For many of us, writing a witness talk can be a daunting task. We start to ask ourselves questions like: Where do I start? What do I say? What stories should I share? Are my stories good enough? Am I revealing too much about myself? What if I cry? There are all sorts of questions…
On Evangelization
Don’t Lose Sight of Your Ministry’s Ideal Outcome
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…
12 Reasons Why 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…
To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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…
Two Ways to Fix the Mass Attendance Problem (and the One Way that Works)
(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…
