70 episodes
Elevate Ordinary AWAKEN Catholic
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- Religion & Spirituality
Elevate Ordinary is a show about finding and following God in and through the apparently ordinary content of our daily lives and vocations. It is about the adventure that emerges from rightly-considered “inconvenience” — about how the challenges of each day are opportunities to grow powerfully in Virtue — about how the apparently small, common aspects of our day-to-day life and vocations are in reality the raw material out of which God wants to raise up saints. From the breakfast table to the board room, learning arithmetic and weeding the garden, living out married parenthood or the celibate religious life; Elevate Ordinary is about finding a renewed vision of the astounding opportunities hidden all around us, and doing so through the most ordinary and wholesome of activities: deep, intimate conversations with those we love. Join JonMarc and Teresa Grodi as they seek to spark great conversations on the ordinary pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
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Am I Rationalizing? | What’s the Difference Between Rationalization & Prudential Judgement? - Ep70
JonMarc and Teresa Grodi go in-depth in examining feelings-based decision-making versus intellectual openness. How can I tell if I’m rationalizing? What are the hallmarks of prudential reasoning?
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How Do You REACT to Your Own Sin? - Ep69
Sinning sucks. We all do it. So what does a Saint do when they sin? JonMarc and Teresa discuss different ways that a sinner reacts to their own sin and what trajectory those reactions have. What it means to live in fear and what it means to live as a Son or Daughter of the King.
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That’s Not How Novenas Work… - Ep68
JonMarc and Teresa Grodi share thoughts about the experience of prayer they’ve had over the course of their lives. Some mistaken ideas and practices and some hacks.
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Aliens, UFOs, and the Catholic Church with Dr. Paul Thigpen - Ep67
Should Catholics be afraid of looking for the truth in aliens and UFOs? Are accounts of aliens a trick of the devil? JonMarc and Teresa Grodi welcome Dr. Paul Thigpen, former editor of TAN publishing, author of “Manual For Spiritual Warfare” and “Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith: Are We Alone in the Universe with God and the Angels?”, to discuss the long history of Church dialogue on the subject of extraterrestrial intelligent life.
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Cleaning & Theology of the Body | Cleaning motivation - Ep66
JonMarc and Teresa Grodi discuss Mother Teresa, Theology of the Body, Josef Pieper, and the ultimate cleaning motivation for the Christian.
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Board Games | PRACTICAL TOOLS for Building Marriage & Family - Ep65
Can playing engine-building board games help you learn how to build “treasure in heaven”? JonMarc and Teresa discuss how habits cultivated in board games can help you grow virtuous habits AND build family and community camaraderie.