To Be Like St Nicholas
December 6 is the feast of St. Nicholas, bishop of Smyrna, certainly one of the most popular saints celebrated in our Church, as well as in the Eastern…
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God, Do You Care?
If you’ve said yes to that overwhelming, “love of God poured into [your] heart” (Romans 5:5) and have been following Jesus as His disciple for some time, you’re probably…
Absolute Truth and Relativism
Last time, we thought about objective and subjective statements. Let’s look at a similar (and sometimes confused) pair of words: absolute and relative. Why do we care about…
Book Review – Why I am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) by Brandon Vogt
One of the greatest commonalities I find among families is that all of us have at least one person who has left the Catholic faith. For those of…
Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity: Cultivating Virtues for Evangelizers
Have you ever witnessed a sporting event where a tremendously skilled team or player makes an amazing play–but blundered on the “easy” part? Think of a baseball player…
Objective Truth
Why do we care about words like “objective” and “subjective”? This isn’t a grammar site. The words aren’t particularly theological, but they do come into play when talking…
Small Communities
Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28:19 And he said…
Customer Service as Evangelizers
As evangelizers, we’re all in customer service. Now this is strictly a metaphor, because as Christians we’ve got nothing to sell (in fact, we’re sharing the free gift…
Tough Mudder Pre-Evangelization Tips
Why would anyone pay to go through messy, physically demanding obstacle courses and “comically extreme” challenges (Fast Company, Jun 2017)? Indeed. Why? From Tough Mudder CEO, Will Dean, it’s got…
#CatholicConvo: The Joy of the Gospel in America
Last week the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) convened a strategic conversation of 3,500 Catholic leaders on forming missionary disciples to truly animate the Church, so that the “joy…