Monthly Archives: August 2011

A Pilgrim Was I A Wandering

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Jason & Nikki

We have always made visiting churches part of our travel plans when we go to big cities. We’ve visited the iconic churches of London: Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s, right on down to St. Martin in the Fields (I-Nikki-was so excited … Continue reading →

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Jason’s Questions: #8 Have I Ever Called Mary Blessed?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Jason

Having just entered the Church on the Feast of the Assumption, it seemed appropriate next to address perhaps the greatest obstacle to the Protestant considering conversion to Catholicism:  Mary.  As I drew closer to Catholicism, it was, of course, impossible … Continue reading →

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Called to Love, Part 2: Hooray for Celibacy!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Nikki

I had started writing this big post about priests and their role in God’s call to love when that yahoo over in Tennessee came out with his prayer about his “smokin’ hot wife” and I was really torn: Roll out … Continue reading →

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We’re Home!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Jason & Nikki
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Jason’s Questions: #7 Why Are There So Many Catholics at the March for Life?

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Jason

**Another personal request here:  we’re getting ready this weekend for the Mass Monday night at which we’ll be received into the Church.  Please remember us in your prayers.** This post is another tough one to write, but I can’t avoid … Continue reading →

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Jason’s Questions: #6 Why Don’t Accountability Groups Seem to Work?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Jason

I’m guessing any of my readers who either are, or at one time have been, evangelical Protestants can relate to the issue of “accountability.”  Personally, I’ve lost track of the number of times this question came up in the churches I’ve … Continue reading →

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What About Non-Catholic Christians?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Jason

This is perhaps an issue that’s bothering some of our readers, and so, before we get back to discussing more about the reasons we have found Catholicism so compelling, I wanted to make the Church’s teaching on this very sensitive and important … Continue reading →

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Called to Love

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Nikki

Long before the last nail was driven into the coffin of my Baptist identity, I had come to the conclusion that my faith tradition did not offer anything greatly significant to say regarding the realm of marriage and all the … Continue reading →

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Jason’s Questions: #5 How Do We Respond to Islam and the Effort to Re-Define Marriage?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Jason

**Before anything, I’d ask everyone to be praying for Nikki.  She’s battling a nasty flu bug, which is the reason you’re all being subjected to yet another post from me instead of her.  She’ll be back soon.** I know the … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith and Reason, G.K. Chesterton, Interpretation of Scripture, Islam, Jason, Trinity | 6 Comments