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deep in history

Delving Deep In History Brought Me Home

The Coming Home Network International recently published an abbreviated version of my conversion story in their monthly newsletter and online at their website. I decided to reproduce the article in it’s entirety here along with a PDF of the full newsletter at the bottom of the article. Enjoy! Delving Deep In History Brought Me Home We’ve all heard the maxim, “Your starting point always…

My Catholic Conversion Video Interview

A couple of months back David Gray interviewed me for his My Catholic Conversion segment on the YouTube channel My Catholic Tube. Below I’ve put direct links to his channels so that you can check out some of the other great videos he’s put up there. Just as an FYI, the audio starts a little garbled due to some technical difficulties, but…

AFFL #031 Living Witnesses

My interview with Mary Graham from Real Life Radio’s program Living Witnesses. We discuss my conversion story, Church history, the intersection of science and faith, and putting the pieces of the puzzle together. Links to items discussed on the show: Real Life Radio Living Witnesses with Mary Graham Subscribe to the show at iTunes, or Stitcher, and let us know what you think by giving…

AFFL #019 Haggis and Missy’s Conversion Story

We celebrate Burns Night, eat some Haggis, drink some Scotch, and read some poetry. Missy finally shares the story of how she came to the Catholic Church! Subscribe to the show at iTunes, or Stitcher, and let us know what you think by giving us a rating and review! Share us with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, or even by good old fashioned…

Allow Me to Sum Up…

So, a lot has been happening. Allow me to sum up… — 1 — Last week I was contacted by a producer from Seize the Day on the Catholic Channel Sirius/XM 129. He wrote: “I saw your conversion story on Why I’m Catholic and I was wondering if you would like to come on our program tomorrow morning via telephone, and…

AFFL #004 Adam’s Conversion Story w/Gus Lloyd on Seize the Day

On this special edition of the show we roll out the audio from the interview with Gus Lloyd detailing Adam’s conversion story on Seize the Day (Catholic Channel 129 Sirius/XM) during Gus’ Conversion Corner Segment. Enjoy this exclusive “Director’s Cut” edition for AFFL podcast subscribers only! Gus Lloyd’s website Head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and please, give us…

7QT Podcast!

— 1 — We finally got our first podcast published!  It’s almost 1am, but I think it’s finally up! You can check it out here: AFFL Podcast Episode 1. Hopefully within a few days it will be up and running on iTunes. — 2 — My conversion story was also featured at Why I’m Catholic – a website that shares the stories of converts…

AFFL #001 Welcome to the Show! (And Purgatory)

In our first ever podcast we introduce ourselves, share a little bit about our faith and our family, and discuss C.S. Lewis’s book The Great Divorce.  We talk about the Catholic doctrine of purgatory and take a look at what the Catechism has to say about it.  Send us your feedback at podcast@afaith-fulllife.com and let us know what you think!! The…

7 Myths About the Crusades

— 1 — The Crusades were never referred to as such by their participants. The original crusaders were known by various terms, including fideles Sancti Petri (the faithful of Saint Peter) or milites Christi (knights of Christ). The word “Crusade” is a relatively modern term, from the French croisade and Spanish cruzada. The French form of the word first appears…

Why I’m Catholic ~ Conversion

Part 3: Conversion (This is part three of a three part series. For part one click here.) Even though I was raised being told that we couldn’t be certain about a great many things, I was also raised to believe that truth was absolute. If that seems like somewhat of a contradiction – well, it seemed that way to me as well.…