‘If I Say This Out Loud, I Will Die’
I knew what I did was wrong, and was tortured by it. But when the thought of confessing that act came to mind, I immediately sensed: If I say this out loud, I will die.
Can You Picture an Evangelizing Parish?
Ugh, that word! Evangelization—people immediately think of soapboxes, megaphones, door-to-door missionaries, and more. And yet—we need to share the good news. Jesus told us too. We see people leaving, sometimes our family and friends. And to look at the last three months—has the world ever needed God more? And—we want to share the good news….
The Role of Evangelization in Discipleship
Lots of people think that they are already doing evangelization. In most cases, they are not. Would it help to look at what the Church teaches on the role of evangelization in the path of discipleship? I’ll bet it would! One of the challenges we meet in talking about evangelizing parishes—what are they? what does…
COVID isn’t an excuse to not evangelize
You all, I love you. But I need to say this out loud: Stop using Covid19 as an excuse to not do evangelization. I get it. It’s so tempting. Of course we don’t want to expose anyone to physical harm. We likely agree that the restrictions put in place in our towns and churches are…