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March 2022

March 16, 2022

151: The Mind-Blowing Sacramental Worldview (w/ Fr. Harrison Ayre)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Father Harrison Ayre to talk...

August 2021

August 11, 2021

122: How and Why the Sacraments Make Sense (w/ Dr. Lawrence Feingold)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined once again by one of the...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

085: A Crash Course on the Sacraments (w/ Eric Robinson)

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

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Christianity Today Editor Becomes Catholic

When I was first looking into the prospect of becoming a Catholic I thought I...

February 2020

February 08, 2020

The Incredible Power of “In Persona Christi”

It was a Sunday morning in Ordinary Time. I learned, a little while ago, that...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

044: The Catholic Case for Infant Baptism (w/ Dr. Doug Beaumont)

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

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...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

Evangelicals, the Ancient Church, and the Liturgy as a Love Song

As an Evangelical convert to Catholicism I've been deeply interesting in the growing movement within...

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...

January 2017

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 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....

March 2016

March 14, 2016

On Lent and Letting Go of Grudges

I've held a grudge for a long time, I'm not proud to say. I'm not...

January 2016

January 07, 2016

Godparents Wanted: Apply Within

I do not like to speak on my wife's behalf. Her story is her own...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Why I Left My Parish: A Cautionary Tale

When I decided to get serious about becoming a Catholic I phoned up the Catholic...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

Keep Calm And Carry On: How We Respond to Same-Sex Marriage

In Canada, we've had legalized same-sex marriage for sometime now. It's become taken for granted,...

June 22, 2015

Trusting God (When It Really Counts)

I've written before, actually twice, about the incredible experience of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. As...

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 27, 2015

Catholic Conversion and the Honeymoon Period

Before getting married, my wife and I had a number of marriage preparation sessions with...

April 16, 2015

Barriers to Belief: What’s Keeping Christians from the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church needs to explain itself better to non-Catholic Christians. It also needs to...

April 10, 2015

Why I Changed My Mind About Communion

As a Catholic, I believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharistic elements. That is...

March 2015

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 17, 2015

How God Gives Us Grace Through Man

We need to make an honest examination of our beliefs. We need to, prayerfully, come...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

How God Works: Making Sense of the Sacramental Life

The Catholic life is a sacramental life. The means, at its core, that Catholicism teaches that God's...