EC Impact: Colleen

“God is truly reaching more in this work.”
How Small Groups Build a Movement
Small groups work because they are rooted in relationships, not in organizational structures or edifices. Within the relationships people want and need, they find what they didn’t know they lacked: Jesus and the Church.
Evangelizing through Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving

Here are our top 5 evangelical Lenten resolutions for 2017, directly from EC Staff:
Lenten Reflection 2016

So, I’m going to reflect on just that: my own poverty. And what a perfect time Lent is to experience and reflect on our own spiritual poverty.
I Dreamt that My Son Died – A Good Friday Meditation

It seems eminently clear that the more perfect one’s love is, the more pain lies in wait. The longer couples date, the more the break-up hurts.
Seek the Lord in the Bible Every Day… Seriously!

Mark Rose wrote in our last EC blog entry about how we hunger for connection to people and to God. I know that I hunger for a lot of things, especially affirmation and security. We experience a constant state of need until we see God face to face.
“Do not be afraid, for I am with you”

What definitely scared me the most was the uncarpeted stairs- the bogeyman was going to grab my legs from between the steps and pull me into an abyss.
Catholic Small Groups Are Critical – But They’re Not the Answer

Don’t get me wrong: small groups have their place. I personally know many students who have experienced radical conversion of heart, mind and soul through attending small groups. Their faith stories/testimonies of Jesus’s love “becoming real” in their lives are powerful, a witness to trust more in our Lord and Savior.
5 Things Parishes are Doing Wrong for the New Evangelization

So your parish wants more unity – a vision to run with.
Holistic Love: Seeking Integrity as a Child of God

Excluding maybe a couple of extraordinary instances, I think it is fair to say that a broken world begets broken people.