Season 1, Episode 1 with Author Traci Rhoades

Dear listeners,Welcome to the first episode of my Lenten podcast series based on Hunger for Righteousness! Since Lent is a fast practiced by many Christian denominations, I couldn’t think of a better person to kick off this series than author Traci Rhoades. Traci is well known on the internet for her holy curiosity and her ability to facilitate respectful and meaningful conversations about all things church and Christianity online. She says, on the podcast, “One of my favorite compliments that I receive is when people tell me that I made them think.”Traci is an Evangelical Protestant and most recently, she has started the process of joining the Roman Catholic Church. We talk about that transition, and what it means for her practice of Great Lent, on the podcast.Traci is the author of Not All Who Wander (Spiritually) Are Lost: A Story of Church and Shaky Ground: What to Do When the Bottom Drops Out. She also has written some devotions for the forthcoming The Message Women’s Devotional Bible, releasing in August 2025, with the Gospels releasing in March 2025.You can subscribe to Traci’s “Saturday 7” email here. She runs a Facebook group for reading the Bible chronologically that you can join here.Some highlights from our conversation:About converting to Catholicism:“I can tend to get really excited about the book knowledge part. And Catholicism and my daughter are teaching me what it could do for my spirit and my heart if I were to remove some of the intellectual pursuit from it.” - Traci RhoadesOn inviting others into your tradition:“The strongest evangelism is the welcome. Not so much the convincing, but the welcome” - Phoebe Farag MikhailI hope you enjoy this first episode! Please share your thoughts in the comments, and stay tuned for next week’s podcast.Thanks for being part of this community,Phoebe Get full access to Being in Community, Phoebe Farag Mikhail's Newsletter at phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/subscribe