatted with the friend’s mom, Veronica, in her living room. The next day, Veronica was murdered right where she and Susan had been standing about 12 hours earlier. Susan's suffering consumed her as she grappled to understand...
Mother Cabrini's Empire of Hope with Rod Barr, "Cabrini" Movie Screenwriter
March 07, 2024 11:31 - 30 minutes - 40 MBScreenwriter Rod Barr shares how God had a plan for Mother Francesca Cabrini that was not her own. At the turn of the 20th century, the dream of a better life inspired Italian immigrants to journey to America. Tragically, most found themselves among the poorest of the poor and even homeless--including the children. While Mother Cabrini had committed her heart to ministry in China, Pope Leo XIII directed her to help these immigrants where they had landed in New York City. While many bui...
A Death and Birth at Dawn with Megan Nix
February 29, 2024 11:00 - 38 minutes - 49.3 MBThe dawn of each day is a precious time for Megan Nix--her youngest daughter was born at the start of a new day and her beloved mother later went home to God in the early morning hours. Megan came to learn that not only was dawn the start of these soul-touching days, but also new seasons in her life. Seasons in which Megan would come to know the depth of grief and boundlessness of love. Megan's daughter was was born into silence due to deafness caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV). Megan's...
Hope Even at the Bottom of the Bottle with Tara Nowell
February 22, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes - 50 MBAs a young girl, Tara Nowell began to believe the lie that she couldn’t depend on anyone but herself. Eventually, this became anyone but herself and “the bottle.” Even when she was at her rock bottom with alcoholism, Tara did not deny God’s existence--she just wanted Him to leave her alone. Yet through the love of Christ and her beloved parents, God pursued Tara. After years of denial and resistance, Tara entered a Catholic Healing Center Cenacolo and God began to chisel away at Tara's h...
From Suspicion to Trust with Chaplain Fr. Jon Meyer
February 15, 2024 11:00 - 40 minutes - 51.2 MBOur Church family is divided. Yet Christ calls us to communion in Him. In this Lenten podcast, Chaplain Fr. Jon Meyer and host Lindy Wynne explore how the division in our Catholic Church increases our sense of unhealthy suspicion and harms our capacity to love as we are called. In life there is a healthy, intuitive suspicion we are blessed with that helps to keep us and our children safe. At the same time, there is a suspicion that is not of God and divides us even as we are called to ...
Merry Christmas! with The Wynne Children
December 25, 2023 20:15 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MBWishing you and your loved ones a blessed Christmas! Mamas in Spirit Season 6 will begin on Thursday, February 15th with the Lenten Series. Host Lindy Wynne will be doing a virtual Lenten Plan for Catholic Moms with John Bosio on Fridays at 11am CST during Lent 2024. Go to mamasinspirit.com and enter your email to get more information. Can't wait to be with you for Season 6! May God bless you and yours, always. Merry Christmas!
The Gift of Love with Kathy Tankersley
December 21, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 44.3 MBBy the time Kathy Tankersley was 23 years old, she was a single mom of five children. Kathy vividly remembers being in church and praying on her knees for a someone she could truly trust and confide in. Then she met Rex Tankersley. The day after their weekend honeymoon, Rex sat her five children down and asked them if they wanted him to be their dad. The children responded with a resounding "Yes!" The children are now grown and have children of their own. Rex has also passed and Kathy...
Thy Will Be Done with Courtney Siebring, Author of Little Spark of Life
December 14, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 42.7 MB"In her life, Lord, be glorified." These are the words Courtney Siebring sang as she cuddled and prayed over the baby girl Courtney and her husband were fostering. Courtney had experienced infertility and longed to be a mother more than anything--yet the department of social services told Courtney and her husband they would not be keeping the baby girl that they already loved so dearly. Courtney learned the meaning of "Thy will be done" in a way she never had before. What unfolded w...
