Podcasts about saints taught me

"My grace is sufficient for you" ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9. This week I sit down with the wonderful Colleen Carroll Campbell to discuss her book, "The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's".  From one recovering perfectionist to another, this conversation delighted my heart. It wasn't merely their intense love for our Lord that made the saints. Through their slow movement away from control and performance and toward docility and surrender these brothers and sisters in Christ were transformed into saints!! How can we learn from them? Colleen's book explores just that!Colleen Carrol Campbell:https://colleen-campbell.com/The Heart of Perfection:https://a.co/d/6Xx3Bh2If this episode blessed you, I would be so honored if you shared it with a friend, rated it, or left us a review! I always love to connect :suzanne @latteandlaundry.com

The HEART of PERFECTION with Colleen Carroll Campbell! In the Summer of 2019 I did this interview with Colleen Carroll Campbell about her book; The Heart of Perfection - and I was SO NERVOUS that I legit didn't catch the first 10 min of audio. The interview is beautiful and is still so worth listening to. Colleen Carroll Campbell is an award-winning author, print and broadcast journalist and former presidential speechwriter. Her books include her critically acclaimed journalistic study, The New Faithful; her spiritual memoir, My Sisters the Saints, which won two national awards and has been published in five languages; and her award-winning new release, The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's. A former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and editorial writer and op-ed columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Colleen is the recipient of two honorary doctorates and numerous other awards and fellowships. She speaks to audiences worldwide and lives on the central coast of California with her husband and their four young children, whom she homeschools. Her website is www.colleen-campbell.com. In The Heart of Perfection, Colleen Carroll Campbell explores the real lives of saints with the scrutiny of an investigative journalist and highlights their quest for the perfect love of God.  … Like so many women (and men) today who are caught in the endless hamster wheel of trying to be perfect, Campbell spent her life striving for her ideal self, and surpassed her own goals. … In this deep and thoughtful reflection on herself, the generations of perfectionist women she came from, and with a broad-daylight exposé of the lives of the not-so perfect saints, Campbell realizes that setting the bar so high is detrimental; trying to be perfect only results in beating yourself up for not being perfect. The Heart of Perfection is a must-read for those of us whose pursuit of perfection is just creating the ‘perfect' trap. - Jeannie Gaffigan If there's something you want me to deep dive, learn more about and help you understand... CALL THE HOLY HOT MESS HOTLINE (469)629-6323 or email me at holyhotmessmom@gmail.com. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE The Heart of Perfection by Colleen Carroll Campbell (also you can get it on her website, or the Audio Book) The Heart of Perfection Study Guide Visit Colleen at her website here NEW Holy Hot Mess Youtube Channel Top 10 Episodes of All Time Most Recent Podcast Episode THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY… YOU… because you can NOW support the podcast via PayPal and Venmo. Any donation amount helps to cover the cost of editing software, podcast and website hosting, and many of the other nuances that go into this one woman ministry & podcast! ALSO, WANNA BE A SPONSOR? This Holy Hot Mess project is now accepting very affordable sponsorships. If you'd like more information and to apply to see if we'd be a good fit working together, head to this link: www.holyhotmess.net/sponsor  FOLLOW Your host, Heather! You can hang out with me, Heather, on Facebook, Pinterest or my favorite spots, Instagram & the Youtubes! As always I'm available for a voice message at (469)629-6323 or holyhotmessmom@gmail.com PSST…ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT IS BY LEAVING A RATING & REVIEW Leaving a rating & review helps our podcast to show up in suggested and ranked listings in podcasts apps. This helps us spread the love, laughs, and encouragement to other women who might need it! You can head to this page to see a step by step guide on how exactly to leave a glowing rating & review! CALL THE HOLY HOT MESS HOTLINE (469)629-6323 and let us know your holy or messy stories. The joys you want to share, the prayers you need a community to life you up in, or the hilariousness you don't want to keep to yourself.   Intro & Outro Music is attributed to Feeling Sunny by Scott Holmes Music and licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 

