Description

Choppin’ Wood is a Catholic podcast about holiness in real life — not the highlight reel.

Hosted by Kristen Dean, this show is for anyone who wants to love God faithfully in the middle of ordinary days: motherhood, marriage, work, prayer that doesn’t always feel easy, and the slow work of becoming who God is calling you to be.

Each episode is a conversation about showing up — again and again — to the quiet, unseen work of faith. Not perfection. Not pressure. Just persistence, trust, and the daily yes.

Inspired by the words of St. Zélie Martin — “I have a lot of wood to chop… but better late than never” — Choppin’ Wood is an invitation to stop striving for an idealized version of holiness and start living it right where you are.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by “doing all the things,” discouraged by missed prayers, or unsure how sanctity fits into real life, you’re in the right place.

New episodes explore faith, family, discernment, virtue, the saints, and the ordinary work God uses to shape us — one log at a time.

Because sainthood isn’t perfection.

It’s persistence.