Considering Catholicism
Discover Catholic Christianity! Join host Greg Smith for conversations about and explorations of the Catholic worldview, Catholic doctrines, and Catholic practices. This podcast is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church as expressed in the ”Catechism of the Catholic Church.” For decades, Greg Smith, M.Div, was a Protestant pastor and missionary, consultant and writer. But a twenty-year ”Road to Rome” brought him into the Catholic Church, and now he shares what he found with anyone who is curious about the ”the faith that was once and for all given to the saints.” He now writes, teaches, and leads Catholic pilgrimages and field trips.
Holy Land Pilgrimage, March 2023
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Episodes
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
The Galileo Myth
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Supposedly, during the dark ages, the Catholic Church threw the brave scientist Galileo Galilei into a dungeon for discovering that the earth revolved around the sun because the Church wanted to keep the people in intellectual darkness. Greg and Cory explain that this is a myth, and probably everything you think you know about it is wrong.
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Monday Jul 17, 2023
Is Catholicism Anti-Science?
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Many assert that Christianity, and Catholicism in particular, is opposed to science. Greg and Cory explain why that's not strictly true, but that some people misuse the word "Science" to describe something that is, by definition, opposed to all the world's religions.
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Monday Jul 10, 2023
Catholic vs. Protestant Views on Creation and Evolution
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Greg and Cory wade into a thorny subject: Catholic vs. Protestant views of the creation of the world and mankind, evolution and whether the early chapters of Genesis are to be understood literally. As they illustrate, nothing about this topic is simple.
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Monday Jul 03, 2023
Mission? Vocation? How Should I Organize My Life?
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
As a Christian, how should you organize your life, set your priorities, spend your time? Greg and Ed talk about how in the evangelical Protestant world the highest priority was/is "mission," while Catholicism stresses that life is lived according to "vocation."
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Monday Jun 26, 2023
Why Go to Church?
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
After a few weeks of summer break in episodes, Greg and Ed the Protestant gather again in the secret compound on the Summer Solstice to talk about different answers to the question, "Why should I go to church on Sunday?"
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Monday May 29, 2023
”Binding and Loosing?”
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
On a cold April day, Greg and Ed the Protestant sit in the piney woods and talk about the Catholic Church's authority, and what it means to "bind and loose."
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Thursday May 18, 2023
Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part2
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Part 2 of a conversation between Greg and Cory (who develops family and parish community ministries) about the challenges of developing "community" and relationships in a typical Catholic parish.
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Monday May 15, 2023
Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part 1
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
Part 1 of a conversation between Greg and Cory (who develops family and parish community ministries) about the challenges of developing "community" and relationships in a typical Catholic parish.
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Thursday May 11, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Lust
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Greg and Ed the Protestant conclude their exploration of the Seven Deadly Sins by discussing Lust and Chastity.
Monday May 08, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Greg and Ed the Protestant explore what glutton isn't, what it is, and the antidote of temperance.

”If you‘re considering Catholicism, then consider this...”
For decades, Greg Smith, M.Div, was a Protestant pastor, missionary, and writer until his ”Road to Rome” brought him into the Catholic Church. Now he shares what he found with anyone who is curious about the Catholic faith. Join him as he answers questions, explores topics, visits places, interviews guests, and discovers the True, the Good, and the Beautiful in ”the faith that was once and for all given to the saints.”
Greg serves as the Dean of the Lakeshore Academy for the New Evangelization and founder of One Whirling Adventure.
Learn more at OneWhirlingAdventure.org.