Abiding Together

In this episode, we reconnect after an extended winter break to continue our annual tradition, sharing our Word of the Year! Each year we each ask God to give us a theme to focus on for the new year and invite you to do the same. After personal prayer and reflection, we share our words for 2022 and how our words of the year have been connected. We discuss the importance of claiming this year for Christ and invite you to join us on the journey again!  Sister Miriam’s one thing - Christmas Cards  Heather’s one thing - Peace Vol. II - Bethel Music Michelle’s one thing - Word on Fire Bible Volume 2  Michelle’s other one thing - Born of Wonder Podcast Michelle’s other other one thing - Revelations 19 - Maverick City Music  Discussion Questions:     What stood out to you from this week’s episode? Who’s word - Heather: Increase, Michelle: Jubilee, Sister Miriam: Secure - resonated most with you and why? After prayer and reflection, what’s your word of the year?  How can you see your spiritual progress through the

In this episode, we conclude our four part Advent series revisiting the women Doctors of the Church with a discussion on peace through the life of St. Teresa of Avila. We discuss the key to peace as abiding in the love of Christ despite the storms of life. We chat about peace that comes from rightly ordered relationships and the need to cultivate peace through daily acts of trust, rest, and surrender. We pray that as we near Christmas, you would experience the peace of Christ in a new way! For further listening, check out Restore the Beauty, a five part series on the women Doctors of the Church from Season 4 and be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!    Sister Miriam’s one thing - Oh Come Let us Adore Him - Maverick City Music Michelle’s one thing - All of our Abiding Together Podcast Staff - Lizzie, Emily, Katie, Kristina - and the staff at Spirit Juice Studios  Heather’s one thing - All of our Patrons   Other Books Mentioned - The Story of a Soul: The

In this episode, we continue our four part Advent series revisiting the women Doctors of the Church with a discussion on joy through the life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. We discuss trust, simplicity and self surrender as the keys to experiencing the beauty of Christmas and the miracle of Christ’s birth. We share our own personal stories of God bringing radical transformation in our lives, doing things for us and in us that we could not do ourselves. We pray that this Advent you would be able to joyfully accept the gifts God desires to give to you.  For further listening, check out Restore the Beauty, a five part series on the women Doctors of the Church from Season 4 and be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts! Sister Miriam’s one thing - The National Shrine and Museum of Saint Thérèse - Darien, Illinois Michelle’s one thing - Behold: The Luminous Mysteries Visio Divina Book  Heather’s one thing - Forever, Amen - Steffany Gretzinger   Other Books Mentione

In this episode, we continue our four part Advent series revisiting the women Doctors of the Church with a discussion on praise through the life of St. Hildegard of Bingen. We discuss the value of praise: speaking the truth about who God is and who we are and reflect on how all creation was made to praise the Creator. We chat about Advent as a particular time to create space to hear God’s voice and the unique ways each of us enter into praise of God. We pray this week you would hear the voice of God over you and join in the joyful praise of all creation. For further listening, check out Restore the Beauty, a five part series on the women doctors of the church from Season 4 and be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!    Sister Miriam’s one thing - The Litany of Self-Love - Micole Amalu Michelle’s one thing - Breath of Heaven - Amy Grant Heather’s one thing - Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity - Fr. Chad A Ripperger PhD   Discussion questions:     W

In this episode, we begin our four part Advent series revisiting the women doctors of the church with a discussion on hope through the life of St. Catherine of Siena. We discuss the virtue of hope, receiving and sharing Christ’s light in the darkness, and tips for making room for Christ this Advent season. We pray that you would receive the deep love of God as we begin this time of preparation for the birth of our Savior. For further listening, check out Restore the Beauty, a five part series on the women doctors of the church from Season 4 and be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!    Sister Miriam’s one thing - Be Restored: Healing Our Sexual Wounds through Jesus’ Merciful Love - Dr. Bob Schuchts Michelle’s one thing - Seeing Christmas - Karen Stacy Heather’s one thing - Advent Playlist on Spotify Other Books Mentioned - Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas - Ann Voskamp Discussion questions:     What stood out to you from

