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Being a Christian means being an evangelizer. The new evangelization calls us to keep our faith strong by giving it away with our love, friendship and testimony. How do we share how God is writing his love story on our hearts? The award-winning  Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips,  and Testimonies answers the question, “How do I share my faith story?”
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Your Faith Story: Always be ready, part 2

Was God calling me to evangelize with the story of my initial conversion and so many descriptions of how he manifested his presence in my life? As I prayed for guidance, I kept coming across two verses from the First Letter of Peter on the radio or a website, in a homily or a book. I kept hearing and reading: “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), until I knew it by heart.

What does “always be ready” mean?

Catholic family / Faithfulness / Family / Healing / Pope Francis / Scriptures

Simple Acts of Love

“Any simple act of love, done in obedience and humility, reaches all the way into eternity.” This profound word, spoken at a recent prayer meeting, shocks those embroiled in our toxic culture. The world tells us we are to do big things. Be self-made people, strong individuals that impact the world. Yet Jesus tells us...

Community / Conversion / Family / Healing / Identity / Jesus / Joy / Scriptures

Circle of Good: Loving the sinner

featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com Our parents and spiritual mentors taught to hate the sin and love the sinner. This haunting story, compelling me to share it. The author is unknown and the facts cannot be authenticated. Like a biblical parable, the message touches my heart and causes me to think and perhaps change the way I react...