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April 2023

April 05, 2023

199: Seeking After the Kingdom of God (w/ Matt Pana)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my friend – the guy...

December 2022

December 28, 2022

185: Remaining Catholic in College and Digging Deeper (w/ Patrick Callahan)

In this episode, I'm joined by Patrick Callahan, Director of the Newman Institute for Catholic...

March 2021

March 10, 2021

100: Why We Love Being Catholic (w/ Many Special Guests)

In this 100th episode of the podcast, we've opened up the lines for past guests,...

September 2019

September 11, 2019

024: Do Catholics have a Personal Relationship with Christ? (w/ Pat Flynn)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk with Pat Flynn to talk...

May 2019

May 09, 2019

Five Tips to Meaningful Engagement with Non-Believers

I was recently blessed to have a conversation with Dr. Randal Rauser on my podcast....

May 08, 2019

006: How to Dialogue With Non-Believers (w/ Dr. Randal Rauser)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk with Dr. Randal Rauser, evangelical theologian and...

March 2019

March 25, 2019

What A Child’s Perspective Can Teach Us About Faith

Our three-year old son watched me in wide-eyed terror as I stood in front of...

March 21, 2019

The Most Incredible Miracle Ever (is a Surprising One!)

I was going through a rough patch in my life and I said a very...

March 19, 2019

The Transfiguration and Our Mountaintop Faith

The Transfiguration of Christ is easily one of my favourite scenes in the gospels. I...

March 05, 2019

St. Francis de Sales’ Advice for Lent: Prepare to be Tempted

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

December 2018

December 05, 2018

Why Aren’t More Evangelicals Becoming Catholic?

I was an Evangelical Protestant, and I loved it. Then I became a Catholic. As...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

What’s the Biggest Difference Between Catholics and Evangelicals?

I've heard it described, by more than one convert, that becoming a Catholic after...

May 2018

May 25, 2018

My Big, Ugly Evangelization

As a younger Evangelical I once went door to door conducting a so-called research survey....

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 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 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...

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...

September 2017

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 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...

March 2017

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,...

February 2017

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...

November 2016

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...

September 2016

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...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

What If Catholics Are Right?

What if the claims of the Catholic Church are true? What if Catholics are right?...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Does Doctrine Really Matter Anymore?

Truth seems like such an amorphous thing these days. In the United States, the wife...

September 2015

September 07, 2015

Why Is Catholicism So Unattractive to Evangelicals?

As a younger Evangelical I painted a clear distinction between Catholics and Christians. The two were not synonymous...