The Cordial Catholic

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Courtney Brown, the Executive Director of the Ruah Woods Institute to talk about the one of the most profound Catholic teachings that, when encountered as a non-Catholic Christian, is likely to blow your mind: Theology of the Body.  Courtney is an absolute savant when it comes to Theology of the Body and, together, we break it down on the...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by the one and only Michael "Gomer" Gormley, Catholic catechist, speaker, writer, and all-around incredible Catholic evangelist to talk about how to make everyone Catholic, make existing Catholics take their faith more seriously, and why the Catholic Church is so compelling.  Plus, we talk about discipleship, the effects of the Ref...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by our very good friend Austin Suggs from the Gospel Simplicity YouTube channel. Austin is a Protestant YouTuber – a brilliant, thoughtful, and kind guy – that I first met 6 or 7 years ago after he made a video talking about some of his Catholic misconceptions. Austin and I have stayed in touch since our first conversation way back then and...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Rob McGrath from the Catholic Journey Project to talk about why non-Catholic Christians are becoming Catholic, what to expect for those on the journey, what the Catholic Church means by being the "fullness" of faith, and what a relationship with Jesus looks like in Catholicism.  Plus, we talk about the game-changing reality of t...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic I'm joined, by Carol Berry, the Executive Director of Restoring Women Outreach and a convert to Catholicism to share her incredible and unexpected journey from Evangelical Christianity into the Catholic Church.  Carol's journey is about a wild of a ride as you can get and features some incredibly difficult stories dealing with addiction, some absol...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic I'm joined, by TJ, an ordained Oneness Pentecostal Minister from the United Pentecostal Church International, to discuss his incredible conversion story from a charismatic Christian steeped in the Bible, theology, and the Holy Spirit, to a newly minted Catholic in the Church Christ founded. TJ's journey is unique, from the perspective of a Oneness...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic I'm joined, by Dr. LuElla D'Amico, an author, Professor of English, and a convert to the Catholic faith to talk about the roots of her conversion journey and what it means, for a church-shopping Evangelical Christian, to find an ultimate home in Catholicism. It's a great conversation as we dig into exactly what it means to "surrender&quot...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic I'm joined, by Kira Marie McCullough, an author, speaker, and Catholic convert from Evangelical Christianity, to talk about her remarkable journey into the Catholic faith.  Raised the daughter of a Protestant pastor, Kira's journey took her completely out of Christianity into the New Age movement and, following a dramatic life-altering car accident...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic I'm joined, by one of our favourite guests and a good friend of the show Early Church historian Mike Aquilina to walk through what an Evangelical – like myself! – encounters the very first time they begin to read the Early Church Fathers. Based on my own experience, and the experiences of so many of the guests of this show, we talk about what it's...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic I'm joined, for a very unique and fascinating one-of-a-kind stories, by Michael Bell. Michael isn't a Catholic convert but the incredible story of his life – being shot in the eye and nearly dying! – is something that significantly deepened his faith and he's on a mission to share it wherever he can.  We talk, in this episode, not only about M...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by author, apologist, and Catholic convert Shaun McAfee to talk about his new – and incredibly fantastic – book on Eucharistic miracles.  As a non-Catholic Christian who believed that the elements of communion – the bread and wine – were merely symbolic, encountering Eucharistic miracles, miracles that seemed to validate Catholic doctrine li...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by author and apologist Parker Manning to talk about some of the mistakes Evangelicals make when discussing, considering, and engaging with Catholicism.  And this is deeply personal! I was drawn to Parker's book because many of these mistakes were the exact ones that I made as an Evangelical. Coming to recognize these mistakes is a larg...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by author, speaker, and Bible teacher Melissa Overmyer to talk about her conversion to Catholicism. It's a wild story featuring one of the most amazing miracles I've ever heard – you're going to know when you hear it! Melissa shares the story of how, as a Baptist Bible teacher, and someone profoundly in love with Christ, she e...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Joel Robertson, The Accidental Catholic on Instagram, to share his incredible journey from an anti-Catholic Reformed Baptist to full communion with the Catholic Church. It's a wild ride, buckle up.  We tackle Joel's experience as a Christian musician, touring Protestant churches and recognizing a problem in their different and c...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my new friend (and potential blood relative) Father Joseph-Anthony Kress, OP to talk about the surge of recent Catholic converts, the role of the saints and the rosary in this conversion wave, and why non-Catholic Christians considering Catholicism shouldn't be afraid of giving the rosary – an ancient, powerful prayer practice rooted...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Diane Pietras to share the story of her incredible faith journey. Raised Catholic, Diane's story isn't the typical story of a Catholic convert from another faith tradition – although she does, indeed, become a non-denominational Evangelical at one point – but rather a story of proper conversion: of falling away and coming back t...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my friend theologian, Bible scholar, and former Protestant pastor Dr. John Bergsma to dig into one of the most nefarious misconceptions about the Catholic Church versus Protestantism and, cordially, share some of his shocking conclusions.  Is Protestantism really more "Biblical" than Catholicism? Dr. Bergsma says, no.  On topics...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Deacon Mark Komula to share a conversion story like nothing you've ever heard before! Raised in the New Apostolic Church – a Christian sect (or cult) headed by a leader called the "Chief Apostle" – Mark was part of a dynamic and faithful family of devout "New Apostolics." His father, brother, and other extended fa...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by the incredible Father Sean Davidson to talk about his journey into the Catholic Faith. Raised by a lapsed Catholic mother and a Pentecostal Minister father, Father Sean describes himself as a "baptized pagan" for most of his youth. However, a miraculous encounter with Christ led Father Chris to give up the bar fights for a relen...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my friend Brandy Babcock to tell the incredible story of her conversion – from a New Age Guru to a devout Catholic sharing and teaching the faith to others – it's an incredible tale!  Brandy was a bonafide New Age practitioner, a teacher of teachers, paying the bills by running her own courses and classes, teaching hundreds to channe...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Carolyn Dunlap, who's here to share her miraculous, miracle-filled, mystical journey into the Catholic Church.  Carolyn's story, as she says, begins before she was even born and the miracles that punctuate her birth story seem to follow her throughout the rest of her lives: miraculous visions, encounters with Christ, and a throu...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Catholic convert Eric Rudolph to talk about his journey as a Bible-loving, small-town Church of Christ Christian into the Catholic Church.  Eric is warm, funny, and a great storyteller and his story is a fantastic one. From a deep faith and love for the Bible it would be an encounter with his future wife – a cradle Catholic – that would l...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined, for an absolutely remarkable conversation, by Steve Sjogren, the founding pastor of one of the most influential churches in America, the Vineyard Church Cincinnati, to talk about his conversion to Catholicism.  Steve not only founded and pastored one of the most influential churches in America, but was one of the founding pastors of the Vin...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by author, speaker, and Catholic convert Shemaiah Gonzalez to share the remarkable story of her journey into the Catholic Church.  From the profound beginnings of her life, through some wild ups and downs and everything in between, Shemaiah's story is a fantastic tale of following Jesus where he leads – through heartbreak and joy – with...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined after a four year long hiatus, by the one and only Father Gregory Pine, OP to talk about the Eucharist. We dig deeply on the sacrificial nature of the Mass, the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist, and how, truly, an understanding of the 2,000-year old tradition of Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist, available at every Catholic...