Living the Word Bible

Episode 50: Find Peace in the New Year Featuring Barbara Heil

December 27th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 43 secs

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The secret to peace on earth starts at home, in the daily give-and-take of our relationships. Barb Heil unpacks the radical power of forgiveness to give us peace, to bless others, and to open our hearts to all God wants to give us. Listen for practical ways to recognize and let go of unforgiveness and enter the new year with a clean slate.

Episode 46: Discovering Mark, the Evangelist of Ordinary Time Featuring Colleen Vermeulen

November 29th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  50 mins 4 secs

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Do you know more about Jesus, than you know him, yourself? Who Jesus Christ is and why it matters is at the heart of Mark’s gospel, which is highlighted in the liturgy this year. In this episode, Sarah and Colleen Vermeulen talk about their favorite parts of Mark as they highlight its unique features and invite listeners to consider their response to his good news.

Episode 43: Making Sense of Violence in the Old Testament Featuring Tamra Fromm

November 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 25 secs

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Do you struggle with reading the Old Testament because of the violent passages in it, including places where God appears to condone, encourage, or even be responsible for that violence? Tamra Fromm offers a framework for reading those passages and considers them in the light of Christ's teaching.

Content warning: Mentions of disturbing violence portrayed in the Old Testament, including the rape and dismemberment of the Levite’s concubine in Judges 19.

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Episode 40: Reading the Bible One Word at a Time featuring Allison Gingras

October 19th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 48 secs

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Do you ever find that a single word or phrase jumps out at you as you pray with Scripture, and wonder how to ponder it further? Allison Gingras, developer of Stay Connected Journals for Women, explains how she explores the meaning of individual words to come to a deeper understanding and connection to the Lord.

Episode 39: God’s Word and Our Love for the Poor Featuring Shannon Wimp-Schmidt

October 12th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 56 secs

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If God’s word truly has the power to transform us, it will impact the way we treat other people—especially the poor and the marginalized, and even those we might not want to care for. Shannon Wimp-Schmidt, author of Fat Luther, Slim Pickin's: A Black Catholic Celebration of Faith, Tradition, and Diversity, dives into Catholic social teaching and shares what she has gleaned from Scripture about God’s heart for the poor and how that has impacted her personally.

Episode 35: Resilient Women of the Bible: Their Strength in Times of Grief Featuring Katie Cavadini

September 14th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 19 secs

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We can always turn to Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows in sorrows of our own—but we can also learn from other women throughout biblical history who bore sorrow with patient endurance, who endured with love and strengthened their children in the faith. Katie Cavadini brings several of those women to life and talks with Sarah about how they lived out the mystery of love and can help us do so, as well.

Episode 32: Scripture, Faith, and Identity: A Path to Ministry Featuring Christine Kelly Baglow

August 24th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 56 secs

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Christine Kelly Baglow shares her journey through scripture and prayer to deeper faith and the discovery of her identity in God—a journey that gave her a heart for young people and led her into lay ministry at a Catholic school. She also bears witness to the living power of Scripture while unpacking Isaiah 43, which has particular meaning to her.

Episode 30: Reaching the Unchurched in a Culture of Relativism Featuring Tamra Hull Fromm

August 10th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 51 secs

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When Christianity is seen as just another narrative, how do we proclaim it is Truth? Scripture professor Tamra Hull Fromm describes her research into pre-evangelizing young adult “native nones” and shares insight from God’s approach to Moses and Paul’s address to the Gentiles in Acts 17. She also explains how to read the Bible in a Catholic way; why she loves the image of Scripture as food; and the value of the Old Testament to understanding the faith.

Episode 29: Jeremiah: Speaking God’s Love in the Hard Times featuring Debora Holiday

August 3rd, 2023  |  Season 1  |  37 mins

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Don’t be afraid of reading the prophets! Their lives and their messages still speak to us today. Scripture teacher Deborah Holiday shares how at a low point in her life, she felt Jesus prompting her to read Jeremiah—and found there the God who loves us and has a plan for good, even in hard times.

Episode 28: Mary: Our Mother and Seat of Wisdom featuring Heidi Hess Saxton

July 27th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  32 mins 5 secs

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In this repeat visit to the podcast, Heidi Hess Saxton tells how as a Catholic convert she came to know Mary as a mother and as “Seat of Wisdom” and reflects on Mary’s role in raising Jesus as he grew in wisdom and stature in her home. She also shares how Mary has helped her as a mother—and how her own mother came to know Mary, late in life, and what that did for their relationship.