Growing up with seven brothers and three sisters in an Italian Catholic family in Akron, OH, Mike D’Andrea received a solid foundation in Catholic Christianity from his parents and through
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Patrick Coffin, born in Nova Scotia, is Catholic apologist, author, speaker and radio show host. He shares with Marcus his journey of faith as a Catholic, then agnostic, who has
Dr. Ray Guarendi, psychologist, author and speaker, returns to The Journey Home Program and shares a discussion with Marcus about psychological counseling with a faith perspective. Dr. Ray was Catholic
For the first eight years of his life, beginning with his Baptism at nine days old, Keith Major lived as a Catholic in Baton Rouge, LA. He has fond memories
Cale Clarke grew up in the Halifax suburbs of Nova Scotia in a solidly-Catholic home. Despite his upbringing in the Catholic Church, it was, for Cale, a faith that did
Fr. Rohen grew up in Toledo, Ohio in a Catholic home. After high school, he entered the Air Force. While stationed in Italy, through the influence of a Protestant chaplain,
Mark Mazza grew up in an Italian Catholic family with 10 children. It was a given that they would attend weekly Mass and attend Catholic school. This continued for Mark
In seminary the problems we had with Evangelical belief were only exacerbated. From my early days as an Evangelical I had been aware of the many differences in interpreting the Bible and the plethora of Protestant groups all claiming to have the “correct” biblical teaching. This awareness intensified at seminary as we studied various Protestant traditions and their interpretations of the Bible.
Through my history classes I quickly realized that all allegedly “Bible only” groups actually had an extensive extra-biblical tradition for interpreting the Bible. This tradition was influenced by specific ways of reading texts and ways of explaining uncomfortable passages that don’t fit with the system. It was also heavily determined by historical, social, political, theological, and philosophical factors. In many cases Protestant traditions had surreptitiously adapted the traditional teaching of the historic Church.
My theological research at this time was making me aware that even the Protestant Reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Lord’s Supper should be taken weekly. My religious sentiments naturally inclined me to awe and great reverence for God. Contemporary Christian music and contemporary Christian churches were missing something. The awe and reverence were replaced with a shallow emotionalism that just didn’t ring true. Something was missing, but I didn’t know what it was.
Terry Hatty, a former vocalist for Canadian rock band. The Guess Who, is this week’s Journey Home guest. He grew up in St. John’s, New Brunswick in a solid, hard-working Catholic
Teresa is an author, syndicated Catholic talk radio host, and motivational speaker with more than 30 years of experience in TV, radio and newspaper. In the year 2000, she left
Growing up in Australia under the tutelage of a saintly grandmother and a devout mother – both Catholic – Matt Fradd was brought to Mass each week. But gradually, as
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