On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: How Do I Come Back?
Category: Landings
Being Christ in Our Lives: Ann Farrell Pulliam
Ann Farrell Pulliam teaches me a lot. Always has, in the nine years we’ve known each other. She’s a devoted wife, mother, and daughter, and is studying to become a hospice chaplain. One of the greatest lessons I learned from her came when she was battling colon cancer (she’s cancer-free now, praise God) and graciously… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Ann Farrell Pulliam
Being Christ in Our Lives: Anna LaNave
Anna LaNave was wearing a green-and-white-striped shirt and a radiant smile when I met her in 2005. She was in charge of a ministry called Landings at the parish I’d tiptoed into as someone away from the Church for decades. Anna and Landings gave me a safe place to ask questions about God… and to come back… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Anna LaNave
Of Conversion
“Paul wasn’t a convert,” the Smithsonian lecturer said, going on to explain how Paul wouldn’t have called himself a Christian and how his aim was to bring Gentiles into the fold, not to be among the organizers of a new faith. I got his point. There’s no evidence Paul ever renounced Judaism, anymore than Jesus… Continue reading Of Conversion