Saying "Yes" to God's Plan with Brenda Hauk of BrightStone
December 07, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 47.8 MB"You know who's going to have to do this." The words Brenda's Hauk's husband spoke penetrated her heart--she knew she was called by God to something so much bigger than herself. Even though Brenda was frightened, she said "yes" to a plan that was clearly not her own. Brenda started BrightStone, a comprehensive work, social support, and residential community for adults with special needs, expanding their potential and helping them develop mentally, physically, socially, emotionally, and...
Awe of Advent with Fr. Ed Steiner
November 30, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 34.1 MBWhen Fr. Ed Steiner was just 5 years old, there was a knock on his front door during supper. Fr. Ed excitedly ran to see who it was. What he found he never could have imagined. It was Santa Claus! To the day Fr. Ed still finds himself stirred with a similar sense of awe he experienced that very moment he saw Santa as a young boy. Yet Fr. Ed recognizes what he is really waiting for is the coming of Christ. In this Advent podcast Fr. Ed reflects on our need to remember why Christ cam...
50 Years and Grateful with Ted and Catherine Wynne, Host Lindy Wynne's Parents-in-Law
November 23, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 35.6 MBBe charmed by Ted and Catherine Wynne as they share their gratitude to God and advice to listeners after 50 years of marriage. Host Lindy Wynne has a heartfelt conversation with her parents-in-law as they reveal the trust and companionship they are blessed to have with one another. From Catherine’s ’69 Camaro to Ted’s love of football, hear how they revel in both the little and big moments. Their lives are blessed with profound meaning as they companion one another in both the good and ...
The Gift of Women with Fr. Jon Meyer and Lindy Wynne
November 16, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 46.1 MBThe table is turned on Host Lindy Wynne, as Chaplain Fr. Jon Meyer asks Lindy about womanhood and what it means to be a woman. Lindy explores the gift of womanhood and meaning of Saint Edith Stein's words, "The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold." When Lindy was twenty-one and volunteering at an orphanage in Tijuana, she met and developed a maternal love for a young boy named Coco. Coco began calling Lindy "mama." It broke Lindy's heart to have to lea...
The Kiss of God with Kristi Bentley
November 09, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 44.4 MBAfter Kristi Bentley experienced pregnancy loss with her first baby, she wondered how something so beautiful could be given and then taken away from her. Kristi now sees how the hand of God was at work in her life all those years ago. Kristi’s loss led to a deep understanding of the precious gift of life. While mourning her first child she promised to be open to all the children God might bless her and her husband Patrick with. Seven children and countless prayers later, Kristi shares pe...
My Accident and Conversion with Ryan Penney
November 02, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 47.2 MBThe moment Ryan Penney hit the water his life and heart were forever changed. Ryan was on a performing arts scholarship at Samford University and about to begin his first professional acting job. While on a trip Ryan jumped into a lake off of a high cliff. Ryan landed wrong, broke his back and was immediately paralyzed—doctors said that Ryan would never walk again. While Ryan wasn’t praying or engaging in the Sacraments at the time of his accident, he cried out to God in the hospital. So...
Fully Rely on God with Mary Margaret Lambert
October 26, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 46.6 MBMary Margaret Lambert vividly remembers chatting with her dad while he painted a ceramic frog the night before she lost him. The next day Mary Margaret was devastated to learn her father and his wife died in the Nashville flood of 2010. Little did Mary Margaret realize that the frog her father held in his hands would come to mean so much--F.R.O.G. means "Fully Rely on God." Mary Margaret struggled with grief and got tired of hurting. She sought the Lord through writing and help throug...
A True Love Story with John Bosio of Happy Together
October 19, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 47.5 MBJohn Bosio and his wife share a love story worthy of a movie. In the 1960s, eleven-year-old John entered pre-seminary in Italy. Meanwhile, an American girl from a military family was praying for him in a school chapel in Thailand--she and her friend would run into the chapel during recess to pray for their future spouses every day. After fifty years of marriage John knows he and his beautiful wife are on the last leg of their pilgrimage together on Earth. Since his wife no longer has m...
