Spiraling Upwards

Episode 65: Forming the Imagination

In this episode we discuss the importance of reading material that will really benefit us, especially with regard to the proper formation of the imagination in accord with reality.

Episode 64: Reading, Part 3

Continuing, with the idea that it may be useful to read through a book as a Category 3 book, in order to see the whole, and then to come back to it for study (Category 2) or contemplation (Category 1).

Episode 63: Reading, Part 2

We continue last week's discussion of the three categories of books, and how a book or story may move from one category to another (e.g. the story of David and Goliath).

Episode 62: Reading, Part 1

In this episode we discuss the widespread difficulty people have with reading, and introduce a method of categorizing books according to the different motives we have for reading them.

Episode 61: The Culture of Life

On this National Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Unborn, this episode discusses the healing that our world needs from the deeper effects of Roe v. Wade.

Episode 60: A Time for Order

In this episode we explore the word "order," and what it means both for our lives and for the season of "Ordinary Time" which we have entered into.

Episode 59: Bringing Peace into the Storm

This episode discusses the mystery of Christ's coming into the world in the context of the Gospel passage from today's Mass, the story of the Storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Episode 58: "My True Love Gave to Me..."

On the 8th Day of Christmas, we consider how our True Love, the Child Jesus, has given to us the joy of getting to use that gift which He Himself received this day: the gift of His Holy Name!