On Friday evening, on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, I was privileged to serve as a guest on the Journeys in Faith YouTube Show hosted by Anne DeSantis. Our conversation was wide-ranging as we spoke about my own journey of faith and then also about the work that I do, especially within the Say Yes to Holiness Movement. You can listen to our entire conversation here! Hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did, and may the graces gained for us by the intercession of Saint Joseph continue to bless us and all of our loved ones as […]
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Greetings! We are now into the third week of Lent, so thought it was important to remind us of the opportunities that are present within this great and holy season for growing in holiness. So, this week’s addition to the Connections Between Faith and Daily Life YouTube series focuses upon the three great opportunities of Lent. Enjoy watching “The Three Great Opportunities of Lent” Specifically, this video addresses how you can use this Lenten season to make serious progress in your interior life by growing in detachment, growing in your love of Christ, and fulfilling your desire for eternal happiness, […]
Greetings! Since we are in the midst of Lent, it’s probably appropriate to confess that I am WAY behind on getting out my latest 1 on 1 podcast interviews, but today begins my seeking to rectify that by sharing each of these wonderful interviews with you. The first conversation I have to share is one I had with Brian Caley of The Behold Project. Brian began The Behold Project as a way to help reduce the stigma of mental health issues and to raise awareness for Christians about those issues while seeking to create a space for those struggling with […]
Greetings! This week’s addition to the Connections Between Faith and Daily Life YouTube series shares 3 easy ways for you to focus upon growing your interior life during the Lenten season. Enjoy watching, “3 Easy Ways to Grow in Our Interior Life This Lent” This week’s video highlights 3 easy ways for you to grow in your interior life this Lent–a set time of prayer, active mortification and passive mortifications, especially of the imagination, memory ad intelligence. All three ways are designed to ensure you grow interiorly throughout Lent, so be sure to check it out! Enjoy watching, “3 Easy […]
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 […]
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 together for your listening enjoyment. This week, I share the 5 themes that emerged from the recent Say Yes to Holiness Winter Summit: We have to begin with ourselves Need to strive to live in the Present Moment In Community to become our Best Selves It is through our ordinary lives/work that we […]
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 […]
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 born and raised Catholic but it wasn’t until college that she grew to know Jesus on a deeply personal level. She has a bachelor of science degree in agriculture communications and minors in animal science and psychology, but she eventually transitioned into a marketing and journalism career. Emily […]
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 […]