Lift Up Your Hearts Podcast

Send us Fan MailWe 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailThomas 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWith 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

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

Send us Fan MailThe 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailIn 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailThe 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWhat 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailThe 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

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

Send us Fan MailJoseph 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 showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailEver have doubts about who Jesus is? Does the evidence convince you? It seems like Jesus' own disciples and his cousin had questions and wondered the same thing. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJohn the Baptists doesn't hold back when he confronts the Jewish leaders. What would it feel like if you were there that day?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailHow should we prepare? what should we do? Pray with me today to answer these questions with JesusSupport the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailToday we celebrate Jesus Christ, King of the Universe and to celebrate it we read of his crucifixion. Dive further into this contemplation with your full imagination in the loving gaze of the father.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailI hear a lot of Christians talk about how #blessed they are and I wonder how that sentiment would be heard from Jesus when he talks about being persecuted because of His name. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWith everything the disciples had seen I can only conclude that they were uniquely zeroed in on everything Jesus said this day.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailThis Sunday Jesus convicts again with a story that, if we are honest, humbles us. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWhat would it feel like to be healed from isolation? Isolation from family, friends and even worshiping. Jesus heals you and do you move on or go back to him and give thanks?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus addresses the crowd with a parable about a rich man and a poor man and the afterlife. Contemplate that story with me.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWhat was going on in the heart of Nicodemus? What does on in your heart when you hear that Jesus loves you so much he was willing to die for you? Does it actually strike you as much as it should? Do you contemplate it day and night?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailEver wonder if some of Jesus' disciples or followers were annoyed with Him? How would you deal with it? Does that ever happen to you today? Contemplate these realities with me today. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailOne of Jesus's followers asks a hard question and gets and even harder answer (in my opinion). How would this feel if you asked this question from Jesus? What would it be like if he said he didn't even know where you come from? Prayerfully explore this with me.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus makes Peter the rock, but I bet Peter didn't always feel like a rock before or even always after his name was change. But Jesus still called and equipped him, not to be perfect, but to be himself and to be faithful and to get back up again. What would this feel like if you were Peter? Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus rebukes Martha and says that Mary has chosen the better part. Let's dive further into the lessons we might glean from this and see what moves in our hearts. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus leaving touches a very human part of us and I think we naturally want Him to stay. Dive in with me as one of the disciples to contemplate this reality.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailImagine being publicly shamed in your worst moment? but it doesn't have to end there. It is at the feet of Jesus. What does he write in the ground for you? How does he lift you up? Where do you go from there? Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus changes our view that we bring to the relationship with the Father. It is not servitude, but relationship. Any good father knows this feeling and Jesus reminds us. Contemplate this parable with me today.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWhat happens in your heart when Jesus is transfigured before you? Do you need any more evidence of his divinity? Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus didn't shield himself from our suffering. He is a God that knows our pains and our agonies more than we do. What does that mean for you? Does it mean anything? What would be going on in your heart as he tells you this story?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailImagine Jesus is in your living room and starts to talk about not being a hypocrite. Does it feel like he is talking about you? What else is going through your heart?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWhat does it feel like when Jesus bothers your conscience? When he points out something that you aren't living up to his radical standard. Or when you think you are bing a "good guy", but then Jesus takes it to another level.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus comes down to stand on the same plain as you and looks you in the eyes and says..."blessed are the poor..." What does your heart do when you hear those words?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailAre you sick of doing it your way? Are you ready to say yes to his radical plan? Simon and his companions have toiled their own way all night and Jesus comes in and asks to do it again, but this time it is with Him.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailThere is so much more going on in this story. I want to focus in on the life of Simeon and what kind of life he would have to live in order to hear the Holy Spirit, act on it, see something no one else saw and be bold enough to pick up a seemingly random baby in the Temple that day.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailIf you were a friend of Jesus and he came back to town proclaiming to be a prophet or more what would you do? Would accept this new Jesus or Reject him? Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailThe first public outing with the Disciples and Jesus performs a miracle. What would that do to your faith? Did you need anymore more evidence? What's going on in your heart after you just started to follow Jesus? Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailThe Baptism of Jesus was for you and for me that would could partake in His very life and to make us sons and daughters through our Baptism. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailAre you seeking? Am I seeking? Or am I missing it? Contemplate with me as we journey with the "Wise Men" on the way to Jesus.Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailWhat would it feel like to lose Jesus for 3 days? or what would it be like to be his step dad for 30 years? Join me as I pray about all of these questions. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailMerry Christmas. This is one of my favorite passages to contemplate. The Angels announce, for the first time in history, to shepherds the Good News. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailEver wonder what the journey was like for Mary when she heard the news of Jesus and then traveled to her cousin Elizabeth? And then what went through her heart when she hears the joy that Elizabeth has when she sees her. Come with me as I pray through these journeys. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailEven those who have no fruits of goodness are open to what John the Baptist has to offer. They even ask what they must do to change their ways. What must I do to change my ways and inherit the kingdom?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJohn the Baptist is given a mission by God to prepare the way for His Son Jesus and what does he do? Cleaver preaching? Incredible wisdom that no-one has ever heard? No, forgiveness of sins. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus addresses the disciples during Holy Week about a reality that we all experience. Our hearts become dull or drowsy from the anxieties of daily life. Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailPilot struggles with Jesus being a king and what type of kingdom he is about. what if you were there to hear this conversation? Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan MailJesus tells of a great urgency and the signs of his second coming. Are you ready?Support the showJoin me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings.