CHNetwork Presents
CHNetwork Presents is a series of conversations about the kinds of questions that people wrestle with when they’re exploring the Catholic Church, and wondering if they should become a part of it. In each episode, we focus on the specific experiences that shaped our approach faith, and how those experiences uniquely prepared us to be open to the claims of the Catholic Church. We hope that by sharing our stories, we can help others who are on similar journeys.
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Episodes
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
For new Catholics who are discovering all the ways that Scripture points to the reality of Catholicism, it can be tempting to start seeing the Bible primarily as a tool for making arguments in the realm of apologetics. But for many of us who were raised in Evangelical Protestantism, that's not how we were formed to read the Scriptures. We grew up seeing them as a source of life, hope, comfort and conviction. So how do we get that back? Matt Swaim talks to Sonja Corbitt, who came from a Baptist background, about how new Catholics can still get excited about the apologetics aspects of the Bible, without forgetting its primacy as the living and active Word of God in the life of a believer. Sonja's website: biblestudyevangelista.com More episodes: chnetwork.org/presents
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
For those exploring the Catholic Faith, understanding the Communion of Saints can often be a stumbling block. And even once someone starts to understand the theology, getting to the point of actually having a relationship with the holy men and women who have gone before can seem scary and strange. Matt Swaim talks to Sr. Julia Mary Darrenkamp, FSP, and Melissa Zelniker-Presser about how their journeys to the Catholic Church began when they had dramatic and surprising encounters with the saints, and gets their advice for anyone wrestling with how to embrace Catholic teaching on the Communion of Saints. Melissa's written testimony, "A Jewish Girl’s Journey to Christ"
Sr. Julia Mary Darrenkamp's site: paulinestore.com
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
When someone becomes Catholic, especially if they are an avid reader, they often have lots of titles on their bookshelf that reflect years of study and meditation about questions of faith.
But what should happen to those books once someone becomes Catholic?
Matt Swaim talks to Andrew Petiprin and Shaun McAfee about what they did with their old Protestant books when they became Catholic. Which ones did they keep? Which ones did they give away? Which ones were they tempted to destroy?
Andrew's site
Shaun's books
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Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
For those of us who have had apathetic, unconvincing, or even traumatizing experiences of Christianity, overcoming those can cause significant hesitation when it comes to the idea of being part of any church, and especially the Catholic Church.
In this episode, Matt Swaim talks to Pat and Christine Flynn, whose early experiences of Christianity led them to reject the idea of God altogether. They share how they wrestled with their negative past experiences of institutional Christianity once they started to feel drawn toward the Catholic Church.
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Pat’s website: http://www.chroniclesofstrength.com
Christine’s website: http://www.thecatholicmama.com