Intentional Almsgiving: Showing Up with Love

Intentional Lent to Resurrection Life

After forty days of intentional prayer, surrender, almsgiving, joy, and trust, we arrive at Easter. This is not simply the end of Lent. This is resurrection. In this special Easter Sunday episode of the Butterfly Girl Podcast, Kimberly is joined by Deacon Ted LeMier of the Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota to reflect on what the Resurrection means for us today. Not just historically. Not just theologically. But personally. To the ones still standing outside their own tomb? Together, we explore: * What resurrection looks like in everyday discipleship * How transformation often feels like stillness before it feels like flight * Living new life beyond Sunday Mass * Serving from a place of hope * Encouragement for those still in their cocoon season Drawing from Romans 6:4, this episode reminds us that Easter is not only about Christ rising from the dead. It is about us rising too. Rising from fear. Rising from shame. Rising from exhaustion. Rising into purpose. 🎧 Listen to The Butterfly Girl Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, and wherever you stream podcasts. 🌐 Learn more about Kimberly Souba: Website: ⁠www.ksouba.com⁠ [http://www.ksouba.com] Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks] Instagram: @adventuresinfaithandwonder

From Palms to the Cross

Palm Sunday moves us quickly from “Hosanna” to the Passion. It confronts us with a difficult truth: praising Jesus is beautiful — but following Him to the Cross requires courage. In this Holy Week episode of The Butterfly Girl Podcast, Kimberly welcomes Garrett Boyer, Doctor of Clinical Psychology, founder of Benedictus Psychological Services, and Major in the United States Army serving as a behavioral science officer. Nearly two decades ago, Kimberly and Garrett were both discerning religious vocations. Today, Garrett serves Christ through marriage, fatherhood, psychology, and military leadership. His journey offers powerful insight into identity, surrender, and trusting God when life unfolds differently than planned. This episode explores: * The emotional tension of Palm Sunday * Identity shifts and unexpected vocational paths * The intersection of Catholic faith and psychology * Practical, simple spiritual habits for Holy Week For listeners who feel weary, uncertain, or spiritually dry, this conversation offers grounded hope and practical encouragement. As you enter Holy Week, consider this invitation: Do not rush past the Cross. Stay with Jesus. Listen to The Butterfly Girl Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, and wherever you stream podcasts. Subscribe, follow, and share this episode with someone walking through a hidden cross. Learn more about Kimberly Souba: Website: ⁠⁠www.ksouba.com⁠⁠ [http://www.ksouba.com] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks] Instagram: @adventuresinfaithandwonder

Intentional Surrendering: Letting Go and Trusting God

What does surrender look like when it’s lived, not just talked about? In this episode, Kimberly sits down with longtime friend Lori Owens to reflect on intentional surrender in the middle of cancer treatment and uncertainty. Rather than withdrawing, Lori has chosen faith, transparency, and community — creating a Facebook prayer space that now connects people across the country in support and hope. Together, they explore: * Staying connected to God during long seasons of illness * Wrestling honestly with fear and uncertainty * How suffering can either harden us or soften u * Choosing trust in small, daily ways * Building faith-centered community in unexpected places Lent invites us to surrender — not by giving up, but by placing what we cannot control into God’s hands. If you are carrying something heavy, this conversation will gently remind you: surrender is not weakness. It is daily trust. Sometimes it is just one small “yes” at a time. This Week's Reflection: What is God inviting me to place in His hands today — not tomorrow, not someday — but today? Listen to The Butterfly Girl Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, and wherever you stream podcasts. Learn more about Kimberly Souba: Website: ⁠www.ksouba.com⁠ [http://www.ksouba.com] Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks] Instagram: @adventuresinfaithandwonder

Intentional Joy: Rooted in Trust, Not Circumstance

Midway through Lent, when the desert feels long and Easter still seems distant, the Church gives us one surprising command: Rejoice. In this deeply reflective conversation, Kimberly Souba sits down with nationally known Catholic speaker, musician, and comedian, Doug Brummel, who uses storytelling to bring joy and catechesis to all. Together, they will explore what intentional joy truly means — not as personality, performance, or positivity, but as a theological choice rooted in worship. Through Doug’s early ministry, Lighten Up, and now through The Doug and Dave Show, he has helped countless teens and adultsencounter a faith that sings, thinks, and breathes. But this episode moves beyond the stage into the personal: vocation, suffering, fatherhood, prayer, and the Eucharistic heart of joy. Together, Kimberly and Doug reflect on how joy is not postponed until relief comes. It is chosen — even in the desert. If you feel dry this Lent — not angry, not rebellious — just tired, this episode is for you. Together, they explore: * Joy as vocation and response to a personal encounter with Christ * The relationship between theology and joy * What happens when theology loses joy — and when joy loses truth * Worship and weakness after Doug’s West Nile virus diagnosis * Choosing joy in suffering and spiritual limitation * Marriage and fatherhood as formation in faithful joy * The domestic church and everyday endurance * Whether intentional joy is Eucharistic — thanksgiving before circumstances change * How to begin again when prayer feels dry * Practicing joy when it feels fragile This Week’s Reflection: * Where is God inviting you to choose joy intentionally right now * Is your joy rooted in circumstances — or in Christ? * What small act of thanksgiving can you practice this week before anything changes? Invitation: Intentional joy may not begin with emotion. It may begin with practice: * Sing if you can. * Pray even when it feels thin. * Give thanks before circumstances change. * Trust God more than the chapter you are currently living. Listen to The Butterfly Girl Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, and wherever you stream podcasts. Learn more about Kimberly Souba: Website: ⁠⁠www.ksouba.com⁠⁠ [http://www.ksouba.com] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks] Instagram: @adventuresinfaithandwonder

Intentional Almsgiving: Showing Up with Love

What does almsgiving really mean? For many of us, it starts and ends with money. But in this Lenten episode of The Butterfly Girl Podcast, Kimberly Souba invites listeners to expand that definition — to see almsgiving as the generous offering of our time, presence, hospitality, listening, and love. Kimberly is joined by her longtime friend of over 30 years, Brett Cummings — better known to many as “Yogi.” Their friendship began in high school and has continued through life’s many seasons: marriage, adoption, health challenges, ministry work, and everyday faithfulness. In this heartfelt conversation, Brett shares: * The story behind his nickname “Yogi” * How meeting his wife shaped his understanding of service and generosity * Their involvement in Steubenville Youth Conferences and serving behind the scenes * What “showing up with love” looks like in ordinary life * How adoption and fatherhood deepened his understanding of sacrifice * The importance of hospitality and keeping an open home * How to avoid burnout while living generously * Practical ways to live out almsgiving beyond financial giving This episode is a reminder that generosity doesn’t have to be loud to be life-changing. Most of the time, it looks like small, faithful acts: a phone call, a meal, a listening ear, a prayer. As you continue your Lenten journey, ask yourself: Who is God inviting me to show up for this week — and what would love look like in that moment? 🎧 Listen to The Butterfly Girl Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, and wherever you stream podcasts. 🌐 Learn more about Kimberly Souba: Website: ⁠www.ksouba.com⁠ [http://www.ksouba.com] Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndWonderBooks] Instagram: @adventuresinfaithandwonder