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Where is MY Abundance, Lord

I preach it, I teach it, and I believe it. Abundance is your birthright, not because some New Age guru said so, but because Christ told us, “I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10 Yet lately, it’s looked to me as if my life is […]

Effective Evangelization: 5 Tips for Sharing the Good News

Effective evangelization doesn’t come without practice. I’ve been privileged to be part of God’s work evangelizing some of my friends and family members, bringing them either to Christ or back home to the faith. My husband is one of those individuals. Effective Evangelization Mistakes The miracle with my husband’s conversion isn’t that it took 18 […]

Planning for Success: A How-To Guide for Leaders

“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down to count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?” – Luke 14:28 When you’re creating a ministry, it’s important to start by envisioning what success looks like for your ministry. What are you going to get out of all […]

Making a Strategic Pivot

When I first launched Loving Catholicism, my goal was to provide free catechetical instruction to Directors of Religious Education programs so that they wouldn’t feel the need to charge for such instruction. I did this when someone I’d developed a relationship with was told it would cost them $120 to join the Church’s RCIA program. […]

Embracing the Messiness of My Life

This morning on the way to confession, God and I engaged in a little tête-à-tête regarding my present circumstances and the mission he assigned my husband and I eight years ago. I spent eight years fighting him on this mission, overlooking the obvious solutions to the challenges I faced, because – as God pointed out […]

Answering Christ’s Call to Share the Good News in a Post-Christian Society

Answering Christ’s call to share the Good News might seem tough in our post-Christian society. The Olympic opening ceremony mocking the Last Supper, the announcement by Prince Charles of England that the Church of England would no longer call itself a Church, Canada and many other Western countries punish Christians for sharing their faith. Faith-based […]