Approximately two thousand years ago, a man betrothed to be married received some information that shattered whatever expectations, plans, and dreams he had for his future. This is not very
My mother converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) when I was two years old after someone came to her door offering Watchtower literature. My father never became a believer. My mother
Sr. Miriam James Heidland, S.O.L.T., is the author of Loved as I Am from Ave Maria Press. She spoke to the Coming Home Network about her Catholic upbringing, how she
On May 15, 2016, two days before I turned 58, I was received into the Roman Catholic Church in the parish of the Holy Trinity in Naarden, the Netherlands. On
Catholic hip hop artist Carlos “C2six” Zamora was raised Catholic, but getting involved in selling drugs and achieving a measure of success in the 1990’s Fort Worth gangsta rap scene
John has been away at seminary for a couple of years and has now come back to his hometown with some new ideas he wants to go over. Wes,
Though raised Catholic, David went down a path of addiction and despair after his parents divorced. Lynda married an abusive man, and when a custody dispute went south, she found
God made me a scientist before He made me anything else. As long as I can remember I have had the urge to understand even the inexplicable. But He also
Mark remembers hearing his father tell Bible stories around the dinner table every night, and never dreamt of walking away from his Christian faith. When he became an engineer, his
We’ve all heard the maxim, “Your starting point always determines your conclusion,” and ordinarily I would wholeheartedly agree. Yet there are exceptions to the rule. In theology and religion, these exceptions are typically referred to
Joshua grew up in Lubbock, Texas, where he remembers being surrounded by restaurants and Churches- and yet he had almost no experience of Catholicism until his college years. Nagging questions
God’s Early Call I am blessed to have been born to parents who loved me and also loved the Lord greatly. Our home was one of daily Scripture reading, prayer,