Authors
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Dr. Neal Judisch (Academic Editor) – Neal was raised a mainline evangelical and gravitated toward reformed theology in his late teens. He was affiliated with several PCA and OPC congregations until he was received (with his wife and four children) into the Catholic Church on the Vigil of Pentecost 2008. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oklahoma, where he specializes in metaphysics and philosophical theology. His personal blog is “of Towers and Tongues“.
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Bryan Cross (Academic Editor) – Bryan was raised in the Pentecostal tradition, then became Reformed just after completing his bachelor’s degree in cellular and molecular biology at the University of Michigan. He then received an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary. In 2003 he and his wife and two daughters became Anglican. On October 8, 2006, he and his family were received into full communion with the Catholic Church. He is presently pursuing a PhD in philosophy at Saint Louis University. His personal blog is “Principium Unitatis“.
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Tim Troutman (Editor in Chief) – Tim was raised in the PCA from childhood and entered the Catholic Church in 2006. In the years preceeding his conversion, he experienced a growing discontent with Reformed answers to central questions like Church authority, sacramentology, and above all, the canon of Scripture. His first mass was the funeral of a co-worker’s husband and one week later, he started RCIA. He lives with his wife and son in Charlotte, NC where he works fulltime at a homeless shelter. His personal blog is “Army of Martyrs” and he is the Executive Director of the Philippine Aid Society.
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Sean Patrick (Blog Editor) – Sean was born on US soil at Yokuska US Navy Base in Japan. He was baptized as an infant in the Episcopal Church but later his family joined the PCA where he was raised in the Christian faith. He was confirmed in the Catholic Church on the Easter Vigil 2007. He is married and has two daughters.
Stephen Wilkins (Articles Editor) – Stephen grew up Presbyterian (PCA) but also spent time in Baptist and non-denominational circles before college. He became increasingly agnostic during his undergraduate studies and eventually left graduate school with a fist full of post-structuralist conviction and an excruciating crisis of faith. Stephen and his wife attended Presbyterian churches until 2007. That summer, they somewhat skeptically visited mass at the local Catholic Church and were unsettled to discover that the liturgy is entirely Christocentric. They were welcomed into full Catholic communion on August 30, 2008.
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Matt Yonke - Matt is the son of a non-denominational Bible church pastor. He was drawn to Reformed doctrine while attending New St. Andrews College in Moscow, ID. After college, a friend’s conversion to the Catholic faith and a growing unrest about Reformed answers to Catholic questions started him down the road to full communion with the Catholic Church. Matt and his wife Erin were received into the Romanian Rite of the Catholic Church in November of 2006. Matt lives in Aurora, IL with his wife and two sons, Ambrose and Peter, and works in communications for the Pro-Life Action League. Matt’s personal blog is Homesick No More.
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Tom Riello – Tom graduated with a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary (Charlotte Campus) and has a Bachelors in Theology. Tom was an ordained minister in the PCA prior to his return to the Catholic Church. He currently teaches theology at a Catholic High School. Tom and his wife Christine have five children.
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Andrew Preslar – Andrew grew up in an independent Bible church. He attended Appalachian Bible College, Southern Evangelical Seminary and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Andrew was studying for Anglican orders before being received into full communion with the Catholic Church on February 3, 2008.
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Taylor Marshall – Taylor is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (M.A.R. in Systematic Theology) and Nashotah Theological House (Certificate in Anglican Studies). He is currently a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the University of Dallas. His interests lie in the Natural Law theory of St. Thomas Aquinas. He was an Episcopal priest before being received into the Catholic Church in 2006. Taylor and his wife currently live in Dallas, Texas with their five children. Taylor is the Senior Editor at Christian and American, and the Catholic contributor to Culture 11′s “faith blog” Credo. His personal blog is “Canterbury Tales“. Read More.
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John Kincaid – John is a graduate of Geneva College, Covenant Theological Seminary (MA), and Duke Divinity School (ThM). John is currently entering his second year as a doctoral candidate (PhD) at Ave Maria University, where he lives with his wife Kristen and their two children, Natalie and Jack. After being raised in a broadly evangelical home, John embraced the Reformed faith during his time in college, and for a period of five years sought to discern a call to the pastorate in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). While at Covenant, John’s journey toward the Catholic Church began, and under the direction of … read more
David Pell – David converted to Christianity in the summer of 2003 and began to attend non-denominational charismatic congregations.  During his second semester at college he became Reformed after taking a course on church history and beginning to read modern Reformed authors.  In 2009 he received his B.A. in Classics and German from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He and his wife were received into the Catholic Church at Easter 2010.  He is currently pursuing an M.A. in Early Christian Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Barrett Turner – Though raised United Methodist, Barrett was heavily influenced by Reformed University Fellowship and a local PCA church at the University of Virginia. During his time at Covenant Theological Seminary after college, he became increasingly intrigued and troubled by “the Catholic question”. As a result, he and his wife began a period of discernment and eventually RCIA. They were received into full communion with the Catholic Church by Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis at the 2010 Easter Vigil. Barrett is currently a doctoral student in moral theology at the Catholic University of America.
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Tom Brown – Tom was raised in the home of a Christian Reformed Church (CRC) pastor, and attended churches of the CRC and later the Presbyterian Church of America after graduating from college in 2000.  In mid-2004, during conversations with a Catholic colleague, Tom was challenged by the issues of ecclesial authority and canonics.  Several moves and PCA churches later, and after two goes at the RCIA process, Tom and his wife entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, 2010.  They have four children and live near Seattle, Washington, where Tom is a military judge advocate.