I grew up in an irreligious family. It’s not that my parents didn’t have religious beliefs; they did. They both grew up in nominally Catholic families but rejected their Catholic faith in their early teens. My dad eventually came to believe that religious people were mostly superstitious idiots, and my mom — on the other […]
Everyone has reflexes and automatic responses and even triggers in response to physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual inputs. In this drive-time monologue, I share what I am calling the “Protestant Reflex.” That is, the automatic response that most Protestants have when discussing theological ideas with Catholics. As someone who spent 33 years in Protestantism and […]
It happens every day in conversations, social media exchanges, and even in media publications; an ex-Catholic, believing (and insisting) that by virtue of their personal experience with Catholicism, presents himself or herself as an expert in discussions about Catholicism. In this drive-time monologue, I propose a different way of understanding what may be happening with […]
One of the Catholic ministries that has meant the most to me and my family on our journey into the fulness of the Christian Faith is the Coming Home Network launched by Marcus Grodi in the late 1990s. The Mission of CHN is “to help non-Catholic Christians, clergy, and laity, discover the truth and beauty […]
Assurance of Salvation is practically stock-in-trade with most evangelical Christians. “How can I know I’m really saved?” or “how can I be sure I’ll go to heaven when I die?” are questions many new Christians ask. A favorite verse for those who want to encourage people that they can know for sure that they have […]
I recently had an opportunity to join a new friend and fellow Catholic convert, K. Albert Little on his podcast called The Cordial Catholic. Our discussion centered on how the Holy Spirit called me (and my family) to do something we never thought we would ever do; enter into full communion with the Catholic Church! […]