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Archives for January 2014

Don’t Lose Sight of Your Ministry’s Ideal Outcome

By Jared Dees

So you are involved in ministry of some kind. Maybe you’ve been doing it for years and you’ve noticed that it’s increasingly harder to make a lasting impact on the people you serve. At least you’ve noticed on a larger scale we are seeing a dip in things like mass attendance, marriages, and baptisms. We’re…

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January 31, 2014 Filed Under: Evangelizing Ministry, On Evangelization

12 Reasons Why I Need a Savior

By Jared Dees

I Need a Savior

“How can someone experience Jesus as their Savior if they don’t even think or know that they need to be saved?” Monsignor Charles Pope, “Back to Basics! Recovering a Catechetical Vision that is Simple and Foundational“ When I read that quote from Msgr. Pope, I thought to myself, “Yes! Wow! That is exactly right. That…

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January 30, 2014 Filed Under: On Evangelization, On Spirituality

The Meaning of the “Fishers of Men” Verse for You

By Jared Dees

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. Matthew 4:18-19…

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January 29, 2014 Filed Under: Evangelizing Ministry, Meaningful Work, On Spirituality, Prayer

To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

By Jared Dees

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. St. Thomas Aquinas This is probably the most popular St. Thomas Aquinas quote on faith. To me, it says we teach too much. I’m as guilty as anyone. I’m a trained teacher. I love teaching. I’ve got years…

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January 28, 2014 Filed Under: Evangelizing Ministry, On Evangelization

Two Ways to Fix the Mass Attendance Problem (and the One Way that Works)

By Jared Dees

Mass Attendance Shrinks

  (source: pewforum.org) The Catholic Church has a mass attendance problem–some would say a crisis. Less than a quarter of Catholics in the United States attend Mass on a weekly basis. The question I have is: how do we go about fixing the problem? And further, is what we’re doing now working? In general, it…

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January 27, 2014 Filed Under: Best Of, Evangelizing Ministry, On Evangelization

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