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...
by Darrin Nelson | Aug 13, 2020 | Discernment of Charisms
The other day I was in a meeting with a pastor that I am consulting with for his parish’s pastoral planning with discipleship and evangelization. The intent of the meeting was to finalize some of the discipleship formation we discussed at our previous meeting two...
by Darrin Nelson | Aug 10, 2020 | Discernment of Charisms
Discerning your charisms requires time of personal prayer, a focus of discernable action with a particular charism, and journaling your experiences. In this short email I would like to share with you the importance of journaling your experiences, especially when...
by Darrin Nelson | Jan 20, 2020 | Book Reflections
Into His Likeness Be Transformed as a Disciple of Christ Part One: Chapter 1 “Follow Me” “He wants to enter our lives and shine his light on any areas of darkness that keep us from a closer relationship with him. Will we let him in?” pg 11 There are so...
by Darrin Nelson | Jan 16, 2020 | Book Reflections, Growing Closer to Jesus Christ
Into His Likeness Be Transformed as a Disciple of Christ Part One: Chp 3 “In the Dust of the Rabbi” “Jesus invites these men not just to attend his public lectures, but to live with him…and share life with him.” pg 28 What are some key points the...
by Darrin Nelson | Dec 12, 2019 | Book Reflections
Into His Likeness Be Transformed as a Disciple of Christ Part One: Chp 2 “Total Commitment” “if we truly put Jesus first above everything else in our lives – then we find that all those other desires, dreams, and concerns will sort themselves out.” pg 15...
