Are Catholics Less Devout than Protestants?
I’m gonna say a swear. I have to warn you. That’s the cordial thing to do. It isn’t going to be a big swear, in fact, if you’re Dutch it isn’t even a swear at all. Still, I want you to be able to brace...
View ArticleA New Way of Thinking
Somewhere along the way I picked up this quote by Henri Nouwen and, lately, it’s been deeply resonant, You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking....
View ArticleThe Physical, Tangible Catholic Church
When I originally set out on this journey from Protestantism to Catholicism I didn’t know exactly what to expect. At a certain point, however, I became Catholic. At a certain point in the journey I...
View ArticleCatholic Conversion and the Honeymoon Period
Before getting married, my wife and I had a number of marriage preparation sessions with our pastor. We talked about what to expect in marriage. How our family backgrounds, our upbringings, might...
View Article5 Reasons I’m a Better Christian as a Catholic
When I decided, as an Evangelical Protestant, to become a Catholic it was for a myriad of reasons. The appeal of the ancient tradition, the beauty of the Liturgy, and the succinct, coherent theology...
View ArticleWhy I Love The Sunday, 7PM Mass
We are an eccentric crew here at the 7PM Sunday night Mass. It’s the proverbial last call in town for those hell-bent on fulfilling their Sunday Obligation and freshly home from a weekend of camping,...
View ArticleI 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 world of prayer--specifically, the Liturgy of the Hours.
View ArticleLet’s Pray the Litany of Humility Together
I don’t really believe in coincidence so when I recently came across the same obscure prayer, twice, in a matter of days I knew it had to have been for a reason. So I stopped in my tracks. The prayer...
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