seminary of the Archdiocese in New York, part of
the feeder system to become a priest. I felt like I
had a vocation when I left eighth grade and went
to high school. I realized I was going to have a
conflict because I knew that celibacy was not
going to work for me. I never lost that connection
that I felt I had with the Lord.
didn't know what one was. My wife began going
to a Bible study in our neighborhood with other
moms. I was working my way through our local
parish of the Catholic Church. Our timing on
coming face-to-face with the Lord was very close.
She had her born again experience with the la-
dies in the Bible group. I was at a men's retreat
one weekend and for the first time in my life
someone handed me a Bible. As testimonies were
randomly picking out Scripture, reading it and
thinking, "This is really relevant to me." Scrip-
ture and some testimonies intersected for me
with memories of how one of our kids was born in
a traumatic situation. It dawned on me that the
sacrifice of God's Son was for me. I could relate
to it because of my experience with my own son.
That's when the clouds opened and the sun came
through. My wife and I joined an evangelical,