Say Yes to Holiness

This time, Christina shares Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help inspire, encorage and accompany you on the journey towards holiness...   In this episode, Christina speaks about:

1. Why Advent is referred to as a "mini Lent"
2. What quiet can do for us in the midst of activity
3. How the Scriptures for Advent properly prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ

May this podcast help inspire, encourage and accompany you in doing WHATEVER IT TAKES so that you may continue to grow in holiness as we tell the Master of Death, “Not Today!” 

In this Say Yes to Holiness 1:1 Conversation podcast, Christina speaks with Dr. Scott Hefelfinger, Theologian and Professor at the Augustine Institute about the upcoming new series, "Rooted: Rediscover the Jesse Tree."

Dr Scott and I had a wonderful conversation about his own journey of faith and how Scripture has been a source of knowing God's love. We especially focused on how our story is God's story and is a part of salvation history. We often forget this reality, and how this can become an entry point into a deeper relationship with Christ. 

To that end, Dr Scott saw his family's Jesse Tree celebration as a way to share that reality, and from that insight came a new 22-episode series that guides Catholics through a daily Advent reflection using the Jesse Tree model traditionally practiced by families.

Each seven-minute episode introduces the ancestors of Jesus Christ, shares a Scripture passage, and offers an engaging, practical reflection. The Rooted series is designed to help viewers apply the passage and related teachings to each day of Advent, and in the process, we lay the foundation necessary for each of us to find the fullness of joy, peace and love of the Christmas season. 

This conversation was a wonderful reminder that every one of us matters since we each have a page to write in the great story of salvation. I pray that you, too, are inspired and encouraged by this conversation so that you can continue to do WHATEVER IT TAKES so together we can tell the Master of Death, "Not Today!"

In this episode of the Say Yes to Holiness podcast, Christina shares Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help inspire, encorage and accompany you on the journey towards holiness...  

In this episode, Christina speaks about:

1. Why kairos time always expands chronos time
2. What it means to pick up our Cross and follow Jesus
3. How gratitude changes our perception about our daily life

May this podcast help inspire, encourage and accompany you in doing WHATEVER IT TAKES so that you may continue to grow in holiness as we tell the Master of Death, “Not Today!” 

In this Say Yes to Holiness 1:1 Conversation podcast, Christina speaks with Lisa Fahey, Author, Coach and Publisher. Lisa has over twenty-nine years of experience working with youth, adults and women in the Church. 

Our conversation focused upon her book, Restored, and how she has been using it to help others, especially women, encounter Christ. She shared her own story and how she was forever changed when she had her encounter with Jesus and how that sparked a desire to help others experience the same.  

We also spoke about the power of Scripture and how God's Word has been absolutely transformative in her life. The result has been that she has carefully crafted and designed engaging, interactive and  spiritually rich Bible studies and talks, all designed to help people discover their identity in God.

We also spoke about her publishing company, Farmhouse Publishings, and how that has become a vehicle through which she is trying to ensure that good and beautiful stories are shared with the world.  

This conversation was such a joy for me, and truly inspired and encouraged me. I pray that you, too, find comfort and confirmation of your identity as sons and daughters of God so that you can continue to do WHATEVER IT TAKES so together we can tell the Master of Death, "Not Today!"

In this episode of the Say Yes to Holiness podcast, Christina shares Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help inspire, encorage and accompany you on the journey towards holiness...  

In this episode, Christina speaks about:

1. Why all sinners can have hope
2. What we can do to become a saint
3. How God is able to create saints from sinners 

May this podcast help inspire, encourage and accompany you in doing WHATEVER IT TAKES so that you may continue to grow in holiness as we tell the Master of Death, “Not Today!” 

In this Say Yes to Holiness 1:1 Conversation podcast, Christina speaks with Kris Frank, Chief Mission Officer for the National Eucharistic Revival.

You may or may not have heard about the Eucharistic Revival, so Kris and I began our time together talking about what it is and the overarching goal of the Revival as well--which is to bring about a revival in the Church by deepening people's devotion to the Eucharist.

In this Say Yes to Holiness 1:1 Conversation podcast, Christina speaks with  Lindsay Caron, educator, parent, and Founder of the Theology of the Body Parent School.

With nearly 20 years of experience in Catholic education and moral development, Lindsay brings passion and focus to her role as Executive Director of the Theology of the Body Parent School. Founded in 2020 in the quiet backyard meetings of a pandemic backdrop, TOB Parent School has now grown to a team of 20 with a robust and expanding Theology of the Body curriculum for busy Catholic families. Lindsay has degrees in Cultural Anthropology (BS), Interdisciplinary Education (MA), and Catholic School Leadership (MA), and this helps her bring an ideal blend of expertise to the non-profit and curriculum development. 

The TOB Parent School was founded by Catholic parents from the Portland, OR area. They are theologians, educators, doctors, psychologists, moms, dads, priests, faith formation directors, and business men and women. They have combined intellect and desire to create a new movement of empowered parents who are equipped to reclaim their role as primary educators, and after finding nothing out there to meet the needs of the modern Catholic parent, they got to work and the result was the TOB Monthly, a mini magazine that teaches kids about personhood and sexuality in an age-appropriate way, with the parent always in the lead. 

Linday and my conversation was far ranging, everything from the state of education today to how parents are able to be the primary educators that the Church says they are, so I hope our conversation serves to inspire, encourage and help share the beauty of the Church's teachings about personhood and sexuality with those around you, especially yourt children, so that together we can tell the Master of Death, "Not Today!"