make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
The Church is experiencing a profound renewal — a new springtime of faith. But what does that look like in your home? In your parish? In your daily life?
We are living in a time of tremendous opportunity for renewal: a new springtime. As Catholics, we aren't called to retreat from the world, but to become leaven within it—to live so fully in the joy and freedom of the Gospel that our lives might become an invitation.
Let's explore what it means to live as an authentic Catholic family in our time: the beauty of the Faith, the reality of raising children in Christ, the struggles and triumphs of Catholic life, and how ordinary families become instruments of the New Evangelization. From marriage and parenthood to education and community, let's look at how joy—rooted in Christ and His Church—might become the normal rhythm of Catholic life.
Let's usher in the New Springtime Pope John Paul II proclaimed. Catholic family life doesn't have to look perfect to be beautiful. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs to see Catholics living with conviction, charity, and contagious joy.
Let's make joy normal.
make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
Nourished: an interview with Deborah MacNamara on her new book
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Wow, what a profound episode with Dr. Deborah MacNamara who joins me to discuss her new book Nourished: Connection, Food and Caring for Our Kids. We discuss relationship as the foundation to our health, how food and attachment are interconnected and how to create a family culture where food draws us together, is joyful and life-giving.
1:14 - Valuing the family meal, Bonnie's experience
6:40 - Food will either serve attachment or soothe emotional distress
11:50 - Receptivity and operating from the perspective of a role
13:48 What if we are met by resistance from our children?
18:55 - Food culture in Italy: food draws people together, celebration, togetherness
22:55 - The work of love and attachment was always meant to be invisible
26:23 - Without connection children become more anxious, agitated, resistant
28:58 - Attachment does not mean the kids run all over you
34:11 - Not making an issue of food
36:17 - How do you hold on to a teenager?
38:24 - Food problems can become relationship problems
49:25 - Experiencing food, play, and invitation
59:16 - Becoming your kid's best bet
Dr. Deborah MacNamara's website
and Instagram @drdeborahmacnamara
Nourished: Connection, Food and Caring for Our Kids (And Everyone Else We Love) by Deborah MacNamara PhD
Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or Anyone Else Who Acts Like One) by Deborah MacNamara
Rest, Play, Grow: Interview with Dr. Deborah MacNamara (podcast)
respect (blog post)
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