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Podcast | #25 Patrick Corkum on Organic Church

This week I invited my husband, Patrick, to share the mic with me. We sat down to chat about our church journeys, misnomers about the Catholic faith, and why we’re pursuing a smaller, organic church community. Thanks for those of you who asked questions via FB before we recorded. Also, he gets the prize for […]

Thinking Out Loud on Church | Part 6

This is sixth post in a series. To read the entire series, click here. So, Patrick has been relatively vague in my blog posts until now (so says Melissa), but we wish to be a bit more straightforward here. So, there are many things that we wish to question regarding the way we do Christianity, in particular, […]

Thinking Out Loud on Church | Part 5

This is fifth post in a series. To read the entire series, click here. One of my kids asked me a question the other day where I had to explain ethics. This was quite the arduous task, especially given the language barrier. Regardless, I chose my favorite ethics paradigm, virtue ethics, and attempted to explain the 7 virtues: […]

Thinking Out Loud on “Church” | Part 4

This is the fourth is a series. Click here to see the complete series. Melissa:  Disclaimer: This one’s corny and rambling 😉 Patrick:  So, as I was driving home today, I kept having the thought of Christ and the Church running through my head. I was listening to my David Crowder station on Pandora, realizing […]

Thinking Out Loud on “Church” | Part 3

This is the third post in a series. Patrick here, again. When I think of the times throughout my life where I experienced Christ, those experiences may surprise others. I remember Brother Bob doing a talent show skit as Elvis, popping out of a coffin singing blue suede shoes. I think of pot-luck dinners. I […]

Thinking Out Loud on “Church” | Part 2

This is the second in a series. To read the entire series, click here. Years ago, there was a professor at a local university who started a Bible study. Quite a few zealous college students started attending. Before long, they had formed a tight-knit community as they sought out God individually and corporately. I won’t […]

Thinking Out Loud on “Church” | Part 1

The following is a guest post from my other (and probably better) half. So, if you know me, you know that I grew up as part of a Catholic family. I deeply value this background now that I am older, but when I was younger, I really struggled. Somewhere around the age of 14, I […]