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Finding Healing Through Brokenness & Forgiveness (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2: Finding Healing Through Forgiveness My doctorate is on the theology of healing through forgiveness. People come to me with so many questions about what to do with their anger or when they can’t forgive after trying many times. I wanted to answer these...
Finding Healing Through Brokenness & Forgiveness
Part 1 of 2: Finding Healing Through Brokenness God cares for us through brokenness. I grew up in a great family: four kids, two parents, normal, Catholic-but-not-too-Catholic. We lived the average American life until tragedy struck when I was fifteen. During routine...
Pentecost Today USA Invites Faithful to ‘Fullness of Life’
Renewal Ministries’ Editor Heather Schultz recently spoke with Pentecost Today USA Executive Director Alicia Hartle to learn more about Alicia’s journey, Pentecost Today USA, and Jesus 2023. ‘A Beautiful Grace to Serve’ Alicia Hartle, Pentecost Today USA’s current...
Our Mission: A Letter from Ralph Martin
I recently shared with our staff a statement of our mission which I now want to share with you. The Word of God Renewal Ministries' mission is to receive the Word of God, listen to what God is saying, and respond to Him as best we can. This means we pay attention to...
‘Lord, Smash Our Idols’
Do you have idols in your life? Are you prepared to let the Lord smash them so you can follow Him wholeheartedly? To emphasize how important it is to give up our idols so we can follow the Lord with undivided hearts, I’d like to share my experience of literal idol...
Sainthood: It’s What We’re Made For
In the spring of 2012, I came across an article that had become a viral sensation: a guileless new restaurant review from an eighty-five-year-old woman in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It caught my eye because I had just returned to Michigan after interviewing for a job...
Standing on the Word: Faith Over Fear
The following article is condensed from Angèle Regnier’s homily at the 2023 Lift Jesus Higher Rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can listen to it here. The article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries’ July 2023 newsletter. In 2018, my archbishop encouraged...
Standing on the Word: Empowered to Witness
The following article is condensed from Peter Herbeck's talk at the 2023 Lift Jesus Higher Rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can listen to it here. The article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries’ July 2023 newsletter. Pope Benedict XVI believed the secret...
Standing on the Word: Declaring Truth
The following article is condensed from Rachel Herbeck's talk at the 2023 Lift Jesus Higher Rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can listen to it here. This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries’ July 2023 newsletter. The average person has 70,000...
Standing on the Word: Transfiguration
The following article is condensed from Thomas Cardinal Collins’ homily at the 2023 Lift Jesus Higher Rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can listen to it here. The article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries’ July 2023 newsletter. Jesus’ Transfiguration...
Responding to Today’s Spiritual Battles
The following article is condensed from Ralph's talk at the 2023 Lift Jesus Higher Rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can listen to it here. The article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' July 2023 newsletter. I’d like to discuss the challenges we’re...
Spreading the Gospel in Namibia and Botswana
Both Namibia and Botswana are more developed than many countries we serve in. They have great roads and strong economies. However, Covid has dealt them a blow. The people have much fear and anxiety for the future, but thankfully are turning to the Lord as the only...
Battling Fear
I want to talk about some simple truths regarding how to overcome a troubled, fearful heart. If we take the Lord’s words to heart, they will transform our lives and help us face all circumstances. At the Last Supper, Jesus instituted the Eucharist and unfolded the...
Hate Speech? Time to Push Back
What is hate speech? In the UK, a retired Army officer recently was charged with hate speech after quoting the Scripture that says homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Cor 6:9-10). He should have added that people who engage in homosexual activity and...
Spreading the Gospel in Cameroon
Our Mission to Priests We spent one week each in the dioceses of Ngaoudéré and Bafia. The mission’s purpose was to facilitate personal and ministerial renewal to priests in these two dioceses by inviting a greater openness to the role of the Holy Spirit in their lives...
Silence & Solitude
By Fr. Dan Westermann A few years ago, my friend made his final vows in New York City. I flew out early to spend time with another priest friend. We wandered around Times Square and other popular sites. I found myself drawn into the rush and almost overwhelmed by the...
The Warning and Illumination of Conscience
Dear Brothers and Sisters Awaiting the Lord’s Coming, People regularly ask me about something called the Warning or Illumination of Conscience. This refers to a stream of prophecy that we find in Catholic history and some contemporary Marian apparitions. It refers to...
Reclaim the Sabbath: Part Two
Below is a story of one person’s journey to observing the Sabbath. We hope this encourages others to consider how the Lord may be calling them to rest with the Lord on the Sabbath, as the Lord undoubtedly calls each of us in similar but unique ways that may change...
Reclaim the Sabbath: Part One
Let’s reclaim the Lord's Day as a day of rest and the most important day of the week for Christians. Let’s withstand secular culture’s efforts to turn the Lord's Day into just another day to be entertained. The first three commandments are about relationship with God....
Spreading the Gospel in Romania
The past year has contained many exciting opportunities for growth and proclaiming the Good News! I am happy to share some of these opportunities with you. Youth Leadership Training The Wholeheartedly Youth Leadership Training, which we have organized with the...
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