Raised as a Protestant in Arlington, Texas, my childhood was simple. It was in adulthood that things got complicated with different beliefs, different faiths, and a difficult marriage. Now, years
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I grew up in a small town in southern Nebraska. My parents divorced when I was very young, and my mother remarried when I was six. My family was a
The following is adapted from Deacon Dennis Lambert’s book, For Real? Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist (Liguori Publications 2022). A Good Beginning I was a cradle Catholic whose cradle was
My faith journey to the Catholic Church took me through several different denominations and several different states. I was brought up in a Southern Baptist Church in Sophia, West Virginia.
Catholic Roots I was born in 1961 and raised in a rural area. Dad was an atheist, but not the militant type. He was also a World War II veteran,
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you… plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope. When
I grew up in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia, a picturesque area of the city. Our family never went to church. We tried once, out of curiosity, when
I was brought up in the Free Will Baptist Church and have many good memories from my childhood there. I had a wonderful mom who passed away suddenly in 2001
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is
My journey into the Catholic Church begins with the long line of McLanes who were Presbyterian ordained pastors and elders, extending from the Reformation until today. Most recently, both my
I was born in 1985 to parents who were not very active in their faith. However, my grandmother (may she rest in peace) taught the kindergarten class in Sunday School
“What can I do but trust God?” I said that aloud when I was 10 years old, as I closed the Bible I was reading. What happened to me that
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