by Darrin Nelson | Oct 7, 2020 | Discernment of Charisms, Growing Closer to Jesus Christ
“Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 Discipleship should be leading us into an ongoing conversion. A conversion that is the result of our response to the ‘Good News’ we...
by Darrin Nelson | Sep 18, 2020 | Growing Closer to Jesus Christ
I would suspect that most of us are familiar with the scripture passage in the Gospel of Luke where Jesus visits two sisters named Martha and Mary. Jesus visits their home, Martha opens the door and then the messiness of life unfolds in his presence. During one of our...
by Darrin Nelson | Sep 9, 2020 | Growing Closer to Jesus Christ
“Isolation and loneliness can be very dangerous for me. Often times the loneliness can be very sneaky waiting for the right moment to begin scraping away joy in my life.” – Darrin As we continue to redefine the meaning of ‘socializing’, ‘community’,...
by Darrin Nelson | Aug 23, 2020 | Evangelization
For many years as a Catholic if I heard someone talking about how they witnessed about their faith, specifically about Jesus Christ, I instantly thought they were either a Protestant or Evangelical. I would think, “Catholics are certainly not ‘Holy Rollers’! trying...
by Darrin Nelson | Aug 19, 2020 | Evangelization
Think for a moment how many meetings or conversations you have had either sitting in a ministry meeting or in conversation with another leader or pastor trying to figure out what parishioners need. I don’t know if I really want to try and figure out that amount of...