Tommy Talk: WHY I STARTED PRAYING AGAIN

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of “Tommy Talk,” Tommy opens up about why he started praying again. In this deeply personal and raw episode, he shares his religious journey, from childhood to the present, and reflects on how he rediscovered the power of prayer.

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0:00.0	No gloss, no filter.
0:03.1	Just stories.
0:04.8	Spoken without fear.
0:06.5	Person who is not generous can not be an artist.
0:09.4	The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers.
0:14.3	Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhaw on the IHeart Radio app,
0:18.5	Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:23.2	Come for the honesty.
0:24.9	Stay for the fire.
0:30.6	Hey guys.
0:31.8	Welcome to Tommy Talk.
0:33.7	And today's topic is a little bit different of a topic for me,
0:37.8	but it's something I've been kind of toying with for a while.
0:41.3	And the theme of this conversation is I started praying again.
0:46.5	So I guess I should bring it back.
0:50.1	So I grew up as a Catholic and I grew up in a pretty religious family out in New Jersey.
0:56.4	We'll go to church every Sunday.
0:59.2	Um, taught Sunday school.
1:01.1	My, my family put me in that.
1:02.7	So my sister and I taught Sunday school.
1:04.4	I even served in the church like masses.
1:07.8	And I was in it.
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