Podcast 6: Keeping Our Prayer Habits Beyond Lent with guest Katie Patrizio

Posted on March 26, 2018March 27, 2018 by The Well

Katie Patrizio joins Lisa once again. Topics addressed in this episode: How to keep the prayer habits developed this Lent into the Easter season and beyond. Spiritual direction — what is it and do we need it? Strategies for navigating through times of spiritual desolation. Listen Tune in to The Water Jar by clicking the play arrow Read more about Podcast 6: Keeping Our Prayer Habits Beyond Lent with guest Katie Patrizio[…]

Podcast 5: Habits and Happiness with guest Rachel Brown

Posted on March 12, 2018March 11, 2018 by The Well

Our special guest on Podcast 5 is Rachel Brown. Rachel and Lisa discuss how cultivating consistent prayer habits through the 1% Challenge™ can grow a garden of virtues and lead to true happiness. Listen Tune in to The Water Jar by clicking the play arrow below. You can also subscribe to our iTunes channel and listen via Read more about Podcast 5: Habits and Happiness with guest Rachel Brown[…]

Podcast 4: On Cultivating Silence with guest Kara Storey

Posted on March 5, 2018March 4, 2018 by The Well

Our special guest on Podcast 4 is Kara Storey. In his book The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Robert Cardinal Sarah, he states that silence is the chief means that enables a spirit of prayer. “Developing a taste for prayer,” he confides, “is probably the first and foremost battle of our age.” In this digital age, if our interior Read more about Podcast 4: On Cultivating Silence with guest Kara Storey[…]

Podcast 3: Hearing God’s Voice, Prayer Postures and “Counting” Mass

Posted on February 26, 2018February 25, 2018 by The Well

In Episode 3 of The Water Jar, Katie Patrizio joins Lisa Schmidt at The Well once again and they dip into the mailbag and answer questions from 1% Challenge™ participants. Tune in and hear the conversation around these questions: How do you know when God is speaking to you in prayer? What are some helpful Read more about Podcast 3: Hearing God’s Voice, Prayer Postures and “Counting” Mass[…]

Podcast 2: Week 2 of the 1% Challenge™ – Distractions!

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 by The Well

In this episode of The Water Jar, Katie Patrizio joins us again as we chat about DISTRACTIONS. Do you find it hard to focus in prayer? Do you find the stuff of life, from the mundane to the monumental, keeps taking your focus away from Jesus? We discuss how to deal with different types of Read more about Podcast 2: Week 2 of the 1% Challenge™ – Distractions![…]

Podcast 1: Preparing for Lent and an Introduction to The 1% Challenge

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by The Well

In this episode of The Water Jar, Katie Patrizio joins us as we discuss preparing for Lent, specifically the Scriptural call to pray, fast, and give alms. We dig a bit deeper with prayer and introduce the 1% Challenge™ — a movement encouraging us to spend 1% of our day, or 15 minutes, in God’s presence. Read more about Podcast 1: Preparing for Lent and an Introduction to The 1% Challenge[…]

Take the 1% Challenge with The Well this Lent

Posted on February 8, 2018February 15, 2018 by The Well

Oh the things we can accomplish in fifteen minutes. Take a walk around the block. Boil water and cook noodles. Hit the snooze button and go back to sleep. Twice. Have a great phone conversation with a friend. Browse Twitter and Facebook feeds. Play CandyLand with an eager kid. Read a chapter of good fiction Read more about Take the 1% Challenge with The Well this Lent[…]

Take the Pledge and Join The Well’s 1% Challenge

The Well is teaming up with The Evangelical Catholic, Inc. this Lent to share the 1% Challenge™. Join us over the next six weeks as we launch this daily prayer movement and create schools of prayer within our larger community. 1% of your day is 14 minutes and 24 seconds. (For the sake of the Kingdom, Read more about Take the Pledge and Join The Well’s 1% Challenge[…]