**Note: all 4 initial episodes of the ERB Podcast were recorded before the COVID-19 outbreak in the US. This is why this important event is not mentioned.**On this episode Chris and Jen welcome back John Wilson, and are joined by ERB contributor Stina Kielsmeier-Cook to discuss Stina's upcoming book, their own reading habits, and readings in monastic spirituality. They also highlight the important work of the Collegeville Institute in supporting thoughtful writing, and, of course, they talk about a few books they are currently enjoying.Books/Writing mentioned in this episode:Blessed Are The Agnostics by Stina Kielsmeier-Cook (upcoming release)Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks and a Writer's Life by Kathleen NorrisStalking the Divine: Contemplating Faith with the Poor Clares by Kristin OhlsonGive Us This Day by Liturgical Press (St. John's Abbey)My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir by Colleen Carroll Campbell The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's by Colleen Carroll CampbellA Year in Reading by John Wilson (First Things)Magic and Spells by Hugh KennerJonathan Edwards: A Life by George MarsdenAfter Adam: The Books of Moses by Laurance WiederSave Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth ReichlThe Dearly Beloved: A Novel by Cara WallBecoming by Michelle ObamaUnfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist ChurchBetween Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali PerkinsSpecial thanks to Brazos Press, sponsor of this episode, and publisher of the new book, On the Road with Saint Augustine by James K.A. Smith.In On the Road with Saint Augustine, popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith invites us to take a journey with Augustine, who he calls ‘the patron saint of restless hearts.'Following Smith's successful You Are What You Love, this book shows how Augustine can be a pilgrim guide to a spirituality that meets the complicated world we live in. Augustine, says Smith, is a guide who has been there, asked our questions, and knows our frustrations and failed pursuits. Augustine spent a lifetime searching for his heart's true home and he can help us find our way.

Do you ever feel like you are never good enough? You strive and strive. You make the tough choices. You practice virtue but can't find the joy of obedience you have been promised? What have we been missing all along? I have got a podcast for you! Sometimes there are books that just pierce the heart. Sometimes there are authors that instantly connect to readers. For myself, this is the book and this is the author. I could not wait to interview Colleen and dig, all the more, into what it looks like when our needs to be perfect in the eyes of the world and even in our spiritual lives become toxic and downright debilitating. Please do not miss this episode - and share it with a friend. It is time we seek God's version of perfection -- not the world's. Colleen Carroll Campbell is an award-winning author, print and broadcast journalist and former presidential speechwriter. Her books include her critically acclaimed journalistic study, The New Faithful; her spiritual memoir, My Sisters the Saints, which won two national awards and has been published in five languages; and The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God’s, just released by Simon & Schuster. Colleen has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Christianity Today, America and National Review, and appeared on CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, ABC News, PBS, NPR and EWTN, where she hosted her own television and radio shows for eight years. A former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and editorial writer and op-ed columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Colleen is the recipient of two honorary doctorates and numerous other awards and fellowships. She speaks to audiences across North America and Europe and lives in St. Louis with her husband and their four young children, whom she homeschools. Her website is www.colleen-campbell.com.

Do you struggle with comparison, expectations and perfectionism? Well you're not alone. Colleen Carroll Campbell joins Steve and Becky to share her story about how some saints and a heretic helped her find a new kind of perfection, freedom in Christ. Her new book is The Heart of Perfection:How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfection for God's. Today's broadcast is brought to you in part by Solidarity Healthshare www.solidarityhealthshare.org/

