Childlike Faith // TGP Episode 44
The Gathering Place, a Podcast from Blessed is She
Blessed is She
4.9 • 833 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Beth and Jenna sit down with two crucial members of the Blessed is She team: Managing Editor Nell O’Leary and Theological Editor Susanna Spencer. We chat all about what it was like to grow up in the faith and ways we can pour into younger Catholics going forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Gathering Place with Blessed Is She. |
| 0:06.2 | I'm Jenna Gizhar. |
| 0:07.5 | And I'm Beth Davis. |
| 0:09.1 | Pull up a chair and grab a drink. |
| 0:10.9 | Or you could just keep doing what you're doing. |
| 0:13.9 | Pull up a chair in your heart. |
| 0:15.7 | Come chat with us about Jesus, prayer, community, and life. |
| 0:19.4 | So let's get started. |
| 0:24.8 | Hi, Beth. Hey, Jenna. How are you? |
| 0:31.4 | So good. Am I too close to you today? Never too close. Who do we have here with us? Hi, Nell. Hi, Susanna. |
| 0:40.9 | Hi. Hi, ladies. We're so glad you're with us. Would you mind introducing yourselves maybe now, you first? |
| 0:48.4 | Well, my name is Nello Leary, and I live in St. Paul where it's still not spring yet. My kids are in their winter coats. |
| 0:55.5 | I am the managing editor for Busted as She. I'm also a wifey and a mom of four little kids. |
| 1:00.3 | And I like to call myself a recovering lawyer because I'm a lawyer who doesn't practice. |
| 1:07.0 | And you are no novice to this podcast you've been on before. So we're happy to have you again. |
| 1:15.2 | Thanks now. Susanna? I'm Susanna Spencer and I live in West St. Paul, which is across the river from St. Paul. And it isn't spring on the west side of the river either, the Mississippi, |
| 1:20.3 | that is. And I also have four kids and I homeschool them. So my day is kind of crazy homeschooling my kids in the morning |
| 1:28.9 | and then writing in the afternoons. That's kind of my life. What are you writing right now, Susanna? |
| 1:35.4 | Some things for Blessed as she, but then also just articles for the National Catholic Register |
| 1:41.3 | and then devotions. And I'm going to try to send other articles |
| 1:45.9 | out there to other places soon. That's awesome. Cool. I love that. Hey, it's kind of crazy. |
| 1:51.9 | I just realized all three of you. Oh, tell us. Have four kids. That is crazy. I have no children |
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