How the Pro-Life Movement Made Me Catholic
The pro-life movement has done a lot of good over the years, including bringing many people into the Catholic Church. I’m one of those people.
The Incredibly Shrinking Catholic Convert Rate
Last week the USCCB announced that over 30,000 people would be entering the Catholic Church this Easter. Among Catholics, this news was received with much joy. As someone who entered the Church at Easter twenty-five years ago, I too was rejoicing...
Meet Amy, the Average Catholic
“So you think I’m a sinner?” I had just finished giving a parish talk to a group of about 40 people on the topic of mercy. In my talk I noted that everyone needs mercy, because we’re all sinners. I didn’t particularly dwell on the topic, but I...
Five Ways the Spiritual Life is Like Baseball
The Major League Baseball season began last week, and for the next seven months teams will compete to become this year’s World Series champion. I’ve always been a big fan of baseball (okay, I’ll be honest, I put the “fanatical” in fan when it...
All religions are not equal
This past Friday there was a terrorist attack in Paris coordinated by the Islamic State. As is usual in these cases, political and religious leaders around the world moved swiftly to condemn the attacks. One thing I noted among many of the...
The Missing Ingredient in Today’s Catholic Evangelization
Twenty-some years ago, I had a typical freshman year in college: studying, getting acclimated to dorm life, and training to go door-to-door to get people to “make a personal decision for Christ.” Wait, what? Didn’t you do that last one your...