Epiphany: The Gift of Receiving God 'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 12: Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee Help Grow the Podcast: Write a Review of 'Stories'on your favorite Podcast App! (Apple, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castbox, iHeart Radio, etc.) Epiphany Reflection Do you remember that game many of us played as kids? “You go first!” “No, YOU go first!” “Super NO—you go first!”...
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Happy New Year!Embracing the Messiness of Love: Lessons for a New Year 'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 11: Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee Send your feedback to: connect@otherthingsholy.com Help Us Grow the Podcast: Leave a review on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. A New Year's Reflection: The Sacred Dance of Touch Upon the dawn of this New Year, I am reminded...
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Let's Believe One More Year: A Christmas Story That Changes Everything 'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 10: Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee Send your feedback to: connect@otherthingsholy.com Help Us Grow the Podcast: Leave a review on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. Merry Christmas from Stories and Other Things Holy Dear Friends, Merry, beautiful, faithful,...
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This Is My Body, Given for You: Advent’s Call to Self-Giving Love 'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 9: Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee Help Grow the Podcast: Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel A Divine Paradox: God's Intimate Presence This Advent season, our Stories and Other Things Holy episodes have explored an astounding truth: that the Divine Sovereign of the universe chose to become...
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Advent Lamaze Classes: Trusting the Process of Spiritual Birth 'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 8: Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee Help Grow the Podcast: Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel An Advent Reflection: Mother of God . . . ?! Gregory Boyle, S.J., offers a provocative challenge: “We are either participants—or we are the audience.” This week’s podcast makes a case for all of us to...
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God’s Declaration: Joining Us in Our Chaos | Advent Series 'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 7: Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee Help Grow the Podcast: Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel An Advent Reflection: "Enter into our chaos" Advent feels like being a kid in a candy store—so many images, storylines, layers of theology, histories, and traditions to explore. What’s a little...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 6: “You’re Here!” - Advent & The Surprise of the Incarnation Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee An Advent Reflection on Surprise and Grace Advent is often described as a time of preparation, but as we explored in this week’s episode, it’s also a time of surprise—a “surprise party” for the incarnation. This season reminds us that while God is always...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 5: What Does It Mean to Become a Prayer? Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app Support 'Stories' with Buy Me A Coffee A Reflection from Joshua This week we grapple with a profound question: What does it mean to become a prayer? Inspired by a story from Sister Joan Chittister, TNJ challenges us to move beyond simply saying prayers and instead to embody prayer with our whole being—mind, body, and...
2 months ago • 1 min read
'Stories and Other Things Holy' Episode 4: Hunting for Grace in Everyday Life Watch 'Stories' on YouTube or Spotify Listen to "Stories' Here, or on your favorite podcast app A Reflection from Terry This story brings to mind the wisdom shared by Brother David Steindl-Rast: “There is nothing more serious than play. Children know that. And the child within us never forgets it. To seek seriously is to seek playfully. Beauty is useless and superfluous, like all great things in life. Is not the...
2 months ago • 1 min read