Pre-Evangelization and the Desire for God
How can we share our faith with others when the people around us just aren’t interested in “religious” things? You know–the situations where the mere mention of “Church”…
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Category: Evangelization
Sharing Christ with clarity and joy.
Find and Tell
Evangelization is simple, yet mysterious. Today’s Gospel (John 1:45-51) for the Feast of Saint Bartholomew (aka Nathanael) captures this dynamic in a nutshell. Often we can overthink evangelization.…
Six Resolutions for Your Fall Ministries
It’s that time of year when many ministry staff and volunteers are preparing to launch or re-start initiatives, groups, programs, and more, as students and adults transition back…
Joy
I was on retreat Saturday with our middle and high school youth ministry core teams. One of our deacons gave a talk on joy and said it was…
From Inauthentic Evangelizer to Witness
How authentic are you as an evangelizer? When people ask you questions, are your responses what you experience? Or a idealistic, textbook answer? Pope Francis writes, “people prefer…
Balloon or Coat?
A short and sweet midsummer faith reflection/checkup. It has been a tumultuous year in our society. Many social issues, many social problems, many chaotic events. How do we…
Faith to Evangelize Without Seeing Fruit
“I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother.” Hard words from today’s Gospel (Mt 10:34-11:1). But, I’m going to warn you…
Just a Dozen
If you are at all familiar with current culture you know that as far as our cultural values go, more is better! We have seen the quantities of…
An Interview about Ministry
(A few months back, I was interviewed by a former student about my thoughts on Christian ministry. I’m afraid he makes me sound better than I am, especially…
An Evangelization Tip
In the last few weeks I’ve heard a good number of homilies and other talks that have been very applicable to how to be a good evangelizer. What’s…