God Sought Me in My Sorrow with Emily Adams of The Little Souls
October 12, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 47.7 MBWhen Emily and her husband went to a routine sonogram appointment seventeen weeks into her pregnancy, the technician struggled to find a heartbeat. They were told they’d have to wait two hours for an ultrasound technician to take a closer look in the hope their baby was okay. Emily knew she needed to go somewhere she felt safe—they were close to The Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville. Emily and her husband headed to the noon Mass to wait. While Emily felt wrapped in the sacredn...
The Heart of Mary with Kim Derrick
October 05, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 48 MB“This is a story God wrote.” God planted a seed in Kim's young heart to accompany and care for the sick and dying as an adult. Kim was raised in a family in which the members surrounded one another in all the joys and sorrows of life, including death. She didn't realize until adulthood that this was not every person's experience. As a hospice nurse it broke Kim's heart that there were so many people poor and dying who had nowhere to go. With the help of Saint Edward Church in Nashvi...
Healing Anxiety and Depression with Melissa Maleski of the Diocese of Harrisburg
September 28, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 42.6 MB“Just take a step. Don’t worry about the next step. Just take one step towards healing.” This is Melissa Maleski’s advice, mirroring her experience when her anxiety and depression reached a breaking point almost two decades ago. Melissa found herself hyperventilating with a panic attack on her shower floor. God spoke into the quiet of Melissa’s heart—Melissa realized she didn’t have to live like that anymore. Melissa chose to be vulnerable, share with loved ones and seek professional ...
Rosemary Thérèse: The Little Flower of Nashville with Hayley Robinson Shovlin
September 21, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 48.4 MBWhen Rosemary Thérèse Robinson (affectionately known as “Rosie") was diagnosed with childhood cancer, her five older siblings returned home to support her. Little did they know that Rosie would not only carry her own cross of suffering, but would help carry theirs and their parents' crosses, as well. Rosie never complained. She laughed and loved with her family and retreated to the quiet of her bedroom when in pain. She also wrote letters to God. These letters were so filled with the fai...
Living for God with Joy Pinto
September 14, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 42.3 MBJoy Pinto lives for the "audience of one" every day--she lives for Christ. At 48 Joy was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. As she faced her painful illness and mortality, her faith was tested in a way she would never change. One day Joy was in bed for 17 hours and she asked God when the "fire" would be over. God responded, "When you can dance with me in the fire." Joy got up from bed and slowly danced with Jesus. This intimacy with Christ and the conviction of her belief has conti...
A Beautiful Offering with Holly Moore
September 07, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 40.8 MBHolly was raised in a wonderful Catholic family. Her chastity was of prime importance to her. When Holly went away to college and attended Mass, she noticed there weren’t many college students there. Holly fell away from the Sacraments. Holly learned “when we fall away from the Sacraments we stop receiving the graces that help us make good choices.” Holly met a guy she thought she could fix. He was handsome, charming…all the things. Just a few months into their relationship Holly w...
God Draws Us Close with Kayce Maddux
August 31, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 41.1 MBKayce Maddux lost her sister when she was in third grade. In their suffering, Kayce's family stopped going to church for a time. Yet God met Kayce right where she was at in the intimacy of her heart and backyard of her home. Jesus became Kayce's very best friend. Kayce continued to seek God throughout her adolescence and was blessed to meet her husband at a young age--she was surprised when they sat atop a lifeguard tower and talked about their passionate love of God during their first f...
Seeking God with All My Heart with Natalie Hanemann
August 24, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 52.9 MBFor many years Natalie Hanemann's prayer life was one of routine and came from a place of obedience. But her heart longed for more. Natalie was struck when she heard about "the interior life," as well as Saint Catherine of Sienna's words about the “interior cell.” At around the same time Natalie's family was experiencing significant brokenness--this inspired Natalie to seek God with all her heart and soul. Natalie's heart was opened and soul touched as she found God in everything, from A...