Fr. Josh answers questions about how to respond to a same-sex couple who wants their child baptized, how to help family understand Church teaching, and how to stop feeling guilty about sins from the past. If you have a question, comment, or response for Fr. Josh, email us at askfrjosh@ascensionpress.com. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode! Snippet from the Show “God, help me to see myself the way you see me. God, help me to love myself the way that you love me. God, help me to forgive myself the way that you forgive me.” SHOWNOTES Glory Story (1:03) Fr. Josh is writing another book! Stay tuned for more details :) Listener Feedback (4:53) Prayer from Thomas Merton: "My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone." Baptisms with Same-Sex Parents (9:59) I love your podcast! I look forward to listening every week. I've always been very fond of how you truly try to respond with the love of Christ while still remaining aware of your broken human nature. I pray for you, my man. (Pray for me too!) On to my question, this last Sunday my parish held a baptism for a child of a same-sex couple. While on the one hand, obviously it's not the child's fault that their parents are living in a sinful relationship, and they deserve the sacrament just as much as any other child. But, I do really wonder how our response as a community should be. Certainly these men should be allowed in our church and should be welcome to listen to the liturgy of the word so they may be touched by Jesus, but they partook of the Eucharist. How do I respond like Jesus here? I want to love them as Christ loves them, but what does that look like? I'm really struggling with how to process this and could really use some guidance. -Daniel Helping Family Understand Church Teachings (22:14) First, I heard you speak in Houston at Cafe Catholica, and I have to thank you because you spoke about focusing on God's mercy when it comes to our vices, rather than focusing on our anxiety and why we're not conquering our sins. I've been seriously struggling with my anxiety about that recently, and you help reorient my attention to the Lord, rather than being distracted by Satan. Second: My husband is a Catholic convert; he converted right before we got married. He comes from a completely nonreligious family. I'm not sure what, if anything, they believe. So my husband struggles with some of the Church teachings because it is so far from what he experienced for most of his life. He struggles, in particular, with Jesus' presence in the Eucharist and the teachings on sexuality (every sexual act must be unitive and procreative). He also doesn't understand the big deal about skipping Mass occasionally. So I guess my question is two parts. One, how do I encourage my husband to embrace Church teachings without lecturing him and making him feel inadequate? And two, how can I encourage my husband's family to be open to the Lord, also without lecturing them? -Anonymous Overwhelming Guilt (27:50) Father Josh, Thank you so much for your podcast. I’m enjoying listening frequently. I’m new to the faith and currently in RCIA and will be baptized this Easter vigil. I’m really new to any faith. I was an atheist since around the age the of 13. Unfortunately I let people turn me off to faith including my own father who claimed to be a man of faith but had no love for me. After God blessed me with my daughter 4 years ago I felt a love that I knew had to come from somewhere greater than myself. I began to study different religions and found myself coming to Catholicism through reason and now by faith. My family and I have been going to Mass for almost two years and thanks be to God I’ll able to receive the Eucharist this Easter along with my wife. Often times I have an overwhelming feeling of guilt for decisions I made as a nonbeliever and for denying God for so long. I know that God has forgiven me but how do I manage this guilt? Thank you for your advice, I appreciate it and your ministry is in my prayers. God Bless. -Todd Resources Want to browse the previous resources Fr. Josh has recommended in his show? Go to ascensionpress.com/askfrjosh select an episode and view the shownotes. Fr. Josh's book - Broken and Blessed (https://shop.ascensionpress.com/products/broken-and-blessed-an-invitation-to-my-generation) The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's (https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Perfection-Saints-Taught-Perfect/dp/1982106166) by Colleen Carroll Campbell I Will Follow (https://youtu.be/eTw5xg37QF0) video

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I'll be the first one to admit. I'm definitely a perfectionist. I want to do ALL THE THINGS and I want to do them well.Well, if you can relate, today's podcast is one you won't want to miss. In it, we're talking to Colleen Carroll Campbell, author of the book, "The Heart of Perfection, How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfection for God's."Support the show (https://equippinggodlywomen.com/podcast)

This week I am chatting with one of my heroes, author Colleen Carroll Campbell about her newest book, The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God’s. Colleen shares about life as a wife, mom, and successful author, speaker, and media personality, and the ways in which she was brought to a deeper understanding of God’s love for her through her struggles with perfectionism and coming to know saints who struggled too. Colleen’s previous book is My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir, another great read that will inspire you to learn more about saints who can accompany you on your life’s journey. Check out the shownotes as ascensionpress.com/girlfriends