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: Beginning Anew
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On the Nightstand: December 2015
I’ve had some pretty intense conversations with friends on whether it’s harder to live for Christ or to die for him. Let’s just agree that both are extremely challenging, and that martyrdom goes on today, in more places and situations than we care to acknowledge. Perhaps Pope Francis said it best, recently calling Christian persecution… Continue reading On the Nightstand: December 2015
Returning Catholics FAQs: Mortal Sins
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… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: Mortal Sins
Returning Catholics FAQs: About Tithing
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… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: About Tithing