Monthly Archives: July 2020

22 posts

Quiet Surrender as the Path to Growth–Katherine Haghighi–1 on 1 Summit Interview

Another Say Yes to Holiness Summit panelist from this spring’s Say Yes to Holiness Tranformation Online Summit is Katherine Haghighi. Katherine is a trained music therapist who worked in hospice care for 15 years. Her experience with patients and their families greatly impacted her work as she transitioned from working in the field directly to educating professionals about hospice care. Meeting with physicians, health care facility directors and insurance companies about hospice care continually shed light the lessons she had learned from patients young and old. Katherine earned her music education and music therapy degree from the College of Wooster […]

“God Is Bigger Than We Can Imagine”—Overcoming Fear and Anxiety In Uncertain Times–Episode 31 of Say Yes Podcast

Here is the latest Say Yes to Holiness podcast episode–Episode 31–“God Is Bigger Than We Can Imagine”—Overcoming Fear and Anxiety In Uncertain Times. In this episode, I focus upon sharing Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help encourage and accompany you as you try to strive to increase your faith and overcome fear and anxiety in these uncertain times. May this conversation help you grow in your ability to grow in faith and are encouraged to SAY YES to whatever it is our Lord asks of you, so that together we can persevere on our journey together […]

“Can’t Go Beyond What You’re Taught”–Justin Randsdorp–1 on 1 Summit Interview

One of the Say Yes to Holiness Summit panelists who participated in this spring’s Say Yes to Holiness Tranformation Online Summit was Justin Randsdorp. Justin studied Kinesiology at Liberty University and received his Master’s of Occupational Therapy from Thomas Jefferson University, and now runs his own OT practice, Functional Freedom, LLC. Functional Freedom LLC was founded by Justin and his wife, Kourtney, in 2018. Their vision for Functional Freedom was inspired by the eminent need they see for Occupational Therapy to return to its roots: function in a person’s natural environment. They believe that a patient can benefit from consistency with their […]

Listen. Learn. Love. Live. The 4 Keys to Faith and Life.

Here is my weekly recorded YouTube video for all of you as I continue to build up my YouTube Channel until I have 1000 subscribers. (Now up to 43, so thank you to those who subscribed this week–only another 957 to go!) This is the next video in the Connections Between Faith and Daily Life series where I focus upon the four keys to to finding faith and in life. . This time, I share about the importance of practicing 4 habits–listening, learning, loving and living. These are intricately tied to being able to know, love, and serve God, but […]

Interview about Say Yes book on the Not Lukewarm Podcast!

A few days ago, I was interviewed on the Not Lukewarm podcast by host, Deanna Bartalini to speak about my just released book, Say Yes: Discovering Purpose, Peace and Abundance in Daily Life. During the interview, I share about why I wrote the book, its contents, and also about some of the challenges we all face on the spiritual journey. Hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed being a partof it! Here is the link https://ultimatechristianpodcastnetwork.com/an-interview-book-notes-with-christina-semmens/

Raising Saints To Hear God’s Voice–Alexandra Sullivan–1 on 1 Post Summit Interview

One of the Say Yes to Holiness Summit panelists who participated in this spring’s Say Yes to Holiness Tranformation Online Summit was Alexandra Sullivan. Alexandra is a wife, mother of three and co-host of the podcast, “Raising Saints to Hear God’s Voice.” Alexandra holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and Visual Arts from the College of the Holy Cross, as well as a Master of Arts degree in Photography from New York University. In this special episode of the Say Yes to Holiness podcast, Christina and Alexandra continue the conversation begun during the Say Yes Summit, sharing about […]

Imitating Mary While Publishing A Book (Or Any Other Activity of Daily Life)

Here is my weekly recorded YouTube video for all of you since I can’t won’t be able to go Live on my YouTube Channel until I have another 962 subscribers (thanks to the 8 of you who subscribed this week!), but here is my next video that focuses upon connecting faith and daily life. This time, I reflected upon the challenge of trying to imitate Mary as I have been publishing my book, but the wisdom here from the Blessed Virgin Mary applies to just about any activity of daily life, so hopefully it helps inspire, encourage and accompany you […]

Growing in Trust in the Midst of Worldly Anxiety–Episode 30 Say Yes to Holiness Podcast

Here is the latest Say Yes to Holiness podcast episode–Episode 30–Growing in Trust in the Midst of Worldly Anxiety. In this episode, I focus upon sharing Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help encourage and accompany you as you try to grow in trust in the midst of our current worldly anxieties, challenges and distractions. So here for your listening enjoyment is the latest Say Yes to Holiness podcast. May this conversation help you grow in your capacity to trust God in the midst of your daily challenges on our journey together towards holiness. Episode 30–Growing in […]

Ford v Ferrari And The Precious Few Driven To Do Something

In the last couple of months, the film Ford v Ferrari has been playing frequently on HBO. For those who are unfamiliar, Ford v Ferrari follows the story of a determined team of American and British engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building the Ford GT40, a new racing car with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. I was excited to […]

Become Unhackable To Embrace the Life God Created You For

I’ve had folks reach out to me about becoming “Unhackable” (my topic yesterday during my Facebook Live video—you can watch it here if you are on FB), but here is a brief summary: Unhackable helps you become clear, focused and on fire in your work and personal life through a step by step 30 day plan that helps you get your dream done. It’s the Elixir for Creating Flawless Ideas, Leveraging Superhuman Focus, and Achieving Optimal Human Performance Through Flow. No matter who you are or what you do, you can benefit from participating in this process. Our world has […]