Wholeness and Holiness Podcast

In Mary’s Magnificat she declares her own lowliness and rejoices in the fact that the Lord raises up the lowly.  She sees and openly acknowledges her own littleness.  That’s not a false humility.  She is in touch with the reality of who she is before God.  She also lays out a stark contrast between how […] The post Humility: The Path to Freedom and Peace appeared first on Ultimate Christian...

Overcoming Blocks to God’s Love Overcoming Blocks to God’s love is important, but God’s love is key to the spiritual life.  As we’ve discussed in the past couple of shows, He loves us infinitely and intimately and sent Jesus to reveal His love for us, to make it manifest to us in a real way […] The post Overcoming Blocks to God’s Love appeared first on Ultimate Christian Po...

The Incarnation of Jesus is so crucial.  Jesus is God’s love made manifest to the world!  For this reason, St. Francis of Assisi saw Christmas as the highest of the feast days!  When he made his conversion, God started to work in him in new and beautiful ways and right at the heart of it […] The post God’s Love Incarnate appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

Identity is at the core of human and spiritual integration.  It’s key to us being able to act from a mature human place and to being spiritually mature.  There are so many things that clamor for our identity and that some gravitate towards – being a member of a certain club, or organization, having wealth […] The post Identity Is Key appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network...

In the last podcast with Coach Kelly Herrmann, there was something she shared about how she has approached coaching over the years that helped her align her actions with her beliefs.  I was really struck by it, and it has been a gift to me to distill those principles out of the arena of athletics […] The post Keeping It Real appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

Join me for the final episode in this series with Coach Herrmann and I discuss the role sports can play in character formation!   Coach Kelly Herrmann – now a wife, mom, grandma, health coach, author, and speaker was a fixture in sports at Franciscan University of Steubenville for decades.  Having given up a full […] The post Christians in the Arena appeared first on Ultimate Christian...

Join me as Coach Herrmann and I discuss the role sports can play in character formation!   Coach Kelly Herrmann – now a wife, mom, grandma, health coach, author, and speaker was a fixture in sports at Franciscan University of Steubenville for decades.  Having given up a full ride to play division one basketball, she […] The post The Role of Sports in Christian Character Formation appear...

Meet Coach Kelly Herrmann – Faith Formation in Athletics   Today, I’m joined by Kelly who I’ve known for about 30 years.  She’s coached, refereed, umpired for decades in sports of all types and is now a wife, mother, grandmother, and health coach, author and speaker. Kelly has a passion for forming athletes in faith […] The post Faith Formation in Athletics appeared first on Ultimate Ch...

The Sacrament of Reconciliation, what we as Catholics commonly refer to as Confession, is a great and powerful occasion for grace and yet sometimes we hesitate to go out of fear, shame, and embarrassment.  Margaret discusses the sacrament with Fr. David in his role as a priest of over 55 years.   Confession is a […] The post The Sacrament of Reconciliation appeared first on Ultimate Chr...

Self-forgiveness is highly important to mental health and spiritual growth.  If we don’t have it, we can stay stymied and even spiral downwards in our relationships to ourselves, God, and others.  Sometimes, we are hard on ourselves out of fear of failing even worse if we ‘let ourselves off the hook’.  However, it has the […] The post The Importance of Self-Forgiveness appeared first on Ulti...

What is the difference between prayers and prayer? Prayer isn’t just ‘caught’ it needs to be ‘taught’.  Prayer is based on the Lord’s grace and so it is a gift.  The post Prayers versus Prayer appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

Fr. David shares about how he experienced the Lord telling him he was running his own life and asked him to let the Lord Himself run his life. The post Conversion 2.0: God in My Life vs Me in God’s Life appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

How do we make that journey?  It’s a process of grace and coming to understand more and more who God is and what He asks of us. The post Journey From the False Self to the True Self appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

God intends great things for our lives, but when we look at our personal sufferings, that can be hard to hold onto.  What are we to do with suffering when we don’t experience healing?  The post Suffering and Healing appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

In 1997, I ended up in a roommate situation that turned out to be one of the most dramatic experiences of my life, but the Lord actually used it to teach me tremendous lessons about His wisdom, goodness, power, provision, and desire to be intimately involved in the details of our lives. The post What the Lord Taught Me When I Lived with a Serial Killer appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast...

Margaret and Fr. David discuss The Context of Holiness by Fr. Marc Foley, OCD as he examined human and spiritual integration in the life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux.  The post St. Thérèse of Lisieux appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

Margaret Vasquez, LPCC and Fr. David Tickerhoof, TOR discuss the notion of the baptism in fire that was foretold by St. John the Baptist.  The post Baptism in Fire! appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

As we develop in these areas we grow in both human and spiritual maturity.  These principles help us to focus on being rather than doing. The post Applying the Principles of Human and Spiritual Integration appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

Compassion, mercy, and forgiveness are essential for healthy relationships.  We become the hands and feet of the Lord by relating to others the way He relates to us.  The post Charity Toward Others and Healthy Relating appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

It’s essential for lives of wholeness and holiness that we grow in communion with the Lord, personal integration, and charity toward others.  The post Personal Integration and Charity Toward Others appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

As Christians we can tend to over spiritualize, and secular society tends to under spiritualize. We need a paradigm by which to understand how to build a firm foundation that includes both human and spiritual maturity.  The post The Importance of Human and Spiritual Integration appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

Continuing in our understanding of the biology of trauma, trauma is anything that overwhelms the person’s normal ability to cope.  The post Digging into the Biology of Trauma appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .

Episode #2 – Introduction to Trauma Series (Avoiding Spiritual Identity Theft!) Have you or someone you love endured sufferings in which you continue to feel stuck?  Does this leave you feeling confused or even fearful, perhaps even rejected or abandoned by God?  Unfortunately, there are so many types of trauma and such experiences are so […] The post Introduction to Trauma Series: Avoiding...

Have you ever wondered how our natural human lives and the spiritual life are connected?  The post What is Wholeness and Holiness Podcast? appeared first on Ultimate Christian Podcast Radio Network .