Visitation Sessions (A Podcast)

This week, we’re talking about using our phones, navigating social media, cultivating quiet, and how much Emily misses 2004. Links: Reclaiming Quiet: Cultivating a Life of Holy Attention (Pre-order) by Sarah Clarkson Beauty in the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education by Stratford Caldecott “Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer” by Wendell Berry “Why We Can’t Read Anymore,” by Hugh McGuire...

Casey shares some terrifying family secrets. Emily reveals her deep dislike of Russian literature. And we chat about women’s work—in the home and in the world, why both are important, what the Church has to say about it, how it’s changed with time, and how Catholics can be witnesses to creativity in making family the priority for both men and women. Letter to Women , John Paul II Mulieris Dignitat...

What is work? Why is it so hard? What defines success? Can we serve both God and mammon? How do we rightly order our vocations so that first things come first? And does that ordering look different for men and women? Talking about these things and more in the attic, this week on Visitation Sessions. Not a subscriber? Sign up today (it’s free). Show Notes: Church Documents * Rerum Novarum (On the C...

Today Chris, Kate, Casey, and I are talking about creativity. What is creativity? What does it mean to be creative? How does pursuing creativity in work, life, marriage, and family make us more alive and help us live more deeply human lives? Also, why does my skin crawl when people use the word “creative” as a noun and not an adjective? (Seriously people, please don’t ever call me “a Creative.”) P...

Today, Chris, Kate, Casey, and I are talking all things Lent: the meaning of the season, abstinence and fasting, Fish Fries, practical penances, prayer, almsgiving, loving the poor, living Lent in marriage and with children, and what happens when you fail at it all. Mentioned on today’s episode: Approach to Penance by Hubert Van Zellar St. Michael’s Abbey Friendship Room The Red Door Ministry This...

Introducing Visitation Sessions For over a year now, I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a podcast. This is partly because I love good conversations, and those have become almost impossible to have on social media these days. It’s also because I’ve wanted you to know my husband Chris better. He is one of the healthiest, wisest, and most mature Christian men I know, and I think a lot of you...