God Works Outside the Box with Julieanne Bartlett of Passion of Hope
August 17, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 46.7 MB“Maybe God doesn’t have anybody for you or God has called you to be single." These were the types of heartbreaking responses Julieanne Bartlett heard from loved ones when she was struggling with prolonged singleness. Yet, Julieanne knew God was calling her to the Vocation of marriage and discovered she needed to let God work outside the box for her—nothing was going to go the “perfect way” or “the perfect Catholic way.” Julieanne chose to put herself out there in spite of her fear of r...
Children of God Behind Bars with Dr. Cynthia Stewart of Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry (TPOM)
August 10, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 46.7 MBDr. Cynthia Stewart grew up in Vidor, Texas. Vidor has historically been known as one of the last “sundown towns” in the United States. Cynthia discovered very young that people are complex--people carry within them the spark of God, as well as the ability to be so perfectly against what God tells us at the same time. No one is beyond the love of God and no one is perfectly what God envisions. Cynthia has spent a number of years as a volunteer, chaplain and employee in prison ministry. C...
A Fresh Cup of Hope with Rainer Lowman of Hearts Together Nashville
August 03, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 57.7 MBRainer Lowman and her husband Mitch put their hearts on the line for God--they adopted three children with special medical needs from China. Each time Rainer and Mitch sat down to discern their adoptions they would ask themselves how God had equipped them to potentially help a child and what their lives would look like if they said “yes.” Rainer talks about the call to adoption and the beauty of the "yes." Rainer has had to turn to and depend on God in ways she never could have imagined...
Redeemed by God with Beth Cureton of Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry (TPOM)
July 27, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 43.6 MBBeth had all the cards stacked up against her as a child--both parents struggled with drug addiction, she spent time in foster care and was the victim of abuse. Beth developed her own cocaine addiction by the time she was an adult and has spent most of her adulthood in and out of jail and halfway homes. Yet something profound unfolded the last time Beth was in jail--she was ministered to by Tennessee Prison Ministry (TPOM) and felt like the hands of Christ reached into jail to save her. ...
Praise in Action with Juliana Stachurski of One Generation Away
July 20, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 47.6 MBTwo of Juliana Stachurski's boys needed service hours for school. Juliana found the perfect non-profit to take them one Saturday that would meet the exact requirement, so they could check it of their list and be done. Little did Juliana know that her life would be forever changed. Juliana is now on the board of One Generation Away after joining the team every Saturday to distribute food since 2016. She shares stories of heartbreaking joy and the clear call to serve (and receive abundantly ...
I'm A Miracle with Dorris Walker-Taylor of Thistle Farms
July 13, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 62 MBDorris Walker-Taylor is a survivor of sexual exploitation and addiction, as well as a graduate and now employee of the program that helped save her, Thistle Farms. Dorris landed at Thistle Farms after twenty-six years of addiction. She attributes the women at Thistle Farms for loving her back to life. Dorris grew up with her parents in a lovely neighborhood where everyone knew each other. When she was twelve her world shattered—a troubled family member severely injured her mother and kill...
"Priests Need Families and Families Need Priests" with Fr. Jon Meyer and Brian Wynne
July 06, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 50.7 MBWhen Chaplain Fr. Jon Meyer was about to be ordained as a priest in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, he was interviewed regarding his Vocation. One of the things he said has often been quoted from that interview: “Priests need families and families need priests.” Marriage and Holy Orders are Vocational Sacraments--both are are lifestyles rooted in Christ and expressed in different ways. They share a call to holiness, love and total self gift. May we create relationships with the pr...
From Paralyzed by Grief to Purified by God with Andrea Bear
June 29, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 48.4 MBAndrea Bear felt paralyzed by grief when her mom passed away five years ago. She refers to this loss as an unplaced love that never goes away. Andrea has always been a "doer" but discovered there was nothing she could do to escape missing her beloved mother. Andrea listened as God drew her into prayer and to just "being" with Him. Andrea has experienced profound healing from God through prayer. She refers to this purification as "life-changing" and "a turning point" in her life. Andr...
Loosening My Grip with Tara Roof
June 22, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 48.4 MBTara Roof was recovering from a hysterectomy and living paycheck to paycheck when she was invited on a mission trip to China. She learned how many children with special needs filled the orphanages—she was heartbroken and drawn to go. Tara was told she would offer her professional services as a Speech Pathologist to the children. While Tara never rendered these services, God planted a seed that would change her and her family's lives forever. When Tara returned to America from China she...
Totally Dependent on God with Frank, Member of Alcoholic Anonymous (AA)
June 15, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes - 52.6 MBFive-year-old Frank sat on the steps of his parents' home and couldn't wait to drink like the adults he was watching. From 16 to 60 alcohol consumed Frank's life--it was an obsession of his mind. Frank would wake up each morning recovering from the night before, eat mid-day and spend the afternoons functioning until he could finally be drinking again. At sixty Frank found himself hospitalized when he was visiting Memphis, TN. The doctors were concerned he may have a heart problem and re...
The Breakup Bible: From Heartbreak to Wholeness with Brian and Lindy Wynne
June 08, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 48.5 MBThe day they broke up, Brian handed Lindy a Bible. With both moving away, it was a moment drenched in emotion and laced with countless unknowns. It’s jacket now well-worn, its pages heavily noted and highlighted, “The Breakup Bible” proved to be a cornerstone for both Lindy’s faith-journey and Brian and Lindy’s relationship. In this week’s podcast, Brian and Lindy share how God helped them climb out of the mess they made and firmly root their marriage in Him. Hear about how a journey o...
Forgiving When It's Hardest with Rachel Muha of the Brian Muha and Run the Race Foundations
June 01, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes - 57.2 MBBrian Muha and his beloved friend Aaron were randomly and brutally murdered on May 31st, 1999. Two eighteen-year-olds high on cocaine broke into their college apartment, kidnapped and killed them. In this podcast Brian’s mom Rachel Muha shares her journey of learning the meaning of forgiveness--she prays daily for Terrell and Nathan, the boys who killed Brian (they are incarcerated). Rachel attended the court proceedings and learned more about Terrell and Nathan--the boys "were so damage...
Confident Expectation: Put All Your Trust in God with Michelle McCallum of A Common Life
May 25, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes - 57.3 MB"Have confident expectation of God." When Michelle McCallum's mom spoke these words many years ago, Michelle had no idea they would hold such profound meaning for her when two of her own children were diagnosed with chronic illness (both with rare liver diseases and one with Crohn's Disease). In this Easter podcast, Michelle talks about her choice to trust God--Michelle recognizes she has very little control over her life or the lives of her children and surrenders everything to Him. M...
Allowing Ourselves to Be Loved with Lisa Canning, The Possibility Mom
May 18, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 58.2 MBLisa Canning is a Catholic wife, mother and business woman who seems to be able to do it all. Yet Lisa shares that doing it all herself is impossible--for this "Possibility Mom" all things are only possible with God. In this Easter Podcast, Lisa shares how she is constantly being sharpened as she re-surrenders her life, business and plans over to God and trusts in a future filled with hope (Jeremiah 29:11). One of the greatest gifts Lisa has learned is to loosen her grip of control a...
Women at the Well: The Joy of Sisterhood in Christ with Emily Jaminet and Jennifer Gentile
May 11, 2023 11:47 - 47 minutes - 59.1 MBCreating and maintaining healthy sisterhood in Christ is essential to our walk as women of faith. In this Easter podcast, Emily Jaminet and Jennifer Gentile explore The Woman at the Well and the truths this parable has uncovered in their lives. Before creating holy sisterhood, we must first go to Christ individually for Living Water. Once we understand that we are seen and loved by Christ--and know our identity as daughters of God--we can develop the kind of sisterhood God hopes for us....
Giving the Gift of You: Dying to Self with Father Jon Meyer, Chaplain of Mamas in Spirit
May 04, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - 54.9 MBLearn how to give your life away like Christ and live in the profound freedom and joy of the Lord. In this Easter podcast, Chaplain Father Jon Meyer and Lindy Wynne share personal stories about their experiences of dying to self and discovering the supernatural love of God. Father Jon explores his call into priesthood, while Lindy speaks of the ways she has been sharpened as a mother (Lindy is a mother through adoption and two of her children have special needs). We are called to sel...
After Alcohol: Finding Joy with Rachel, Member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
April 27, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 53.5 MBRachel's husband was going to leave here and take their children with him. While Rachel had been deceiving her husband and hiding the extent of her drinking for some time, her recent car accident couldn't be explained away. She was caught. In this Easter podcast, Rachel looks back on this moment as a gift from God--this was the "rock bottom" she needed to finally get help. As Rachel engaged in the work needed to become and maintain sobriety, she discovered a greater joy than she could ha...
A Passion Sewn in My Heart with Jennifer Orton of Our Next
April 20, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 46.6 MBJennifer Orton of Our Next first heard the voice of the Holy Spirit when she stepped on foreign soil in Kisumu, Kenya and discovered a mission for her life. In this Easter podcast, Jennifer shares how she was drawn to Africa to do mission work with orphaned and impoverished children after experiencing a miscarriage--she returned from Kisumu, Kenya with a passion for Christ that was sewn in her heart during her time in "the bush." Jennifer not only took on a leadership role doing mission ...
Look for the Joy in Life with Deacon John Froning
April 13, 2023 09:00 - 44 minutes - 55.5 MBLearn how to look for God's joy every day of your life in this Easter podcast! Deacon John Froning of Saint Philip Catholic Church in Franklin, TN is filled with the joy of the Lord. Children line up to receive a blessing from him during the Eucharist. Deacon John wants the adults to know the same thing that he tells the children: God smiles when He thinks of you. And He thinks of you all the time. Deacon John shares stories from his time as a chaplain that helped him learn the gifts o...
Preparing Myself for Heaven with Kathy McLeroy of Celebrating the Saints
April 06, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 63.4 MBKathy McLeroy of Celebrating the Saints thinks her life could seem sad at first glance--she has lived through four serious illnesses and corresponding treatments over many decades. Kathy had Hodgkins Disease at twenty-one, breast cancer at forty-one, a massive heart attack at forty-six and now metastasized breast cancer. While Kathy has faced these trials, she speaks to the wonderful life she has lived due to her faith in God and love of others. Kathy trusts that when it is her time Go...
Reaching for Relationships with Erin McCole Cupp of Filled with Good
March 30, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes - 51.6 MBErin McCole Cupp shares her journey with food addiction--she began using food as her primary coping mechanism in dealing with childhood trauma. Erin experienced profound healing through Catholics in Recovery and JP II’s Theology of the Body. It was then that Erin began to reach for relationships rather than food. In addition to her own food addiction, Erin explores the many things we reach for compulsively that lead to isolation. Erin encourages us to reach to God and safe relationships...
Feeling Disconnected in Your Marriage? with Mike and Alicia Hernon of The Messy Family Project
March 23, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 54.4 MBMichael and Alicia Hernon of The Messy Family Project share how to reconnect with your spouse--even when you are feeling like you have no idea how to be close again. In this Lenten Podcast, Mike and Alicia explore the choice to be vulnerable with one another, even when they are upset with one another or feeling particularly far apart. Vulnerability is the key ingredient to transformation in marriage. Love is a choice to be true to one another in every moment and season of a marriage--M...