Less of a Theory
Matthew Carey JordanThoughts on faith, life, and culture
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"I Believe in the Communion of Saints..."
Okay, so, the above subtitle notwithstanding, this essay technically doesn’t address one of the reasons why I became a Catholic, nor why I remain one. I am keenly aware, however, that many Protestants find the veneration of saints—which is...
Words, Words, Words (2025 Edition)
This is my second consecutive year publicly sharing a Books-I-Read-This-Year list. I have mixed feelings about doing so, and explained why last year. For the details, and for an explanation of why I’m writing this anyway, you can go to last...
Acorns, Oak Trees, and the Catholic Faith
The Story So Far
Religiously speaking, I was a pretty typical 1990s American teenager: a fairly regular churchgoer and self-identified Christian whose day-to-day life was almost completely unaffected by what I professed to believe. In...
Sin, Salvation, Faith, and Works
This essay is the fifth in a series on my journey from Protestant to Catholic. If you’ve stumbled across this one first and want to read them in order, here are links to Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV:
Here in Part V, I want...
Divine Signs
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been writing about my religious journey from Evangelical Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. I’ve explained how my initial anti-Catholic biases were shed, my worries that real Christian unity—the sort of unity...
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Ph.D. in philosophy, Evangelical-to-Catholic convert, longtime doubter, father of seven, seminary employee, Cleveland fan, C. S. Lewis aficionado, and very happily married husband. All opinions are my own. AI-free since 2024!
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