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Projects
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Poltava Street Company (2017 – present)
Poltava Street Company makes products related to cryptocurrency, likeÂ
Flippening Watch andÂ
 Coin Watch.

ChurchPOP (2014 – present)
ChurchPOP is an online Christian brand that’s fun, informative, and inspiring. Acquired by EWTN in 2015, it has editions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. I’m the Founder and Editor-in-Chief.

Second Nature (2013 – 2015)
Second Nature is an online journal for critical thinking about technology and new media in light of the Christian tradition. I was a Founding Editor. More information is on its About page.

IISTC (2014 – 2017)
The International Institute for the Study of Technology and Christianity (IISTC) exists to promote the study of technology in light of the Christian tradition. The IISTC is a non-profit corporation with IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. It is the official publisher of Second Nature. I’m was a Co-Founder and served as a Co-Executive Director. More information is on its About page.
Academic

I completed 2 semesters of doctoral work in Moral Theology at Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. (2014-2015)

M.A. in Theology with a concentration in systematic and dogmatic theology, University of St. Thomas, St Paul, MN (2015). My thesis was “A Critical Examination of Key Claims Karl Rahner Makes About His Thesis of the Anonymous Christian.”

B.A. in Philosophy, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL (2010)
Conference Papers
17th Annual Media Ecology Association Convention – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, June 2016
I presented the paper, “Not a Video Game: The Brave New World of Global Anonymity.”
McLuhanâs Faith and Works Conference – University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, October 2015
The conference was co-sponsored by the IISTC (of which I was a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director), and I presented a paper entitled, “McLuhan, the Microphone, and Vatican II.”
Writing

“The Danger of Good Popes” (September 27th, 2013)

“A Hundred Years War: How the Culture of Death Has Been Targeting the Catholic Church” (September/October 2014 issue)
“Stale Mated: Why Defending Life & Marriage Has Gone Badly” (May/June 2014 issue; reprinted with edits on Aleteia as “Why We’re Losing“)

“The miracle that led âObi-Wan Kenobiâ to convert to Catholicism” (December 6th, 2015)

“The Riddle of Bachâs âLutheranâ Mass” (March 25, 2016)

“The Inside Story on the Turnpike Mass, From the Priest Who Led It” (Winter 2016)
“CaracterĂsticas que os CatĂłlicos precisam recuperar” (June 2014)

I’m a Founding Editor of Second Nature.
“Of Mics and Men: An Argument Against Microphones in the Liturgy” (April 1st, 2013)

“Serious Catholics Are Evangelicalâ (Review of George Weigelâs book Evangelical Catholicism; March 6th, 2013)

I’m the Founder and Editor of ChurchPOP.
“How Quickly Did Catholic âHeresyâ Take Over the Early Church? Immediately” (September 22nd, 2015)
“5 Reasons Catholics Should Be Taking Bitcoin Seriously” (September 20th, 2015)
“The Worst Result of the SCOTUS Marriage Decision Wonât Be Persecution” (June 27th, 2015)
“Dear Priests: The Top 5 Heresies to Avoid This Trinity Sunday” (May 28th, 2015)
“6 Challenging Observations About St. Peterâs Sermon on Pentecost” (May 23rd, 2015)
“Where Fundamentalists Are Right: 5 Things Catholics Need to Take Seriously Again” (November 14th, 2014)
“The Sign From Which Demons Flee” (October 31st, 2014)
“6 Reasons This Evangelical Was Convinced âHumanae Vitaeâ Is Right” (October 19th, 2014)
Most of the content listed under “ChurchPOP Editor” is also by me.

âBrantly Millegan reviews Brad Gregoryâs The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Societyâ (March 21st, 2012)

“An Open Letter to Evangelicals: âWe Need Youâ” (April 14th, 2014)
“4 Things Catholics Do that Rightly Scandalize Non-Catholics” (April 3rd, 2014)
“Stop Saying the Catholic Church Rejects âBirth Controlâ” (March 20th, 2014)
“4 Reasons I’m Glad I Got Married and Started a Family – At Age 21” (March 27th, 2014)
“Pope Francis, Internet Mega-Celebrity” (November 12th, 2013)
“5 Church Fathers on that Most Manly of Traits: the Beard” (October 30th, 2013)
—Â Full list of my 187 articles
Some of my articles for Aleteia have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

– “Why We’re Contraception-Free“, a 6-part series that explains how my wife and I went from planning to use contraception to being convinced we shouldn’t, and what our life has been like as a result
– “My Faith Story“, which tells the story of how I was convinced to join the Catholic Church during my senior year at Wheaton College after having been raised as an evangelical Protestant.
Appearances

HuffPost Live, on The Huffington Post
July 8th, 2015 – Guest, “Jimmy Carter, Jesus And Gay Marriage“
May 9th, 2014 – Guest, “Pope Francis Makes Plea To Curb Capitalism“
June 24th, 2013 – Guest, “Pope Francis: The First 100 Days“

The Journey Home, on EWTN
March 17th, 2014 – Guest
December 30th, 2016 – Guest
August 24th, 2016 – Guest

Call Me Catholic with Peggy Normandin
December 31st, 2016 – Guest
February 5th, 2016 – Guest
November 9th, 2015 – Guest

Seize the Day with Gus Lloyd, on The Catholic Channel (SiriusXM 129)
March 25th, 2014 – Guest

The Son Rise Morning Show, on Sacred Heart Radio (740AM in Cincinnati, OH) and the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network
September 9th, 2014 – Guest
May 30th, 2013 – Guest

The Almost Hour with Leo Brown, on Breadbox Media
November 18th, 2015 – Guest

The Mike Allen Show, on Real Life Radio (1380AM WMJR; central Kentucky)
January 4th, 2016 – Guest
June 1st, 2015 – Guest
January 23rd, 2015 – Guest
January 5th, 2015 – Guest
August 14th, 2014 – Guest
April 9th, 2014 – Guest
October 10th, 2013 – Guest
August 16th, 2013 – Guest
June 7th, 2012 – Guest
December 8th, 2010 – Guest
September 1st, 2010 – Guest
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“Rise of the Cool Catholics” by Emily McFarlan Miller (March/April 2016 issue)
“How Catholic culture can thrive on the internet” (6/23/2017)
“Christian media in the age of BuzzFeed: ChurchPOP joins EWTN” (6/2/2016)
“A ‘Buzzfeed’ you can believe in â ChurchPOP marks one remarkable year” by Maggie Maslak (8/11/2015)

“Drawn to God’s Design: Catholic converts share their stories of how the Churchâs teaching on contraception led them to the Faith” by Anamaria Scaperlanda Biddick (1/23/2015)

“âThereâs One Thing That We Will Never Be Able to Do Online: the Sacramentsâ” by Daria Sockey (4/13/2015)
“Michigan Bishop Re-Affirms Ban on Guns in Churches and Schools as Priest Pens Letter Encouraging Catholics to Carry Firearms” by Vincent Funaro (4/23/2015)
“Is the ‘Long Island Medium’ a Walking Contradiction? Self-Professed Catholic Theresa Caputo Practices Further Examined” by Sami K. Martin (4/8/2015)
“Did the Bucket List Baby Receive Salvation? Catholic Expert Weighs In” by Sami K. Martin (10/10/2014)

“Reviews:Â Adventures on the digital continent” (1/2016)

“First Australian interview with ChurchPOP founder” by Jordan Grantham (8/11/2017)

“Conocido sitio web ChurchPOP ahora en español” (1/26/2015)






