Mark P. Shea

Mark P. Shea (born August 5, 1958) is an American author, blogger, and speaker working in the field of Roman Catholic apologetics.
Born on August 5, 1958, and raised in Everett, Washington, Shea describes himself as a "double-jump convert[,] raised more or less as an agnostic pagan, [who] became a non-denominational Evangelical in 1979, and entered the Catholic Church in 1987". 
Blogging.
Since June 2020, Shea has maintained the "Stumbling Toward Heaven", blog. From April 2002 until May 2020, he wrote the "Catholic and Enjoying It!", blog. 
Periodicals.
Shea has been published in the "National Catholic Register", "Our Sunday Visitor", "Catholic Weekly", "Catholic Answers", "St. Anthony Messenger", the "American Spectator", "Beliefnet", the "Catholic World Report", "New Oxford Review", "The Door", and "Catholic Digest".
Radio.
Shea's one-minute "Words of Encouragement" segments have been broadcast nationally in the United States on "Ave Maria Radio".
Podcasting.
From 2015 to 2018, Shea hosted "Connecting the Dots".
TV.
Shea played Innocent Smith on Dale Ahlquist's television program "G. K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense", on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). 
Shea also appeared on EWTN in the made-for-television film adaptation of Chesterton's play "The Surprise", as the captain of the guard.
In addition, Shea appeared on "The Journey Home" on ETWN.
Film.
In 2015, Shea appeared in "Convinced", a documentary by Donald J. Johnson on the conversions of over 20 people to the Catholic faith.