Loved As You Are - An Ignatian Podcast

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Daniel Dion. Daniel has fifteen years’ experience teaching and administration in Catholic high schools and universities. He has taught all levels of high school and undergraduate theology and religious studies. He has done research in post-modern philosophy and theological anthropology. He currently teaches theology at a Catholic high school in Nashville, where he also coordinates the community service program. Outside of teaching, he obsesses over Star Wars and Marvel movies with his friends, and has been known to guest on a few podcasts related to those topics every now and then. This time, however, he discusses spirituality and theology with me!

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Stephen Szolosi. Stephen lives with his wife Amy and their dog Grover in Oakland, California following a move from the east coast last August. After twelve years supporting campus ministry at Gonzaga College High School, he began this past Fall as the Director of Spiritual Formation at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. His own formation began in Ohio as one of eight children in a Catholic home that sat catty-corner to the parish church. He has graduate degrees in theology from St. John's University in Collegeville and in comparative literature from Stony Brook University. 

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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While not posting or submitting anything anywhere, he's happy to share an Instagram account he created and maintained briefly:  @theological_vocabulary and it is paired with a blog he's inclined to take down, called paschalpassages.com.

If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com.

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Beth Knobbe. Beth Knobbe lives an intentional single life and is passionate about sharing her faith with others. While enjoying a successful career in business, Beth discerned the call to ministry and earned a Master of Divinity degree from Catholic Theological Union. She now serves with Catholic Relief Services, engaging local leaders to take action in support of vulnerable communities around the world. 

Prior to her role at CRS, she served as a campus minister at the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University.  Beth is the author of two books: Party of One: Living Single with Faith, Purpose, and Passion and Finding My Voice: A Young Woman’s Perspective.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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You can find Beth at bethknobbe.com.

If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com.

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Pete Larson. Pete Larson is the Founder and Executive Director of Family Fest Ministries. Since 1997, Family Fest has worked to strengthen families and marriages through a variety of retreats and programs such as the Winter Weekend and Summer Splash family camps and the Marriage Booster Retreat. Pete has spent over forty years working with families and youth in a variety of settings. He lives in Minnesota with his wife, they have two grown sons.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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You can find Pete at familyfestministries.org

If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com.

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Kathy Powell. Kathy Powell, passionate nonprofit and faith-based communications professional, lives in Roswell, Georgia with her husband Kent and three children. Serving as the Creative Director for Becky Eldredge, and currently co-founding Ignatian Ministries, Kathy fills her time sharing the gifts of Ignatian Spirituality, cooking without recipes, and walking with families who have lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. 

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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You can find Kathy Powell @kathyp987 on Instagram and working alongside Becky Eldredge on BeckyEldredge.com and (in the near future) IgnatianMinistries.com!

If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com.

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Christianne Squires. Christianne leads an online community for contemplative women called the Light House, which provides a space for contemplative women to find a supportive community as they continue to deepen into who they are. Formerly, Christianne founded and ran a company called Bookwifery, which merged her vocation as a spiritual director with her twenty years of experience in book publishing and editorial. She served as an SDI New Contemplative in 2013 and holds an MA in spiritual formation and leadership and an MS in entertainment business.

As a trained spiritual director and spiritual formation practitioner, one of Christianne's chief delights is helping people discern their invitations and put that discernment into action. She writes, teaches, and leads at the intersection of naming our light, noticing our invitations, practicing discernment, and living the contemplative way.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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You can find Christianne Squires @christiannesquires on Instagram, on Facebook at @christiannesquireswriter, and on the Light House website at www.acontemplativelight.com.

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Rev. Jenny Smith. In a time when it’s harder than ever to look reality in the eye, Rev. Jenny Smith offers people the courage to show up authentically to all of life’s complexities. A writing pastor, Jenny recently published "Still Here: A Poetry Memoir of Grief & Love" after the unexpected passing of her youngest brother. She writes The Thread, a weekly newsletter on untangling the stories that make us who we are so we can show up to our lives with spacious presence, brave honesty, radical love & wild curiosity. 

Jenny is a United Methodist pastor, having served churches in Alaska and Washington. She is heading to Oregon this summer to serve a collaboration of churches. 

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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You can find Jenny @jennysmithwrites on social, at jennysmithwrites.com, and searching Jenny Smith on Substack.

If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com.

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Zach Zeckser. Zach is the Chief Administrator at LaSalle Catholic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he lives with his wife and four children.  Zach graduated with an undergraduate degree in theology from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.  He taught 12 years of high school theology in the Twin Cities while earning a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from St. Mary's University of Minnesota and a Masters in Educational Administration from the University of Notre Dame.  Listen to Zach share his thoughts on what being Loved As You Are means as a parent, as a teacher, and as an administrator.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com.

Follow along and contribute to the conversation @lovedasyouarepod on Instagram.

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Colleen Santoni. Colleen is a passionate educator with 25+ years of teaching and administration experience. who is committed to providing quality education to students and to supporting educators by creating a strong and nurturing environment for learning and social emotional growth. Listen to Colleen share not only what being "loved as you are" means to her but also how she tries to impart that idea on her sons and the people she serves through her job with Northshore Learning, an educational consultant company. I think you are going to like this one!

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If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com

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Find more from Gretchen Crowder @gdcrower as well as at gretchencrowder.com.

In this episode, Gretchen shares what she's learned about God's love through her biggest cannonball - her diagnosis with Addison's Disease - as well the recent loss of a good friend. Listen as she reflects on how, inspired by Ignatian Spirituality and some wonderful people, she strives to make love the loudest voice she hears.

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If this episode hits home and you feel you have your own story to share, email Gretchen at lovedasyouarepod@gmail.com

Follow along and contribute to the conversation @lovedasyouarepod on Instagram.

Find more from Gretchen Crowder @gdcrower as well as at gretchencrowder.com.

As we look to new episodes coming soon in May 2023, take a moment to listen to the why behind starting this podcast and giving it its title. These short 10 minutes might even help you understand the why behind the podcast cover art as well.

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Loved As You Are - An Ignatian Podcast drops in late May 2023. Check out what's coming soon in this short introduction from host Gretchen Crowder.

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