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April 2016

April 05, 2016

How To Not Become a Catholic: A Convert’s Guide

As a Protestant convert to Catholicism whose journey culminated a year ago at Easter I have some...

March 2016

March 23, 2016

Why I’m Becoming a Catholic At Easter

After a radical conversion to Christ at the age of fifteen I lived as a genuinely...

March 15, 2016

Catholics Got It Wrong (Except for the Bible)

Dale Ahlquist is the brother-in-law of the late, great Larry Norman---arguably one of God's greatest gifts...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Is Protestantism a System Designed to Fail?

If you know anything about my journey towards the Catholic Church you'll know that it had,...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Is This Why the Priest Wears Purple?

There's a power-packed G.K. Chesterton quote about the Catholic Church being the greatest antidote to...

November 29, 2015

A Christianity Without a Past: A Protestant Deep in History

By day I'm a Kindergarten teacher. I hang out with 3 and 4-year olds and sometimes...

November 02, 2015

5 Reasons I’m a Better Christian as a Catholic

When I decided, as an Evangelical Protestant, to become a Catholic it was for a...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

I Am the Pope (And So Are You!)

Over on his critically acclaimed blog Standing on My Head, Anglican priest turned Catholic pastor Dwight...

September 16, 2015

Don’t Worry Catholics, Your Church Will Be OK

I joined the Catholic Church, as an Evangelical, at what I've come to recognize as...

August 2015

August 23, 2015

How Do Evangelicals Explain Lourdes?

There were, admittedly, a myriad of reasons why I decided to become a Catholic but...

August 20, 2015

If God is Good Why is Christianity So Confusing?

As an Evangelical Protestant, I didn't think about the disparate state of the Christian Church...

August 18, 2015

This One Quote Convinced Me to Be a Catholic

I first met Jesus at the age of fifteen. As a teenager, I "accepted Christ"...

August 10, 2015

How I Got Here: From Evangelical to Catholic

The reality of the Catholic Church was infinitely more beautiful, more incredible, and more appealing...

July 2015

July 09, 2015

So You Think You’re Smarter than the Church Fathers?

There are lots of reasons why I decided, as an otherwise happy Evangelical Protestant, to...

May 2015

May 08, 2015

Confession, the Gym, and Taking Sin Seriously

The s-word. As an Evangelical Protestant we rarely spoke about sin. I know that's not...

April 2015

April 06, 2015

Why I Became a Catholic this Easter

After a radical conversion to Christ at the age of about fifteen years old, I...

April 04, 2015

Tonight’s the Night — Thank You!

So, this is strange. To say the least. This journey which has been a long...

April 01, 2015

Lingering Doubts on the Road to Rome

When I began this blog I still felt like I was a ways from becoming...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

How to Not Become a Catholic, A Convert’s Guide

As a Protestant convert to Catholicism whose journey culminates a week from today, at the...

March 26, 2015

How First Confession Blew My Mind

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

March 19, 2015

What I Wish I’d Known About Catholics (And Why I’m Becoming One Now That I Do)

This Easter I become a Catholic. It's been a strange, unexpected journey. Something I often...

March 02, 2015

The Rock in Shifting Seas: Why the Catholic Church Appeals to a Protestant Like Me

I've always said the last thing that I want to do is to put down my...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Lent: My Final Forty Days as a Protestant

This year my Lenten experience is going to be weird. At Easter, baring supernatural intervention,...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Where Else Can I Go? Becoming a Catholic, Or Not.

Ask my wife, I'm not always altogether emotionally stable. It's no secret. Sometimes I get...

January 09, 2015

The Truth is a Trap

The truth is a trap. I've recently devoured G.K. Chesterton's The Catholic Church and Conversion....

January 07, 2015

Christmas for Catholics (as a Protestant)

I never, for even a second, want to diminish my spiritual journey as a Protestant....

January 04, 2015

New Year’s Journey

There are times when I approach this monstrous topic, and this tiny blog, when I...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

The Common Thread of Conversion

As a Protestant fully on his way to a Catholic conversion one of chief sources...

December 21, 2014

When the Priest Does the Dishes

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

December 20, 2014

A Protestant Deep in History

In my day job I'm a Kindergarten teacher. I hang out with 3 and 4-year...