In this episode, we speak with Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow and hear the story of his amazing ministry Mary’s Meals. Magnus shares how a personal conversion at Medjugorje led him to helping refugees in Bosnia, and how meeting a child named Edward in Malawi was the beginning of feeding 2 million children a day. Find out more about Mary’s Meals on youtube in the video Love Reaches Everywhere and watch as they celebrate the amazing milestone of feeding 2 million children a day! We invite you to follow Mary’s Meals online at https://www.marysmeals.org and on Instagram @marysmeals.    Sister Miriam’s one thing - Through the Heart of St. Joseph - Fr. Boniface Hicks  Michelle’s one thing - Sweet Cross - Laura Phelps  Heather’s one thing - Heather’s road trip with her youngest daughter Eva Magnus’s one thing -  His Acorn Tree  Other Books Mentioned - The Shed That Fed a Million Children: The Mary’s Meals Story - Magnus MacFarlane- Barrow Give: Charity and the Art of Living Generously- Magnus MacFarlane- Barrow

In this episode, we conclude our four part series on the identity of sisterhood. This episode is now offered in video on youtube! We discuss the idea of celebrating and championing other women to live out their unique God given call and purpose. Sister Miriam ends this series with a powerful meditation inviting us each to forgive and receive forgiveness in relationships that have wounded our understanding of true sisterhood. We pray this week would bring an opportunity for you to forgive, receive forgiveness and create a place for others at the table of sisterhood. Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!  Sister Miriam’s one thing - Ashes to Skies - Shaylee Simeone Michelle’s one thing - A Sisterhood Movie Night List Heather’s one thing - Steady Love Playlist on Spotify Other Books Mentioned -  Priestly Fatherhood - Fr. Jacques Philippe Discussion questions:     What stood out to you from this week’s episode? Take some to allow each person to answer the

In this episode, we continue our four part series on the identity of sister.  This episode is now offered in video on youtube! We discuss the unique wounds that women often inflict on one another and our own experiences of jealousy, rivalry, and competition. We look at how assumptions can damage relationships and the role of intentional communication and transparency in repairing these wounds. We pray this week God would give you courage to behold women in your heart and be a gift to others through your femininity. Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!  Sister Miriam’s one thing - Tiny Hands Michelle’s one thing - Day Planner from Blessed Is She  Heather’s one thing - Heather’s Steak Pie recipe  Discussion questions:     What stood out to you from this week’s episode? What makes you feel safe in relationships so that you’re able to trust the other? What vows or agreements - such as “I will never trust women" or "I can’t trust women like I can men” - ha

In this episode, we continue our four part series on Sisterhood. This episode is now offered in video on youtube! We discuss what it looks like for women to form each other in community so that we can all live our dignity as daughters made in the image and likeness of God. We discuss milestone experiences in a woman’s life and the necessity of journeying through these seasons with other women. We pray this week you would continue to become the sister God created you to be! Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts! Sister Miriam’s one thing -  The Advent series Adore: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Mediation with Fr. John Burns from Ave Maria Press. Check out Fr. John Burn’s video introduction to the Advent Series.  Michelle’s one thing - Shannon from Chews Life and my rosary bracelet Heather’s one thing - Debbie Herbeck of Be Love Revolution - @bloverevolution on instagram  Other Books Mentioned - Essays on Woman (The Collected Works of Edith Stein) -

In this episode, we break open the scripture of the Visitation as we begin a four part series on the identity of sister - biological and spiritual. This episode is now offered in video on youtube! We discuss the model of speaking blessing into one another’s lives as we confirm and affirm each other’s truest identity. We chat about how Mary and Elizabeth needed one another’s story and resisted the temptations of comparison and competition in choosing celebration. We pray God would be the center of your relationships and sisterhoods! Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!  Sister Miriam’s one thing - ’Sisters’ from White Christmas  Michelle’s one thing - My front porch in Fall and the season of Fall! Heather’s one thing - Chicken Carnitas Recipe Other Books Mentioned -  Friendship in the Lord - Fr. Paul Hinnebusch  Discussion questions:     What stood out to you from this week’s episode? What does it mean to you to be a sister? What stirs in your heart as

