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May 2022

May 09, 2022

Don’t Lose Your Soul In The Culture War

With the internet being one of our main sources of communication, social justice has been...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

An Easter Reflection: Jesus Was A Victim

In today's political climate, victimization seems to consistently find its way to the forefront of...

April 10, 2021

GraceLife Church, Civil Disobedience & the Christian Persecution Complex

It is well past the one-year anniversary of our 2-week lockdown here in Alberta, Canada,...

February 2021

February 04, 2021

Study Reveals Using A Saint In Your Profile Picture Increases Holiness

***SATIRE*** A groundbreaking study has revealed there is a correlation between the type of profile...

January 2021

January 12, 2021

The Power Of Words And The Cult Of Personality

As a guitarist, I would explore as many influential artists as I could in order...

December 2020

December 15, 2020

Bible School Relationships, Sexuality and Purity Culture

There's an ongoing joke among the Evangelical circles I've associated with regarding Bible college...

October 2020

October 01, 2020

Yes, I Denounce White Supremacy.

It has recently come to my attention that such terms like "Western Culture" or "Western...

September 2020

September 11, 2020

Netflix’s ‘American Gospel’ Grossly Misrepresents Catholic Teaching (PART TWO)

< PREVIOUS PAGE MIKE GENDRON: "And he must now receive sacraments. He must confess his...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

The Dangers of Being Moderate

As I write this, I must say that I did not always identify as politically...

May 2020

May 19, 2020

Your Conversion Experience Does Not Determine Your Spiritual Worth

A former acquaintance on Facebook who has become outspokenly anti-Catholic had recently posted on social...

May 09, 2020

A Contemplation of Soli Deo Gloria (Glory To God Alone)

Years ago after experiencing a period of attending many funerals of lost friends and family,...

March 2020

March 25, 2020

Addressing Fearmongering And Conspiracy Over COVID-19 Outbreak

Image credit: pixabay.com "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of...

March 12, 2020

A Reflection on the Parable of the Good Samaritan

The first week of March was a pretty rough haul for me. In addition to...

February 2020

February 23, 2020

A Reflection on Ash Wednesday

"By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for...

February 18, 2020

OPINION: Uproar Over Role Of Women In Wake Of Querida Amazonia

In the wake of the newly released apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia, outrage seemed to have...

February 07, 2020

Why Would Anybody Need Jesus?

As someone who was raised Catholic and spent nearly 12 years as an adult Evangelical,...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

Religious Trauma Syndrome, De-Conversion & Reversion to Catholicism

In the non-denominational Bible college I attended in my early 20's, one of my instructors...

December 2019

December 18, 2019

Dialogue With Protestant In Response To My Article “Call No Man Father”

As a Catholic blogger, I've immersed myself into joining several social media blogging groups in...

December 17, 2019

The Priesthood & “Call No Man Father”

As an adolescent, I was terrified of one of the priests at my home parish....

November 2019

November 07, 2019

Four Types Of Catholics You Will Find In North America

In almost every culture, there are usually sub-cultures that reside in them. In my observation...

October 2019

October 12, 2019

Paganism, Catholicism and the Amazonian Synod

As someone who has spent a significant amount of time in the Evangelical community, it...

October 08, 2019

Who Is ‘SUSAN FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL?’

Unless you're familiar with Catholic internet culture, this article probably won’t make sense to you...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

Clarifying The Meaning Of ‘Catholic Reactionary’

In my previous article Addressing Angry Reactionaries In The Catholic Church, I received mixed feedback...

September 20, 2019

Addressing Angry Reactionaries In The Catholic Church

“I fear those who have such great fear of the Devil, more than I do...

September 08, 2019

Love Yourself First?

There is a story in ancient Greek mythology about a man named Narcissus. He was...

September 05, 2019

‘Tradition’ Is Not A Dirty Word

In a modern, secular society, tradition is sometimes viewed as the final heartbeat of a...

August 2019

August 31, 2019

No, Jesus Is Not Polyamorous. Just Stop.

This is a line-for-line response to a vlog post I happened to stumble across by...

August 27, 2019

The Deception of Church-Branding

In a society largely driven by consumerism, I've noticed a trend among churches that consider...

August 16, 2019

Parallels Between the ‘KJV-Only’ Movement and Radical Catholic Traditionalism

I mentioned in many previous articles how I converted from cradle-Catholicism to Protestant Evangelicalism as...

August 10, 2019

Church-Shopping Sucks

Breaking through social barriers is always a challenge, especially when attempting to join new groups....