The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
Living Redeemed Elizabeth Reardon reminds us of the joy of forgiveness the Church emphasizes during Lent and our Easter liturgical season, which ends with Pentecost. Independence from God Guest author Colleen Pressprich shares how journaling and writing help keep her close to the Lord, rather than independent from him. Friar’s...
Featured Favorite: Simple Acts of Love What simple acts of love can you do today to respond to Christ in others and let them discover him in you? https://joyalive.net/featured-favorite-simple-acts-of-love/ CatholicWriters Guild: Journal Your Faith Story, Part 2 How does your spiritual journal affect your writing? How does your writing reflect your spirituality? CWG: http://blog.catholicwritersguild.com/2019/02/writers-journal-your-faith-story-part-2.html JoyAlive.net:...
Part 2: The long and the short of it Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.org Last month in Part 1, I stressed preparing to evangelize by keeping a spiritual journal. As writers, we know that brevity gets attention! Focused words sell! To write an effective elevator speech, first write a long faith bio from bullet points of chronological events....
Part 1 – Always be ready to evangelize Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com Writers keep a journal to capture inspirations, observations, story ideas, helpful quotes and random musings. These all relate to our writing vocation, which urges us to express ourselves in writing. Christians have a higher calling. We are anointed at Baptism to become evangelists. How fortunate are Catholic...
Holy Spirit Interview at the DMC The presence of the Holy Spirit was indescribable as Ryan Conklin told his faith story to me, and out to thousands of North Texans listening to KATH 910. https://joyalive.net/holy-spirit-interview-at-the-dmc/ Journaling toward God #8: Make Room for God: In the Journaling toward God series, Nancy Ward inspires the...
Part 8 in the Journaling toward God series In Part 7, you found that your faith biography includes memorializing God-moments of conversion, renewal, and healing when you felt close to God. You can place yourself in an environment to experience more God-moments and receive the full blessings and graces God wants for you by determining...
