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I'm recording this on Dec. 31, 2022 at 11pm. My last episode was recorded in July. That's a bit of a gap. So, I share my New Year's Resolution to be more disciplined in recording episodes. I also talk about what the topics may include. My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. Up until now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, appeared on a random schedule.  I look forward to talking with you more often in 2023. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

In this episode I talk about a subject that I have tried hard to avoid. However, with the reversal of Roe v. Wade I felt like I wanted to say something. I have framed the topic around Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan. Season three is all about how I began to live out my faith as a Catholic Christian, learning the various devotions and embracing teachings that were foreign to my Protestant and Evangelical past. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

For a year or so, I was part of a 5 member men's group. On our last meeting, one of the members commented that Jesus committed suicide. That was the second time I had heard that comment. So, I decided to address this in this episode. Season three is all about how I began to live out my faith as a Catholic Christian, learning the various devotions and embracing teachings that were foreign to my Protestant and Evangelical past. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

Today I talk about Lent: what it is, what we do during it, what happens durning Lent that is part of RCIA. Season three is all about how I began to live out my faith as a Catholic Christian, learning the various devotions and embracing teachings that were foreign to my Protestant and Evangelical past. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

The volume on the original recording for this episode was way too low. So, I remixed it. Much better.  What is liturgy? Coming from an Episcopalian/Baptist/Evangelical/Charismatic background, I was unfamiliar with Sacred Liturgy (commonly called "Mass"). I talk about RCIA, the Liturgy of the Word, being dismissed half way through Mass, and my process of being able to fully participate in the Liturgy with the rest of the church. Season three is all about how I began to live out my faith as a Catholic Christian, learning the various devotions and embracing teachings that were foreign to my Protestant and Evangelical past. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

In Part 2 I talk about my own musings about Time, St. Augustine of Hippo's thoughts on time, and St. Thomas Aquinas' thoughts on the Eucharistic Sacrifice. I use the Catechism of the Catholic Church to talk about time, and look at some Bible passages that talk about how the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross at Calvary can be timeless. I hope I provide food for thought. Season three is all about how I began to live out my faith as a Catholic Christian, learning the various devotions and embracing teachings that were foreign to my Protestant and Evangelical past. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

In this episode, I explore what it meant that the Eucharist is a sacrifice, how sacrifice is portrayed in the Bible (both Old and New Testaments), and what sacrifice means for worship. In part two, I will look at how the sacrifice during the Mass isn't a different sacrifice from the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Season three is all about how I began to live out my faith as a Catholic Christian, learning the various devotions and embracing teachings that were foreign to my Protestant and Evangelical past. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

In this episode I talk about seeking God's face in the Eucharist. What does it mean to say the Christ is really present in the consecrated bread and wine?  This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

My introduction to the Eucharist. The word eucharist comes from the Greek eucharistia meaning "thanksgiving". A fitting topic to publish on Thanksgiving Day. The title of this episode comes from the Bread of Life Discourse found in the Gospel of St. John chapter 6. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

Season three is all about how I began to live out my faith as a Catholic Christian, learning the various devotions and embracing teachings that were foreign to my Protestant and Evangelical past. Last episode I talked about the Blessed Virgin Mary, and how I began to have a devotion to her as part of practicing my faith. This episode continues that theme. Saturday Devotions in Honor of Our Lady  This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

In this episode I talk about the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Rosary, the Assumption of Mary, Blessed Bartolo Longo, Saint Louis de Montfort and True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I will continue this in episode 3. I will also explain how devotion to Mary leads to seeking God's face. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor.fm. It is a free podcast hosting site which helps to make this podcast possible. You can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 or you can find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and Castbox. The artwork for My Life and Welcome To It is by Dave Edwards. The music for season 3 is “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). My Life and Welcome To It is advertisement free and will remain so, but if you feel inclined to support it, you can buy me a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlawti. If you wish, you can also subscribe monthly or yearly, or make a one time donation. One percent of all revenue will go to combat climate change. Please join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It or going here: https://www.facebook.com/mlawti101. For now, it is a Public Group. I really enjoy bringing you along on this journey called “Life”. You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. For now, each episode of Season 3: Seeking God’s Face, will appear on a random schedule. So, until we meet again, be safe, be happy, be well, and God bless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

