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Do Not Break a Bruised Reed : The Virtue of Gentleness
Randall Colton
St. Peter said that gentleness is requisite to evangelism.The gentle person subdues anger to protect others from his own power. He is also...
Shall I Ever Look Anywhere Else?
Cherie Peacock
Seven Storey Mountain is the autobiographical account of Thomas Merton’s conversion to Catholicism, finished when he was 31 years old. I first...
Confession Set Me Free
Emily Cerf
A friend of mine was famous for saying, "Watch out! You’re in deeper than you think." When you have fallen away from the Church, how deep is...
The Narrow Gate Beckons
Jill Sebastian
I was baptized as a child in a Methodist church, but I cannot remember going or even giving much thought to church or God after I went to...
The Fall, Revisited
Deacon Bill Turrentine
I came of age in the Age of Aquarius. After a great fall and with the help of an inspired teacher, God converted me from Aquarius to Aquinas. I...
A Lifetime of God-Moments
Christina King
When I tell people about my past, I often hear "How did you turn out so well?" My mother was a German immigrant whose parents fled to the...
Episcopal Clergyman Discovers True Home
Chris Findley
"What are you doing?" I asked myself as I parked on the campus of Aquinas College in downtown Nashville. "If anyone finds out you are even...
True Story
Cherie Peacock
The small, ragged girl sat sobbing beneath the low branches of an olive tree. Her life had changed dramatically and she was learning quickly...
Why Are You Here?
Karl Keating
For the Catholic Evidence Guild, the halcyon years were the two decades before World War II. Its well-trained speakers set up their "pitches"...
Separated by a Common Language
Cherie Peacock
I had been in England for only a few days. I made any number of gaffes during my first day at work. The worst, perhaps, was when I asked my...

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