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 Help You Discern What Is Truth In A World of Confusion” This week’s video highlights how we can take active steps to ensure that we are able to readily discern the truth in the midst of confusion, so be sure to check it out! “3 Tips To Help You Discern What Is Truth In A World of […]
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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 question was a part of the Say Yes to Holiness Winter Summit last week, so I went a bit deeper here into how cheerfulness might be the actual vaccine we need in the midst of the continuing COVID 19 pandemic. Enjoy watching, “Is Cheerfulness The REAL Vaccine We Need For The COVID 19 Pandemic?” This […]
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 Moment Of National Crisis” This video will give you 4 points to focus upon for how you can pursue the way in the midst of the challenges presented by the current climate in our country. Enjoy watching, “This Is The Way—How To Respond In A Moment Of National Crisis” Another way to […]
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 understanding the twelve points of belief in the Apostles Creed–which the 12 drummers drumming represent in the Twelve Days of Christmas song. Those twelve points of belief in the Apostle’s Creed are: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord Who was […]
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 ensure that Jesus would be a part of God’s Chosen People. Very appropriate indeed, as the eight maids a milking from the twelve days of Christmas song are a reference to the 8 Beatitudes, which of course Jesus gave us during His preaching ministry as the ultimate model of what the fullness […]
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 within your parish community. Why these particular resources? Because we are on the cusp of another calendar year, and just like at the beginning of Lent, or even Advent, we have a cultural environment that is open for change to occur. It is a prime opportunity for […]
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 apostolates? Don’t I want you to only be a part of the Say Yes Community? Yes and no. Yes, I DO want you to be a part of the Say Yes to Holiness Community. It is one of my greatest joys and privileges to be able to help inspire, encourage and accompany you on […]
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 privilege of walking the journey towards holiness alongside Susan in both prayer and spiritual friendship. In this podcast, Susan shares what she has most recently been doing, how our Lord has been working in her life to continue to transform her into a saint, and shares some of the stories associated with the […]
In this episode of the Say Yes to Holiness podcast, Christina shares Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet that focuses upon making sure that we are ready to rejoice at Christmas by making sure we are rooted in hope, resting in peace and sharing the joy of the Christmas season. Listen to Episode 45–“Are You Ready To Rejoice Yet? May this podcast help prepare you to fully rejoice on Christmas as we celebrate the Good News that God loves us so much that he came to be one of us. May this podcast help to inspire, encourage and […]
This week in the Connections Between Faith and Daily Life YouTube series, Christina discusses about ways you can “find the joy” in the midst of this unusual and challenging Advent season so we are able to ensure that our hearts, minds and souls are worthy dwelling places for the gift of Emmanuel at Christmas. Watch “Where’s the Joy?” May this video help you continue to prepare yourself to receive the gifts that God desires to give you this Christmas, so you can embrace the life He created you for–a life of purpose, peace and abundance. Watch “Where’s the Joy?” on YouTube, […]