Do you panic when asked about your Catholic faith?

Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story is here to help!

Every baptized Christian is called to evangelize, yet many Catholics find personal evangelism intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be! In Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies, I show you that evangelization can be simply a matter of letting others know how God has worked in your life.

As I explain the importance of being able to bear witness to God’s love by sharing your faith story, I share my own story of lifelong conversion and show you how to recognize the ways God has been drawing you closer to him throughout your life. You’ll also get ten tips on how to share your story in a way that is natural, effective, and un-intimidating.

In the second part of the book, you’ll read more than thirty personal faith stories by Catholics from all walks of life—converts and “reverts,” clergy, religious, and layfolk who tell their own unique stories of how God has drawn them gradually closer into his loving embrace. These authors include women and men from the United States and Canada. Plus I share my conversion and renewal stories and Gary Zimak tells a stirring story in the Foreword to the book.

The testimonies

You’ll find first-person testimonies written by Julie Davis, Virginia Pillars, Michael Fraley, Cheryl Ann Wills, John Chomistek, Robert Kurland, Jeannie Ewing, Elizabeth Reardon, Cynthia Gill Bates, Tima Borges, Lisa Nicholas, Karl Erickson, Greg Wasinski, Colleen Spiro, Neil Combs. Sr. Anne Marie Walsh SOLT, Jennifer Fitz, Lyn Mettler, Virginia Lieto, Brian Gill, Melanie Jean Juneau, and Kevin Luskus, all experienced authors and bloggers.

For Margaret Reveira, Bill Alexander, Rob Brull, Bishop Mark Seitz, Gloria Castro, Cyndi Lucky, Marie Therese Kceif, and Diane Roe, this is their first publication experience.

Faithful witnesses

All the contributing authors are faithful, enthusiastic Catholics serving the Church in the Faith Formation, RCIA, Christ Renews His Parish, ACTS Ministry, Youth Ministry, Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Knights of Columbus, Marriage Encounter, and diocesan ministries.

Many are Catholic schoolteachers, and the faithful parishioners you will see as lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and willing volunteers. They have unique stories to tell you about how God has transformed their lives.

If you’ve ever wished you could be a more effective witness to God’s truth and love, you can learn to share YOUR Catholic faith story. You have a story only you can tell, and someone needs to hear it!

Nancy’s book is a wonderful and compelling read for Christians so that we will “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence.” (1 Peter 3:15-16 NABRE). Many people may be intimidated or shy to share their faith journey experiences. And that is very understandable. When we are asked how we first realized that Jesus is our Lord who loves us, few will be able to share a coherent and extemporaneous narrative. We will probably recall our stories of faith randomly without order. Her many suggestions, especially of journaling and creating a timeline, make for a better understanding of our lives and later, for sharing our stories. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and had to carve a particular time to read it. I did not want to rush myself through the book because I found it spiritually nourishing to be able to dig deep into my memory files to recall those incidents in my life when I realized Jesus was with me. As she was going through her tips and techniques, I knew I was going to implement these in my future writings. The emotions that she felt during her journey were so alive that I thought I was walking in her shoes in my journey as well. A very inspiring read and a treasure-trove of writing tips and faith stories – An Anonymous Writer

An enjoyable template for the challenge of evangelization – Lisa Hendey

Evangelization just got easier. – Melanie Rigney

God’s choicest blessings on Nancy as she answers this call – John Michael Talbot

A Powder Keg of Evangelizing Zeal — Michael Seagriff

Nancy Ward can help us learn to tell our faith stories, and that is the beginning of converting this culture — Rebecca Hamilton

A book that needed to be written – Gary Zimak

The world is hungry to hear your story! – Dave Palmer

Sharing Your Faith Story is about what God is doing in our lives and the good things God has for us that he brings to others by the gift of who we are. – Pat Gohn

Nancy Ward can help us learn to tell our faith stories, and that is the beginning of converting this culture – Rebecca Hamilton

Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story removes a Catholic’s fear of the word evangelism and equips them to step out with confidence and simply share the joy of the Gospel – Melanie Jean Juneau

Nancy’s sharing of her journey gives me encouragement that I, too, can get through the arid deserts of life and find renewal through the Holy Spirit – Virginia Lieto

You can find Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story on Barnes and Noble, JoyAlive/shop and Amazon.com.

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Nancy Ward

Nancy Ward writes about conversion, Christian community, and Catholicism. After earning a journalism degree, she worked for the Diocese of Dallas newspaper and the Archbishop Sheen Center for Evangelization, then began her own editing service. She’s a regular contributor to CatholicMom.com, SpiritualDirection.com, CatholicWritersGuild.com, NewEvangelizers.com and a contributing author to The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion. Now, through her Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies workshops, retreats, book, and DVD, she shares her conversion story at Catholic parishes and conferences, equipping others to share their own stories.

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