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November 2023

November 29, 2023

228: The Catholic Tools for Spiritual Warfare (w/ Father Ken Geraci)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Catholic convert, author, speaker, and,...

September 2022

September 28, 2022

173: A Former Protestant Pastor Unpacks the Rosary (w/ Keith Nester)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my good friend Keith Nester,...

April 2022

April 20, 2022

156: Marriage, Family, Discipleship, and the Diaconate (w/ Jason Bulman)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Jason Bulman, a father, candidate...

February 2022

February 09, 2022

146: Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints? (w/ Kenny Burchard)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Kenny Burchard, Director of Development...

July 2021

July 07, 2021

117: The Convert’s Guide to St. Joseph (w/ Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Catholic convert and Benedictine monk...

April 2020

April 23, 2020

056: How to Pray for Those Who Have Left the Church (w/ John LaBriola)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I'm joined by evangelist, speaker, and author...

January 2020

January 01, 2020

040: A Convert’s Guide to Mary (w/ Keith Nester and Derya Little)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Keith Nester, a former...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

Three Things to Tell Your Evangelical Friends About Catholicism

I was a very happy, mostly holy, evangelical Christian when I began to dig into...

June 2019

June 04, 2019

What Praying to the Saints is Not

As a non-denominational evangelical exploring the Catholic faith praying to the saints was one of...

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...

April 2018

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...

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...

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...

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...

December 2016

December 16, 2016

What’s the Point of Prayer?

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

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...

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 07, 2016

Everything I Never Knew About the Rosary

I never thought I'd be the sort of person---the sort of Christian---that prays the Rosary....

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 05, 2016

The Audacity of Unmerited Grace

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

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 18, 2016

St. Michael Novena for our Police Officers

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

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Why I Pray to Dead People (And You Should Too!)

It was a Sunday morning after our ten o'clock service. I was in my final...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

Why Catholics Sit, Stand, and Kneel During Mass

My wonderfully witty sister once remarked that I became a Catholic because I love to sit,...

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...

February 2016

February 08, 2016

The Incorruptibles Are Scary as Hell

There are some things, as a Catholic, that I'd prefer were kept secret from my...

January 2016

January 17, 2016

What Evangelicals Don’t Know About the Rosary

For all good Evangelicals, myself included, Mary is the ultimate stumbling block on a journey...