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Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path To Knowing And Following Jesus (2012)

by Sherry Weddell(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1612785905 (ISBN13: 9781612785905)

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English

genre

Nonfiction

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Our Sunday Visitor

review 1: The Catholic Church continues to lose members to evangelical churches because parishioners say they are seeking a more personal relationship with God. The author suggests 5 thresholds one should experience to know and follow Jesus on a personal level. 1. Trust 2. Curiosity 3. Openess 4. Seeking 5. Intentional DiscipleshipThis book will certainly challenge the reader to examine and revitalize his/her own spiritual needs and think about his individual gifts which can be used to assist with the evangelization mission of the church for all parishioners.
review 2: After everything I heard, I was pretty underwhelmed, especially after Bishop Loverde of Arlington cited a couple quotes from her book in his apostolic letter on the New Evangelization. I really don't know ... morewhere to start. I think Weddell offers a lot of good thoughts on promoting an active relationship with Jesus. I wasn't entirely comfortable though, with a couple things. One, her list of five steps in the conversion process. She would acknowledge, I think, that individuals need to be considered one on one, but I could see people trying too hard to categorize a potential convert rather than looking at what that person needs to take the next step. Second, she pushed the sacraments aside--they barely got a mention. She asserts that many Catholics are leaving the Church because they believe can find a deeper relationship with Christ, in evangelical Protestantism. But what about the Eucharist, where Jesus is truly present to us? Evangelizing in the parish is inseparable from Catholic tradition and the sacraments. She didn't get into the idea of a Catholic identity at all. She was too dismissive of that. My own spiritual journey was more intellectual, so perhaps I wasn't her target audience. Again, she raises many good points on the need to deepen our personal relationship with Jesus, but I think Weddell oversimplified some of the problems facing the modern Church. less

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