About this episode
In this episode, Matt sits down with Adrian Lawson (@sipswithserra on YouTube) to talk about his wild childhood, what it was like growing up in a broken home, living in the foster care system, dealing with parents who were drug addicts, to becoming Catholic and defending that decision against his Protestant family. π Get my newest book, Jesus Our Refuge, here: https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Our-Refu... πΊ Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? πΊ Get episodes a week early and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at π https://mattfradd.locals.com/support π΅ Show Sponsors: π College of St. Joseph the Worker: https://www.collegeofstjoseph.com/mat... π Truthly β The Catholic faith at your fingertips: https://www.truthly.ai/ π Hallow β The #1 Catholic prayer app: https://hallow.com/mattfradd οΏΌ π» Follow Me on Social Media: π Facebook: / mattfradd πΈ Instagram: / mattfradd π Twitter/X: / pints_w_aquinas π΅ TikTok: / pintswithaquinas π PWA Merch β Wear the Faith! Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com - - - - - 00:00:00 β Intro and Matt's new book 00:01:47 β Growing up around drugs 00:12:45 β Renouncing Christianity 00:20:00 β Morality and atheism 00:36:07 β Dabbling in Buddhism 00:39:00 β Journey to Catholicism and the Church Fathers 00:56:20 β Trying to disprove the papacy and praying the Rosary 01:05:10 β Dating and marriage 01:16:13 β From Lattes With Luther to Sips With Serra 01:23:20 β Holy Protestants and new convert zeal 01:27:40 β Who was St. Junipero Serra?