Spiraling Upwards

Episode 32: Distraction in Prayer

In this episode, we begin to confront the main obstacles to that interior silence we need to hear God speak, with "distraction" which can be either voluntary and involuntary.

Episode 31: Hearing God Speak, 6: The Critical Factor

We conclude our multi-part series on hearing the voice of God in daily life, by considering what is the essence of that silence we need in order to hear Him speak. 

Episode 30: Hearing God Speak, 5: God's Communication

We continue our multi-part series on hearing the voice of God in daily life, by focusing on the desire God has to communicate Himself to us really and truly in the Scriptures and prayer.

Episode 29: Hearing God Speak, 4: Eyewitness

We continue our multi-part series on hearing the voice of God in daily life, by encountering the Scriptures as eyewitness accounts, and not in a merely imaginative way.

Episode 28: Hearing God Speak, 3: Docility

We continue our multi-part series on hearing the voice of God in daily life, by considering that receptivity to what God is wanting to communicate to me is a crucial element of real exegesis.

Episode 27: Hearing God Speak, 2: A Good Bite

We continue our multi-part series on hearing the voice of God in daily life, by talking about how to take a reasonable bite of Scripture, and chew, taste and savor it.

Episode 26: Hearing God Speak, 1: Daily Scripture

This begins a multi-part series on hearing the voice of God in daily life, with an intro to regular reading of the Sacred Scriptures.

Episode 25: Missionary Prayer

Discusses how action and contemplation cooperate in the missionary efforts of the Church, as seen in the lives of St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Francis Xavier.