Thanks for your patience. It's taken me a bit to organize my thoughts for season 3. I will be relating my journey into Roman Catholicism, and how my 20 year preparation begins to show up. You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. The music for Season 3 is called, “After All Has Changed” by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad). This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

"There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens." Ecclesiastes 3:1  I feel it is time to get back to this podcast, and create season 3. So, I hope to get the first episode out in early July. In the last episode, which aired on March 6, 2021, I spoke about creating a livestream show. Well, I have a few episodes under my belt now. This is the premier episode of my livestream show - https://youtu.be/IIUPQAB12xg There are test videos you can watch if you like. I may be creating a separate channel for "It's About Us", so stay tuned. Thanks, as always, for listening. I'll be back soon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

Episode 27 brings season 2 to a close. After 20 years of trying various religions, and spiritual traditions, I have an encounter with God (I don't know how else to explain it). You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792. The music for “Chasing After God” is “Skywards” by Will Van De Crommenrt. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

We are winding up season two. Here I talk about how breath is a common teaching in almost all spiritual traditions. I specifically mention the Prayer of the Heart or the Jesus Prayer. I also talk about Ramana Maharshi and his teaching on non-dualism. You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 The music for “Chasing After God” is “Skywards” by Will Van De Crommenrt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

As I was moving through various and diverse spiritual traditions, teachings, and practices, I was having to integrate what I was learning into something that would work for me. Early Christianity and the Gospel of Thomas lead me into Gnosticism. I then learned that Carl Jung was also a student of Gnosticism. Aikido lead me to Taoism, and i discovered a connection to Christianity. Perhaps I was getting muddled in my thinking. There was one more piece to add to the puzzle that I will talk about soon. You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 The music for “Chasing After God” is “Skywards” by Will Van De Crommenrt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

After a brief celebration of one year as a podcast, I am ready to continue Chasing After God. In this episode I talk about aikido, and the many experience that spun off of it. For instance, I visited a Shinto Shrine locate just outside of Seattle, WA, and I was told by a shaman that I was from another planet. You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, Podcast Addict, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 The music for “Chasing After God” is “Skywards” by Will Van De Crommenrt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

I started this fun project a year ago, and the first episode aired on 2/1/2020. Join me as I share bits of that first episode, and share my thoughts along the way. You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. Here is the deal about Podcast Addict: Podcast Addict is the #1 Podcast App on Android with over 10M downloads, 500K reviews, 2 Billion episodes downloaded and an average rating of 4.7/5. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com, or you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message. If you leave a voice message, I may include it on a future episode. This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 The music for season one was Happy Life by FREDJI https://soundcloud.com/fredjimusic https://www.facebook.com/fredjimusic Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/u4PI5p5bI9k The music for “Chasing After God” is “Skywards” by Will Van De Crommenrt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

I don't remember how I heard about Rebirthing, but I think was from Elijah. In this episode I talk about my experience with rebirthing, and my experiment with physical immortality. You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 The music for “Chasing After God” is “Skywards” by Will Van De Crommenrt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message

The Gospel of Thomas began a trajectory towards entering Roman Catholicism. However, a lot transpired before I ever watched the movie "Stigmata" which I skipped over. So, in the weeks to come I will backtrack to some interesting events in chasing after God. Today, following the events of the last week, I have decided to take a short break to revisit Tea Time Tales. For this episode I will be reading "The Spider Who Went Round the World" and "The Cap". You can currently find me on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Breaker, PocketCasts, Overcast, RadioPublic, and soon on Amazon Music. This podcast is free. You can also join me on FaceBook by searching My Life and Welcome To It. I would love to hear from you . You can send me your thoughts at mlawti101@gmail.com This podcast is being hosted by Anchor, and you can find it at https://anchor.fm/christian1792 The music for “Chasing After God” is “Skywards” by Will Van De Crommenrt The music for “Tea Time Tales” is Robert Schumann’s Op 68 #1 v1 played by Emanuele Dentoni --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christian1792/message