Aug 10, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
Jesus tells us that unless we become like little children, we cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven—but what does that actually look like in everyday life? In this episode, Taylor and Scott reflect on…
Taylor KempHost
Scott HeffelfingerHostHey everybody, today on Practicing Catholic we're talking about some of our recent experiences with our kids and the lessons we've learned from it and maybe why Jesus would have said unless you become like little children you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
I could be 50 yards away from him and I'd be like on your mark and he basically is like like he just goes into the position he's like I'm ready dad like I'll run through a brick wall right now.
the goal of our life is to live a fully human life and you realize like kids really embody that like so many of the things that if you were to say like what does it mean like what is the art of being human so much of that is found in a
child anyway and so this is just like an interesting like take on watching like three very different aged boys running barrel together
Hello, everybody, and welcome to Practicing Catholic, where we discuss the often arduous but always fruitful practice of holiness in everyday life.
I think that's the first time I basically messed up the intro which is actually pretty good if you think about it
it's become like a running ongoing joke Taylor and his speech impediments I think which aren't really they're not really there oh you've done you've done great great
Today, everybody, we are talking about life lessons, spiritual lessons, things we've learned from our kids.
I was really, in thinking about this episode, I was thinking about Matthew 18, 3, where Christ says, unless you become like this little child, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
And so there's a deep value in reflecting on kids, our kids, other people's kids, and Just the art of being a child, they have a lot to teach us.
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Hey everybody, today on Practicing Catholic we're talking about some of our recent experiences with our kids and the lessons we've learned from it and maybe why Jesus would have said unless you become like little children you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
I could be 50 yards away from him and I'd be like on your mark and he basically is like like he just goes into the position he's like I'm ready dad like I'll run through a brick wall right now.
the goal of our life is to live a fully human life and you realize like kids really embody that like so many of the things that if you were to say like what does it mean like what is the art of being human so much of that is found in a
child anyway and so this is just like an interesting like take on watching like three very different aged boys running barrel together
Hello, everybody, and welcome to Practicing Catholic, where we discuss the often arduous but always fruitful practice of holiness in everyday life.
I think that's the first time I basically messed up the intro which is actually pretty good if you think about it
it's become like a running ongoing joke Taylor and his speech impediments I think which aren't really they're not really there oh you've done you've done great great
Today, everybody, we are talking about life lessons, spiritual lessons, things we've learned from our kids.
I was really, in thinking about this episode, I was thinking about Matthew 18, 3, where Christ says, unless you become like this little child, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
And so there's a deep value in reflecting on kids, our kids, other people's kids, and Just the art of being a child, they have a lot to teach us.