In this episode, we complete our four part series on the identity of daughter. This episode is now offered in video on youtube! We discuss the full redemption God desires for his daughters emotionally, spiritually, sexually, and in a particular way as women, physically through our bodies and beauty. We chat about the practice of repentance and declaring the truth about ourselves, body and soul. We pray you would allow Christ to bring your whole self into communion with him in your identity as daughter so you may grow into a sister, a mother and a bride. Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!    Sister Miriam’s one thing -  Healing Wounds Meditation with Dr. Bob Schutchts on the Hallow App. You must subscribe to Hallow to listen!  Michelle’s one thing - The Every Sacred Sunday Mass Journal Heather’s one thing - The Metanoia Series - Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR and 4pm media   Other Books Mentioned -  The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom -

In this episode, we continue our four part series on the identity of daughter. This episode is now offered in video on youtube! We discuss wounds from our childhood - rejection, abandonment and a failure to feel safe - and the lasting effects these wounds can have in our adult relationships. We chat about loving our younger selves with compassion, so that we can receive God’s unconditional love today. We pray you would allow the Divine Healer to look on your wounds with compassion this week! Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!  Sister Miriam’s one thing - Mama Heidland’s Seafood Gumbo Recipe Michelle’s one thing - Sacred Rest by by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith Heather’s one thing - Change the Way You Think: A Conversation with Louie Giglio, Jennie Allen and Craig Groeschel  Other Books Mentioned -  Life Model: Living from the Heart Jesus Gave you - James Friesen The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom - Henri Nouwen Discussion questio

In this episode, we continue our four part series on the identity of daughter. This episode is now available on youtube: https://youtu.be/0TJKUIE1HOQ. We discuss the core needs of early childhood - to be seen, known and loved - and how this time is crucial in learning to trust and receive. We share our fears of being seen as needy or as a burden to others as well as what counterfeit needs are vs actual needs. We chat about the healing that we experience when we allow God the Father to love us in the places we didn’t receive what we needed as a child. Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!  Sister Miriam’s one thing - The life of our recently passed SOLT sister, Sister Maria of Merciful Love Michelle’s one thing - The Sisters of Life and The Litany of Trust  Heather’s one thing - Restore the Glory Podcast Healing in Marriage Series Other Books Mentioned - Life Model: Living from the Heart Jesus Gave you - James Friesen Discussion questions:     What stood

In this episode, we begin a four-part series on the identity of daughter. This episode is now offered in video on youtube! We speak about the building blocks of daughterhood: trusting the heart of God and receiving our identity from the Father. We discuss the foundational importance of believing we are beloved children even when there are parts of our humanity and frailty we do not love. We pray that you may behold the Father this week and allow him to behold you with delight! Be sure to subscribe to the Abiding Together Podcast on YouTube to watch our video podcasts!  Sister Miriam’s one thing -  Renew Face and Body Cream from Rooted for Good Michelle’s one thing - the entire team at Spirit Juice Studios Heather’s one thing - Be Formed Adult Faith Formation with Fr. Burke Masters through the Diocese of Joliet Discussion questions:     What stood out to you from this week’s episode? How have you received the identity of a daughter (or son) from the Father? What are some practical ways to stay rooted in the

In this episode, we discuss how God meets us where we are rather than where we pretend to be and invites us into a never-ending love. We chat about acknowledging the deeper desires and longings in our hearts with a holy curiosity and responding to God’s pursuit of us. We also share a sneak peek of the depths we have planned for the rest of this season! We pray you would experience the peace of floating in the deep love he has for you this week through the grace of surrender, trust, and receptivity! Sister Miriam’s one thing -   The Carmelite Sisters of Alhambra Heather’s one thing - Will and Walker from Rings of the Lord and their handmade rosaries Michelle’s one thing - The Given Forum. Applications for the 2022 Given Forum will be released on November 1, 2021. Other Books Mentioned - The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints -  Dr. Ralph Martin Broken Gods: Hope, Healing, and the Seven Longings of the Human Heart - Gregory K. Popcak Discussion quest

