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February 2018

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 29, 2018

Jesus Has Your Stegosaurus

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

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...

May 2017

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...

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 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 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...

February 2017

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...

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 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 11, 2016

Of All This Ugliness, I Repent

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

September 2016

September 20, 2016

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

I am sitting in a hotel room over looking the Detroit River. On the other...

September 08, 2016

Why I Love The Sunday, 7PM Mass

We are an eccentric crew here at the 7PM Sunday night Mass. It's the proverbial last...

September 06, 2016

What Mother Teresa (And Her Critics) Can Teach Us About Saints

I'm not going to lie, I've been intentionally avoiding all the negative press swirling around...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Congratulations Fr. Roderick (And Thank You!)

Dutch priest and podcaster Fr. Roderick Vonhogen is about to record his 1,000th episode of...

August 08, 2016

Please Stop Planting Churches

A friend of mine is planting a church in Montreal, Canada. He doesn't know I'm...

August 05, 2016

The Audacity of Unmerited Grace

Picture the one person on earth that you like the least. There's gotta be somebody....

July 2016

July 18, 2016

St. Michael Novena for our Police Officers

Every day my friend Lindsay and her four children pray for the safety of Jason,...

July 18, 2016

The Incredible Satisfaction of Living with the Saints

The belief of in ability of our deceased Christian brothers and sisters to pray for...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Go Home Canada, You’re Drunk.

It's all but too late. Today, much to the shame of our entire country, Parliament...