"Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope"- 1 Peter 3:15
Note: I wrote a draft of this post a few years ago but never posted it. Though I haven’t been able to serve as a catechist for a while, the overall message of this post is still very important to me. “Ok, let’s review this together again,” I said to my first grade faith formation …
“In contemporary America, most people are not moved by claims of truth or goodness. Relativism has made truth to be whatever you want, thereby turning the good into whatever makes you feel good. So how can you engage the average nonbeliever? How can you place him on the road that would lead him back to …
On paper, The Gospel for Muslims: An Encouragement to Share Christ with Confidence by Thabiti M. Anyabwile seems like the perfect book for our time. We are seeing more and more Muslims turn to Christ. As our world becomes smaller and smaller, it is much more likely that we as Christians will have the opportunity to proclaim the gospel …
The summer between my freshman and sophomore year of college, one of my co-workers would frequently ask me questions about Catholicism. Though raised Catholic, he made the personal decision to convert to Islam. I’ll be honest: I dreaded those questions. This co-worker wasn’t a very friendly person to begin with, and his questions were often …
When I was a freshman in college, one of the women in my dorm invited me to a Bible study. It was the first time I had ever participated in a Bible study. What I remember most is feeling completely inadequate. There I sat in the grass with my “Extreme Faith” Bible and essentially zero knowledge …
It always surprises me when people are shocked that I tell them I believe Catholicism is the only religion where we can get the fullness of the Truth. Instead of arguing about the validity of the belief that the Catholic Church is true, they are shocked that I would make such a bold statement about …
If you’re here to actually win arguments, I have bad news: there is no winning. Though social media is a phenomenal tool for communication, it is still not ideal for having conversations that will cause someone to completely change their stance. This is difficult enough face-to-face, but it is nearly impossible online. Furthermore, our goal …
There are mixed views in Christian circles regarding social media. While there are certainly dangers with social media, it is also an opportunity to meet people, a lot of people, where they are at. As Catholics, a phrase that is often brought up is “the New Evangelization.” The USCCB says The New Evangelization calls each …