In this episode, we discuss God’s unchanging sovereignty and love despite the turmoil and constant changes brought on by the pandemic and other current crises. We chat about the illusion of control, our litanies to God of what we would change if we could, and the peace that comes only with surrender. We discuss the importance of allowing ourselves to experience our emotions fully in the face of recent disappointments, while always choosing to submit our feelings under the truth of God. We pray that this week you would know how much God delights in your trust as he works a new thing in your life!  Sister Miriam’s one thing -  Organic Rose Hips for tea and other fun uses  Heather’s one thing -  ID Intentional Disciples Heather’s other one thing - Seasons Change - United Pursuit Michelle’s one thing - Man Your Post: Learning to Lead Like St. Joseph - Duane and Carrie Daunt. Use the code MANYOURPOST20 at checkout for 20% off. Michelle’s other one thing  - Our Lady of Podcast - Gene Monterastelli Discussion questi

In this episode, we reconnect after our summer break to discuss the ways God has grown us this summer and our hopes for the season to come. We marvel together at how the Lord continues to heal us, remind us of His truth, and invite us to abide deeper in who He is and who He says we are. We chat about how the maturation that comes with repentance and the willingness to start over again with God. We pray that God will do a new thing in you as you join us on the journey this season! Sister Miriam’s one thing - Separate Vocations of Man and Woman - Edith Stein from Essays on Woman (The Collected Works of Edith Stein) - Edith Stein Heather’s one thing - Speak the Unspoken Podcast S02 E02: The power of story with Heather Kyhm Michelle’s one thing - Fr. Dave Pivonka, Dr. Bob Rice, and the entire orientation team at Franciscan University of Steubenville Discussion questions:     What stood out to you from this week’s episode? What areas did you learn you needed to grow over this summer? How did God stretch you, hum

In this episode we discuss the virtue of Christian Hope through a discussion on Pope Francis’s homily from the 2020 Easter Vigil, A Right to Hope. We chat about hope as more than mere optimism or wishful thinking, but rather a deep trust that God keeps his promises and He is who he says he is. We discuss the necessity of practicing hope in patience and humility as God reveals the mystery of how He is making all things new. This is our last episode of Season 9 and we pray that you may receive the gift of hope this summer. We will see you for Season 10 in the Fall! Michelle’s one thing - Summer Reading List Heather’s one thing -  Our Patreon Supporters! Sister Miriam’s one thing - All those who make the podcast happen: Lizzie, Kristina, Kathy, Emily, and Rebecca. Sister Miriam’s other one thing - Easy Chickpea Greek Salad Other Links Related to This Episode: Read Pope Francis’s 2020 Easter Homily Live Differently Mug from the Abiding Together Shop Season 2 Episode 5: Hope in Seasons of Darkness Discussion

In this episode we discuss the idea of personal revival through the power of the Holy Spirit, repentance and reawakening. We discuss the necessity of an interior death in order to experience resurrection and the fears that prevent us from living in the power of the Holy Spirit. We chat about how to identify areas in our life that are dormant or require repentance in order to experience new life and chat about the importance of community in bringing about revival. We pray the Holy Spirit would move mightily in your life this week! Michelle’s one thing - Habits for Holiness: Small Steps for Making Big Spiritual Progress - Fr. Mark Mary Ames, CFR Michelle’s other one thing - A Work of God: Images of Renewal - Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Heather’s one thing -  My daughter Maria coming home from Franciscan University Sister Miriam’s one thing - Healthy Granola Recipe Discussion questions:     What struck you from this week’s episode? Who do you know that is living in the power of the Resurrection or Holy Sp

In this episode we discuss the power of Christ to untie the knots of bitterness and unforgiveness in our life as we grow in holiness. We discuss the lies that come from our wounds and cause us to make agreements and judgements because of our hurt. We chat about the simple, but sometimes hard path towards greater freedom in Christ. We close our time together with a beautiful prayer led by Sister Miriam. We pray you would allow the Lord to untie the knots in your life this week! Michelle’s one thing - Rosemary Fig Sauce Heather’s one thing -  Loved As I Am - Sister Miriam James Heidland Sister Miriam’s one thing - Forgiveness Meditation and Talk on Forgiveness by Fr. John Burns and Sr. Miriam  Other Episodes on This Topic:  S05 E24: Forgiveness  S05 E15: Healing the Whole Person - An Interview with Dr. Bob Schuchts Discussion questions:     What struck you from this week’s episode? What does it mean for you to be tenderhearted? Are there particular situations or experiences that have caused you to close yo