The Encounters Podcast
The Encounters Podcast
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"I don't think I believe in God but I would be open to it now..."
Joining us for this episode is a new guest with a familiar name! Following in the missionary footsteps of her mother, Jemima Thompson shares her story of praying for a recently departed soul. This simple act of mercy radiates out an...
"I'm not sure how clever being clever is..."
Our beloved Michele, for all of her virtues and accomplishments, does NOT have a PhD (or any other degree or even any interest) in Mathematics. So when she meets a young man who is working on his third degree in Math, she naturally felt a bit t...
"I know who you are. You've been sent to me by God..."
There is something new happening on The Encounters Podcast today. We are joined by not one, but two new guests! Julia and Tristan (you'll soon meet them both) share their experience with Mission Made Possible and their time spent wi...
"I've never ever told anyone about that..."
Although the conversation started with a dismissive, "I don't really have anything to say," that turned out to not exactly be true. Given the chance to be really listened to, an older gentleman shares with Fr. Jon things he had never spok...
"As far as I'm concerned, they're all hypocrites..."
Not every encounter is with someone who is sweet and kind. As Fr. Jon discovered over tea one day, there are people in the world who are gruff and difficult. But he did not write off just such a man and instead kept invoking the Hol...
