Coming Home Newsletter Archive

“And The Truth Will Set You Free: How I Was Reconciled to the Catholic Church” – By Kathleen M. Gavlas

“St. Augustine and Sola Scriptura” – By Kenneth J. Howell 

“Verses I Never Saw” – By Marcus Grodi

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Featured Conversion Story: “Longing For Truth” – by Leah DesGeorges (former Evangelical)

“By Grace We Have Been Saved” – by Marcus Grodi (reflections on “once saved — always saved” assurance of salvation)

Profiles of the Staff Members of the Coming Home Network (Ann Moore, JonMarc Grodi, Wendy Hart, Bill Bateson, Scott Scholten)

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*** “It is with a mixture of sadness yet blessed joy that we dedicate this edition of the CHNewsletter to recently deceased Father Ray Ryland, our former Chaplain and Vice-president. He was a constant friend, guide, and intercessor, for my family and me, for the staff and work of the CHNetwork, and for thousands on their journeys of faith. Our prayers are with him and his family, as we know that he continues in love to lift us all before the Father.”

Featured Conversion Story: “On Whose Authority?” – by Fr. Ray Ryland (former Unitarian, Anglican priest; married Catholic priest)

“Assurance of Salvation?” – by Fr. Ray Ryland (“I recently received an e-mail in which the author spoke about the issue of justification and salvation. He said he understands Catholic doctrine, but has some difficulty in accepting it on an emotional level.”)

“Thank you, Father Ray” – by Kevin Lowry (“I first met Fr. Ray Ryland over twenty years ago. As a new Catholic, perhaps the most striking thing at the time was also being introduced to his wife, Ruth. He’s married? And a Catholic priest? How can that be?”

“Fr. Ray Ryland: An Appreciation” – by Dr. Kenneth J. Howell

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Featured Conversion Story: “I Wonder What Sort of a Tale We’ve Fallen Into?” – by Peggy Gibson (former Anglican)

“CHNetwork Online” – by JonMarc Grodi (update on the new website)

“Staff Update” (Get to know CHN staff members Jim Anderson, Dr. Kenneth Howell, Mary Clare Piecynski, Bro. Rex Anthony Norris, Kevin Lowry)

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Featured Conversion Story: “Christ is the Light of East and West: One Man’s Search for the Apostolic Faith” – by Greg Cook (former Evangelical and Eastern Orthodox Christian)

“Easter and the Joy of the Resurrection” – by Dr. Kenneth J. Howell (“A priest friend of mine once told me that it was the Resurrection which convinced him of the truth of the Christian and Catholic Faith.”)

“Worship and Witness” – by Marcus Grodi (reflections on sharing what we have received from God)

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Featured Conversion Story: “God Closed a Window and Opened a Door” – by Kathryn E. Stuart (former Evangelical Reformed and Episcopalian)

“Being ‘Deep in Scripture’” – by Marcus Grodi (Welcome back to the Deep in Scripture radio program!)

“A Lenten Journey” – by Brother Rex Anthony Norris (Prayer and devotional suggestions for Lent)

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Featured Conversion Story: “A Bible-Believer Becomes Catholic by Believing the Bible” – by Wesley Vincent Ph.D. (former Fundamentalist Evangelical and Episcopalian; Mary & Eucharist)

“A Cold Winter but a Warm Faith: The Life and Martyrdom of Polycarp” – by Dr. Kenneth Howell (reflections on Polycarp, the disciple of St. John the Apostle)

“Brother Rex Interview” (Interview with everyone’s favorite hermit!)

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Featured Conversion Story: “Reflections of a Journey” – by Clifford L. Rogers, Ed.D. (former Seventh-day Adventist)

“Loving Our God and Our Spouse’” – by Dr. Kenneth J. Howell

“Starting Anew” – by Mary Clare Piecynski (New Year Resolutions for our faith life)

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**20th Anniversary Issue**

Featured Conversion Story: “Our Journey Home” – by Marcus Grodi (former Presbyterian pastor)

“Go, Sell, Give, and Follow” – by Marcus Grodi (being willing to do what God is asking of us)

20th Anniversary Coming Home Network Statistics: Residences of Primary members (from 1993 to 2013)

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Featured Conversion Story: “Full Communion” – by Fr. Donald Flumerfelt (former United Church of Canada)

“The Face of Jesus?” – by Marcus Grodi (Are we looking for Jesus?)

“From Wittenberg to Washington: the Ongoing Relevance of the Protestant Reformation” – by Dr. Kenneth Howell (“In the United States, the climate of religious and moral individualism devolved into pure subjectivism.”)

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Featured Conversion Story: “More Than Enough” – by Kathy McDonald (former Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; discusses Luther’s doctrines)

“Letting Go” – by Marcus Grodi (“This is what we in the CHN consider the key to our work: standing beside those on the journey, helping them patiently trust that their lives, past, present, and future, are in the loving hands of God.”)

“From Sola Fide to Plena Fides ‘Justification and the Catholic Faith’” – by Dr. Kenneth Howell (“I Both Protestants and Catholics believe that Jesus Christ is, after the Incarnation, forever the God-Man but it is only in Catholicism that the Incarnation fits into the plan of salvation in the fullest way. The Reformation doctrine of justification does not include, or at least does not emphasize, the union of human beings with God.”)

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Featured Conversion Story: “Towards Unity” – by Fr. Jurgen Liias (former Episcopal/Anglican priest)

“Illogical Logic” – by Marcus Grodi (reflections on sola Scriptura)

“Twenty Years and Still Reaching Out!’” – by Marcus Grodi (reflections on the Coming Home Network’s 20th Anniversary)