Find a Real Friend in Jesus
While interviewing Gary Zimak about his new book, Find a Real Friend in Jesus: Ten Amazingly Easy Steps, I found a fascinating backstory of how a conversion experience…
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Category: Conversion & Witness
Stories of grace at work.
God Has Plans for Us
That the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords. (1 Timothy 6:15) Recently I…
Which Is Better: Perfection or Mercy?
In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees challenge Jesus because he has allowed his disciples to pick grain from the fields as they pass through. The investigator in me really…
Shepherds
There were about two minutes left in the Olympic quarterfinal basketball game between Argentina and the United States. The U.S. team was up by more than twenty points…
Witness a Gamble for Faith
Exploring if and/or how faith in Jesus Christ can be certain matters for catechesis, disciple-making, and evangelization as a whole. Certainty is related to confidence. If the “Good News” isn’t…
Don’t Fear the “Small Faith Group”
It wasn’t long ago that the mention of a “small faith group” would have sent me scrambling for the nearest exit. If offered a choice between participating in…
Transform your marriage with ‘Intimate Graces’
Do you know that practicing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy can transform your marriage? This premise of Intimate Graces holds fast in delightful and touching stories…
Suffering & Sweetness
Days ago this quote came to my inbox: “All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and…
Hope…
Then you will know that I am the Lord; no one who waits for my help will be disappointed. …
The Lord’s Prayer Part 8 – A Peace the World Cannot Give
“But deliver us from evil.” I have never completely understood those who criticize the Catholic faith by pointing to all of the evil in the world. While the…