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If we aren’t teaching and preaching the gospel to change lives then what in the world are we doing? Right? But heres the thing, no one would likely suggest any other goal, but at the same time, also not know how to teach and preach in such a way that actually leads to life change. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not easy, and just saying that’s what you are doing doesn’t make it so,
In my conversation today with Michael Gormley, aka Gomer, we set our sights on this very thing - how do we actually teach and preach so as to help people, who want to, change their lives. This conversation was a blast and as we get rolling we jump into the nitty gritty of exactly how this happens.
Also, a big shout of thanks to Gomer and Ascension who generously offered to also release this interview on one of his podcasts, Every Knee Shall Bow. It’ll be a bonus episode in that feed this week. Super cool! I’m so grateful.
And to that end if you aren’t listening to Every Knee Shall Bow, what are you doing? For a long time now I think that show has been the pre-eminent place in the podcasting space to discuss everything related to evangelization and catechesis in the Church. Check it out if you aren’t already following!
Michael Gormley has been leading evangelization and ministry efforts for the past 17 years, both as a full-time parish staff member and as a speaker and consultant for parishes, dioceses, and Catholic campus ministries. He has his Undergraduate Degrees in both Philosophy and Theology, and a Masters in Theology and Christian Ministry, from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He currently serves as the Mission Evangelist for Paradisus Dei, a ministry dedicated to helping men, couples, and families discover the superabundance of God. Michael is also the founder and creative director of LayEvangelist.com, the co-host to two successful Catholic podcasts: Catching Foxes and Every Knee Shall Bow. He is married to his college sweetheart, Shannon, and they have 4 amazing children and get about 3 hours of sleep a night, which is alright by him.
Here’s a link to Gomer’s Website, Lay Evangelist:
And to his two podcasts: “Every Knee Shall Bow” and “Catching Foxes”
And to his Soundcloud account where he keeps all of his talks. Check it out!
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