Tag: discipleship

How do you know that what you’re doing is working?

Filed in Spirituality by on February 26, 2015 2 Comments
How do you know that what you’re doing is working?

It was a moment of doubt. I was sitting in the pub, waiting for a couple of our RCIA candidates to turn up, flicking through posts in the Forming Intentional Disciples Forum on my phone. Wondering […]

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Inspiration for the end of the year, Part 1: Saying Yes to God

Filed in Spirituality by on December 18, 2014 1 Comment
Inspiration for the end of the year, Part 1: Saying Yes to God

Looking back on the year, now most of the students have gone home, two inspirational talks stand out for me. I heard the first one in person, at the HTB Leadership Conference in May. Kay […]

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7 Quick Takes on joy, Christmas, Made for Glory, and disciple-making

Filed in News by on December 12, 2014 0 Comments
7 Quick Takes on joy, Christmas, Made for Glory, and disciple-making

-1- I love this image of joy, from new life in Christ! Apparently, St Seraphim of Sarov said, “The Holy Spirit turns into joy whatever he touches”. I know I have experienced this – I […]

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Can you have evangelists without first having disciples?

Filed in Catholic by on May 3, 2014 5 Comments
Can you have evangelists without first having disciples?

I came across this video earlier this week. Obviously, it comes from a Protestant context (so their concept of worship is not ours), but essentially, it is saying exactly the same thing that we Catholics […]

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Forming intentional disciples

Filed in Catholic by on February 28, 2014 17 Comments
Forming intentional disciples

I’m re-reading Forming Intentional Disciples, people… Yes, in fact, I think I could read it three or four times. You might want to revisit with me some of the key points, because often we can […]

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