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April 2018

April 23, 2018

Pray and Listen: What Philosophers Are Saying About Evangelization

Lately I've been taking my cues for evangelization from philosophers. Maybe I need to get...

April 18, 2018

Let’s Pray the Litany of Humility Together

I don't really believe in coincidence so when I recently came across the same obscure...

April 17, 2018

Oh My Gosh, I Was On The Journey Home!

Earlier in March I had the opportunity to fly down to The Coming Home Network...

April 16, 2018

Why Does the Priest Do The Dishes?

At the end of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, the Priest does...

April 09, 2018

I Love Being Catholic (But I Don’t Always Like It)

When my wife and I began marriage preparation classes almost 10 years ago one of...

April 07, 2018

The Incredible Biblical Basis for Relics

As someone with a more than passing interest in the world of the paranormal and...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

The Liturgy Is Not Me: Why We All Should Worship Like Catholics

As an eager Evangelical, I once wrote an article about tradition in the context of a...

March 18, 2018

Was Peter the First Pope?

Before we even begin to discuss Peter as Pope we need to get one thing...

March 14, 2018

Did the Catholic Church Just “Deliver” the Bible?

I was once asked the question by a friend of mine, "Which is more important:...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

You Should Receive Communion Kneeling, On the Tongue

If you're at all a Vatican watcher like me then you'll have heard something of...

February 02, 2018

What We Are in the Darkness

I hate to admit this, but it's probably true: We are who we are in...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

What Is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions?

As a Christian of no real denominational or theological affiliation, I always struggled with Paul's...

January 29, 2018

Jesus Has Your Stegosaurus

I like to people watch, it's always fascinating. This past Sunday I sat in the narthex...

December 2017

December 17, 2017

How Many Times Do We Have to Go to Church this Christmas?

Because of the wackiness that is this year's liturgical calendar many Catholics in North America...

December 16, 2017

Why Do Catholics Kiss the Pope’s Ring?

The Catholic Church, sprawled across every corner of the globe, is full of some truly...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

How to Explain Purgatory to Everyone

One of the most responding, human impulses that St. Paul describes in his letters to...

October 02, 2017

Let Me Explain Why I Love All This Catholic In-Fighting, OK?

As an Evangelical convert to Catholicism, I love all this in-fighting. Let me explain.

September 2017

September 27, 2017

The Catholic Church Makes Sense, Because I Don’t Know Best

One of the incredible gifts of becoming a Catholic is knowing that my theology, what...

September 18, 2017

I Have the Laziest Prayer Life Ever (and It’s Awesome!)

One of the enormous graces of becoming Catholic has been exposure to a whole new...

September 11, 2017

The Reformation Was Stupid

How we understand our own history shapes almost everything about how we live out our...

September 05, 2017

We Don’t Need No Nashville Statement

If your Facebook news feed is anything like mine then its been busting at the seams...

July 2017

July 12, 2017

The Incredible Impact of the Smallest Acts of Kindness

If you've ever been to Costco with a toddler you probably know the routine. When...

July 06, 2017

How I’m Learning to Stop Being Angry

I was recently on a breakfast date with our two-year old son when I spilled coffee...

July 03, 2017

A Lesson on the Universal Church

The Catholic Church looks like the church described in the Bible. The church that Jesus...

May 2017

May 15, 2017

A Famous Convert’s Challenge to Non-Catholic Christians

Following a tradition which has existed since the beginning of the Church, Catholics agree that...

May 08, 2017

Dear New Catholic Converts: Don’t Give Up Just Yet!

The decision to become a Catholic, as an Evangelical Christian, is an earth-shattering decision to...

May 02, 2017

Jesus Knows Exactly What You Need

The biblical accounts of Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene and to the Apostle Thomas is endlessly...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

I Am But Dust and Ashes

I tore a hole in my brand new coat. My brand new coat. We are by...

April 13, 2017

How I Learned to Discern to God’s Will (And Also How Not To)

The whole thing---the will of God thing---is tricky. As a teenager, in Evangelical circles,...

April 07, 2017

Thoughts from a Convert in the Confessional Line

I'm not going to write an apologetic for why confession makes sense. I've written...

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