Episode Details

Patrick helps callers wrestling with feelings of rejection, strained church relationships, and the longing for a deeper connection to faith. The episode moves through practical wisdom on finding belonging, humility, and courage in spiritual communities as anecdotes and advice offer solace for those seeking a path back to the Church and regular prayer. Threaded with humor, gratitude, and moments of vulnerability, the episode delivers inspiration for anyone feeling left out or longing for renewal.

• Anthony (email) - Does 1 Samuel 28, where God permits the deceased Samuel to speak to Saul, show that the dead have a real existence after death rather than unconscious nothingness until the final judgment? (01:28)
• Does it matter what someone else thinks of you?
• Tom - How do I reach someone who is Episcopalian? At this person's Church, they just baptized a trans person. She has trouble with this but she doesn't want to leave. At her Sunday School they play Dungeons and Dragons for the kids. (21:32)
• Sharon - What people think of you is not your business because if it was you wouldn’t get up in the morning. (29:26)
• Mark – Sometimes you meet someone and for some unknown reason there’s something about them that you just don’t like. (33:29)
• Jim - I think self-examination reveals that I tend to react that way to people with dominant personalities. I ask what in me causes that reaction. (40:49)
• Russ - Why didn't they translate Latin mass exactly into the vernacular? Would it lose its reverence if it we celebrated the exact Latin Mass in English? (46:10)