Becoming Catholic was never my dream or intent. It is still an all too vivid memory to me, sitting alone at age 40 in a half-lit basement, having resigned from the pastorate. I ached for having abandoned the weekly privilege of a pulpit from which to proclaim God’s truth. Would I ever have this privilege again? Will I ever again have a pulpit? Now they estimate that each week from the “pulpit” of The Journey Home television program I speak to a potential audience of over a billion viewers and listeners. In one night I speak to more people than I ever could have in my entire career as a Protestant minister. This is the humor of our merciful God. Before I converted I had no idea whatsoever how I would support my family let alone how I would continue in ministry. But this is getting way ahead of myself.
Philip Frederick shares his conversion story from growing up in a family where, despite faith being a non-issue, he and his three siblings had a wonderful childhood. It was not
Biff Rocha grew up in a nominally Catholic home, but, in his mind, he was a “good Catholic”. Looking back on his formative years, Biff realizes that he lived at
Margaret Smith’s world was rocked when a Catholic chaplain brought her to the realization that Christ desired all of his followers to be united as one. Praying for God’s will in her life, she trusted God’s will with an open heart.
After a heart-wrenching encounter with a priest, devout Catholic Paul Lambert fell into a deep depression of sin, alcoholism, and godlessness. After incarceration and much suffering, he discovered the wound he had kept from the Lord and made his way into full communion with the Church of his youth.
Steven Lawson, son of Catholic parents, grew up in Buffalo, NY. A regular attender of weekly mass and youth group events, Steven began to have questions about his faith. His
Brian Nelson’s passion is music. It is interwoven in his life’s story and in his conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism. Originally a performance major at the University, Brian switched to
Marcus welcomes Catholic revert Billie Mobley to the Journey Home Program. Billie, a native of Newark, NJ, and a daughter of a Southern Baptist mother and a first-generation Portuguese Catholic
After leaving the Catholic Church and attending evangelical denominations, Louise Winant sought the truth of Christ and decided to reconcile with the church of her youth. Even after returning, there was one teaching of the Catholic Church — the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist — that Louise could not get over, until Jesus touched her heart.
Jeff was a Unitarian, Grace Brethren, Methodist, and Lutheran before he converted to Catholic. He discusses with Marcus what influenced his decision.
Despite being a child born into a Presbyterian home in Virginia, Fr. Carter Griffin found himself at a young age as a student in a Catholic elementary school in Brazil.
Marcus welcomes Fr. David Poecking to the program. Growing up in Buffalo, NY, Fr. David was baptized and confirmed in the church of his family, Presbyterian. While in the fourth