Author Archives: Jason

Our Journey Home Appearance – February 10 on EWTN

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Jason

We are excited, and honored, to be scheduled to appear on The Journey Home at 8 ET, Monday, February 10, on EWTN.  We watched A LOT of The Journey Home as we traveled our road to Rome, and it was … Continue reading →

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March for Life – 2014

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Jason

This year, the kids and I again made our annual pilgrimage to downtown DC to participate in the March for Life, and Nikki held down the fort with the young ones who couldn’t go out in the 15 degree weather.  … Continue reading →

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GYPSY Religion

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Jason

A couple of months back, the article Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy got a lot of attention, as I believe it rang true for bunches of folks.  The thesis of the article is that the expectations of young adults entering … Continue reading →

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“Can We Talk…and Talk and Talk and Talk?”: Satan’s Code Words – Part 2

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Jason

In my last post, I discussed how Satan uses the words “assurance” and “security” to trick people into believing that God intended us to have 100% certainty about where we’ll spend eternity, and I argued that viewing Heaven as something … Continue reading →

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Satan’s Code Words – Part 1

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Jason

Ever since—well, ever since “the beginning”—Satan has been the consummate master of the half-truth, twisting God’s words for his own devices.  Go back and read the story of the Fall in Genesis 3, and you’ll see what I mean.  Satan … Continue reading →

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How Can We Rejoice Today?

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Jason

Coming after the tragedy in Connecticut on Friday, I must confess that it seemed a cruel irony to me that today is Gaudete (“Rejoice”) Sunday–the third Sunday in Advent.  In the face of such inexplicable horror, I certainly didn’t feel … Continue reading →

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If You Want a Personal Relationship With Jesus, Become a Catholic

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Jason

As a Protestant Evangelical, if there was one criticism of Catholicism that I heard more than any other, it was that Catholics didn’t have a “personal relationship” with Jesus the way we Evangelicals did.  Indeed, this idea of “personal relationship” … Continue reading →

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Help Bring Sexy Back!!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Jason

Please, please visit the AMAZING new website started by Marc Barnes, 1flesh.org, if you care remotely about recapturing a healthy sexuality in our culture.

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An Answer to Prayer

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Jason

One of the primary struggles we had when making the decision to convert to Catholicism was how to handle it with our children–particularly our son Charlie and oldest daughter Schuyler.  When we first started talking about it with them, Charlie … Continue reading →

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Catholics United Against Tyranny

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Jason

Wonderful, awesome, fantastic news from the Catholic Health Association (“CHA”)!  In an about-face, the CHA on Friday announced that it does not support the Obama administration’s attempt (commonly referred to as the “HHS mandate”) to force all Catholic institutions, including … Continue reading →

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