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Episode #47–“How Can We Say Yes to God’s Invitation?”–Say Yes To Holiness Podcast
In this episode, Christina provides some Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help inspire and encourage you while discussing how we might SAY YES to God's invitation to work alongside Him in the vineyard in our daily life to save souls and make saints on our...
3 Tips To Help You Discern What Is Truth In A World of Confusion–Connections Between Faith and Life YouTube Video
Greetings! This week's addition to the Connections Between Faith and Daily Life YouTube series gives you three tips to help you more effectively discern what is truth in our current world of misinformation, biased reporting and fake news. Enjoy watching, "3 Tips To...
“How Can We Be Agents of Healing and Transformation in Our World Today?” Episode 46–Say Yes to Holiness Podcast
The Say Yes to Holiness podcast is back! After several weeks off for family time and rejoicing during the Christmas season, and then spending time reformatting the technical backend of the podcast to try and serve each of you better, I finally got a new episode put...
Want to 10X Your Business, Apostolate and Life?
Greetings, Everyone! This message is a bit different from my usual ones, but it touches on how we can go about responding to the deep desires and yearnings that we all have in our hearts to make an impact in the world, reach our goals, and help others. In the midst of...
Is Cheerfulness the REAL Vaccine We Need For The COVID 19 Pandemic?
Good morning! I pray that this finds you and yours doing well in the midst of the continuing pandemic. This week's addition to the Connections Between Faith and Daily Life YouTube series focuses upon how transformative cheerfulness can be in the world around us. This...
“Real Life, Real Love, Real Faith”-Podcast Interview with Emily K Whiting
Emily K Whiting and first crossed paths in the midst of the God is Mercy conference held in SmartCatholics. As I learned Emily's story, I discovered we as many things in common, and I knew that I needed to have her on to the Say Yes to Holiness podcast. Emily is a...
FREE Say Yes to Holiness Winter Summit Starts Monday!
Hey, Everyone! Am SUPER excited that the Say Yes to Holiness Winter Summit is beginning this coming Monday! I can't think of a better time for us to have a Summit where the speakers AND the participants get to pray together, discuss and learn together, and then make a...
This Is The Way—How To Respond In A Moment Of National Crisis–YouTube Connections Between Faith and Life Series
This week has been a rough one, hasn't it? To that end, this week's addition to the Connections Between Faith and Daily Life YouTube series focuses upon sharing how we can respond in a moment of national crisis. Enjoy watching, "This Is The Way—How To Respond In A...
My Gift To You On This 12th (and final!) Day of Christmas Is…
On this 12th day of Christmas, my gift to you are an assortment of resources, videos, blog posts, podcasts, and social media community links from the Say Yes to Holiness ministry. My hope is that they can help us be mindful of, and be entry points to dive deeper into...
My Gift To You On This 11th Day of Christmas…
On this 11th day of Christmas, my gift to you echoes the Eleven Pipers Piping who are representative in the Twelve Days of Christmas song of the faithful eleven Apostles. Eleven pipers piping the Twelve days of Christmas EPS 10 vector illustration Two groups of...
My Gift To You On This 10th Day of Christmas…
On this 10th day of Christmas, my gift to you revolves around the Ten Lords a Leaping–who in the Twelve Days of Christmas song are representative of the Ten Commandments. In addition, I also have had the privilege of praying and working alongside members of a women's...
My Gift To You On This 9th Day of Christmas…
On this 9th day of Christmas, which also happens to be a First Saturday, the gifts I have for you are inspired by both our Lady, Mary, Mother of God, and the Nine Ladies Dancing--who in the Twelve Days of Christmas song are representative of the fruits of the Holy...
My Gift To You On This 8th Day of Christmas (and the Feast of Mary, Mother of God)…
On this 8th day of Christmas, we also celebrate the Feast of Mary, Mother of God. The 8th day is also when the Church remembers the circumcision and naming of Jesus, which as faithful Jews, Joseph and Mary would have been extremely attentive to celebrating in order to...
My Gift To You On This 7th Day of Christmas (and on New Year’s Eve!)…
On this 7th day of Christmas, which is also New Year's Eve, my gift to each of you within the Say Yes to Holiness Community is a list of resources and tools from myself and others to help you gain awareness of changes you may need to make within your own life and/or...
My Gift To You On This 6th Day of Christmas…
On this 6th day of Christmas, my gift to each of you within the Say Yes to Holiness Community is an awareness and access to resources from another phenomenal apostolate--Real Catholic. Now, you might be wondering, why am I pointing you in the direction of other...
My Gift To You On This 5th Day of Christmas…
On this 5th day of Christmas, (the Memorial of Saint Thomas Becket), my gift to each of you within the Say Yes to Holiness Community are: two items from my own Say Yes to Holiness ministry and three items from the free resources available from Fr Mike Schmitz and Fr...
“Like a Foretaste of Heaven”-Podcast Interview with Susan Pieper, Catholic Spiritual Mentorship Program
Susan Pieper and I first met in 2013 through the Catholic Spiritual Mentorship Program that is run by the Holy Family School of Faith of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas under the auspices of Archbishop Joseph Naumann. Over the last seven years, I have had the...
And My Gift To You On This 4th Day of Christmas is…
On this 4th day of Christmas, (the Feast of the Martydom of the Holy Innocents), my gift to each of you within the Say Yes to Holiness Community are 4 items from my own Say Yes to Holiness ministry: This week's Say Yes to Holiness Newsletter (#91)...
And My Gift To You On This Third Day of Christmas Is…
Before I share today's gift(s), I thought it would be good for me to provide a small bit of insight into what I am doing and why. So, to start with, and just in case you haven't already noticed, I am in the midst of celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas with those who...
My Gift to You on this Second Day of Christmas…
Merry Christmas! Just discovered unfortunately that my first day of Christmas gift giving did not post until a little while ago today on December 26th, but that is not going to stop me from continuing to celebrate the great season of giving! So TODAY, on the 2nd day...