Lift Up Your Hearts Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The parable of the vineyard and the tenants hits hard. Does it humble us or make us double down? Is the vineyard even ours in the first place? Contemplate this with me today. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Does Jesus feel distant? I invite you to pray in a new way to make it personal. To bring Jesus into your living room. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus challenges a woman and she pushes back because she is desperate to have her daughter healed. What if that was you? What if it was your daughter? Would you push back on Jesus? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail It has been 3 years since the first episode. The Lord is still reaching out for you far beyond what we could ever imagine. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Is a message different coming from Jesus? is it more convicting? Do you feel his mercy? Compassion? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail There are many times that the disciples get an intimate time with Jesus to talk to him like a friend and brother. Do you ever take that time in prayer to just asking him questions? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus says for those who have ears to listen and those who have eyes to see. What moves in your heart when he says that to you today? Pray with me as I explore that in todays episode. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail It might be a hard saying, but what does it feel like when coming from Jesus? The one who loves you and gives you life. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail What would it feel like for Jesus to take the time to count the hairs on your head or to know every wrinkle on your hand? Would we fear anything if we truly knew his tender care? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus had pity on the people, so he commissioned the Apostles to heal the sick. Imagine with me today that you were one of the ones pitied by Jesus. This took me back to the poem The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson specifically the end of the poem when he turns around to face the hound that has been pursuing his whole life. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage...

Send us Fan Mail Ever get worried about not having it all together? The disciples didn't have it all together and that didn't stop Jesus from working through them. Pray with me as I contemplate the passage from the Gospel of Matthew about Jesus ascending into heaven. It says the disciples worshiped, but they doubted, but Jesus doesn't seem to get hung up on their doubt. He still com...

Send us Fan Mail We have heard the road to Emmaus and we know how it goes. But, what about the road back to Jerusalem? What were those disciples talking about on the way and when they got back? Imagine that with me this week. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Thomas gets a bad rap, but I think I would have felt the same way. Imagine you are him or one of the other disciples and all of this has happened to you. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail With everything that was happening the final week of Jesus' life did the disciples really know? Did they understand? What might have been going on in their hearts? What would happen in your heart? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus heals a blind man and everyone seems to be focusing on the wrong thing. He healed a blind man for goodness sakes. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail The woman at the well is a story we have all heard, but there are many layers to the story. Pray through the scripture with me through Ignitian prayer. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail In the midst of our fear we usually feel alone. Today, Jesus touches the disciples in the midst of their fear. What would it feel like for Jesus to be with you in your fear or worst moments? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail The devil from the beginning has been gaslighting humanity. Does Jesus fall for it? of course not, but why? How can you learn from Jesus to turn away from the lies of the enemy? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus wants to extend the idea of righteousness beyond what others see. What goes through your heart when he says that? Are you vigilant with your heart? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus says to you that you are salt and light, you give flavoring and light to the world. What does that do to your heart when you hear it? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail What if the beatitudes were just for the disciples? it feels like a heart to heart moment for them all together. Jesus shares with them the heart of what makes a blessed life. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail The calling of the first four disciples is an interesting story. It's crazy to me that they changed their plans so fast. They were doing one thing and then a second later they have abandoned that thing. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus is Baptized in the Jordan by his cousin John. How did that conversation go down? What did the Holy Spirit look like? What did the voice of God sound like? did you know it was the voice of God? who did you tell about it? imagine all of these questions with me this week. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail The Wise men from the East visited a baby in a barn and brought gifts that were very costly.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Joseph had incredible trust and acted immediately. What a witness for us all. Contemplate with me the first couple weeks of Jesus's life and flight into Egypt. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings.