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March 2017

March 30, 2017

If the Church is a Field Hospital, Lent is Our Medicine

Early in his pontificate, Pope Francis likened the Catholic Church to a field hospital. Rather...

March 28, 2017

How an Evangelical Learned to Love the Saints

I didn't know about the saints until my thirties but I came by my ignorance...

March 15, 2017

Shouldn’t Christian Unity Be More Important Than We Make It?

When Jesus prayed, in the Gospel of John, for all future Christians he prayed, "that...

March 13, 2017

You “Cultural Catholics” Are Killing Me

As I stood in what seemed like the longest line on earth---penance for something, somewhere,...

March 08, 2017

It’s Lent: Prepare to be Tempted

One of the ever-bearing gifts of the Catholic Church is incredible depth of her teaching. Spanning over two...

March 06, 2017

Creflo Dollar Made Me a Catholic

The prosperity Gospel movement is bizarre given that Jesus was unequivocal about wealth but,...

March 03, 2017

Why Abstinence from Meat on Fridays Makes Sense

In a Church that celebrates the Rosary, changes its liturgical vestments for every season, and...

March 01, 2017

I’m Giving Up Complaining for Lent (and I Already Hate It)

Every Lent, for the past several years, I've given up complaining. It's liberating. And soul-making....

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Is the Church Just an Invisible Collection of Believers?

As an Evangelical Christian I understood the "Body of Christ" or "the Church" (capital C)...

February 17, 2017

I Don’t Know How I Lived Without Coffee

Somewhere in those early days of university I made a definitive choice not to drink...

February 15, 2017

So You Might Be a Heretic…

When Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church he...

February 13, 2017

What I Wish I’d Known About Catholics (And Why I Became One Once I Did)

In the Catholic Church I've found an incredible, unimaginable home. It's miles from anything I'd...

February 08, 2017

The Evangelical Church is Broken (A Love Letter)

I once watched a debate on biblical authority between a Catholic priest and an Evangelical...

February 06, 2017

If the Bible Is Infallible Then So Is the Church

A paradigm shift occurs when the number of compelling facts and figures from a competing...

February 02, 2017

The Reformation is Over So Why Aren’t You Catholic?

There's a quotation buried near the end of a rather obscure book review by Protestant...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Dear Catholics: Unsolicited Advice from an Evangelical Convert

I am a recovering Evangelical. At the age of fifteen I had a coming-of-age epiphany,...

January 24, 2017

You’re Probably Not Pro-Life

So you handpainted your placard to picket the local abortion clinic. So you like, share,...

January 11, 2017

Why Do Catholics Go to Confession Anyway?

Sin is a dirty word. As an Evangelical Protestant we rarely spoke about it. I...

December 2016

December 16, 2016

What’s the Point of Prayer?

Some nights make me wonder what the heck we pray for.

December 15, 2016

Why I Spent My Lunch Break at Adoration

I snuck out today, on my forty-minute lunch break, to spend some time sitting in...

December 09, 2016

Going to First Confession As an Evangelical Convert

I'm utterly convinced that confession is the single greatest gift God gave to our weary world....

December 06, 2016

The Real St. Nicholas Would Slap You in the Face

While the association of Santa Claus with the birth of Christ---and the roots of the...

December 01, 2016

What the Screaming Kid at Mass Taught Me About the Eucharist

It’s just after 5 o’clock on Saturday and I hustle, as quiet as I can,...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

So You Want an Incredible Parish?

The sometimes torrential flow of Catholics leaving the Church for Evangelical traditions can be baffling...

November 11, 2016

Of All This Ugliness, I Repent

My gosh, this election. It's been long, difficult, and ugly. I was hoping that the...

November 09, 2016

So You Want to Move to Canada: A Field Guide for American Catholics

Hello, America. So, for whatever reason you've suddenly got your heart set on making the move...

November 03, 2016

The Thing I Love About Padre Pio

I've written before about the laudable Catholic practice of praying for the dead---and that the...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Five Things You Need to Know About the Protestant Reformation

The Lutheran church down the street from our house has a sign that proudly proclaims,...

October 25, 2016

Why Does the Catholic Church Have So Many Rules?

Easily one of the most frequent objections to Catholicism that I hear is that it's...

October 12, 2016

Did Jesus Rise From the Dead (and Does It Matter)?

I am the world's greatest teacher. I have a mug that says so. In fact...

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