1:58 How asking questions can help people unearth their spiritual concerns, experiences, etc.

5:20 What is the difference between pre-evangelization and “just chickening out?”

8:26 Working towards a spiritual environment change

11:11 Figuring out what the Holy Spirit is already doing, and asking how we can help

15:33 All of the baptised have been given charisms that operate in and assist in our evangelization

18:00 Bringing people to an invitation to follow Jesus and letting them decide their own speed

Takeaway quote: You’ll never meet a person for whom God is not already present in some way, whether they know it or not… So you say, “Lord, show me what you are doing.”

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Some moments of particular interest:

0:40 A story of when you try to share Jesus with others and it goes wrong

5:05 Why it’s ok to make mistakes and learn from them as missionaries

8:53 Why are Alpha and Discovery the two tools being chosen for Proclaim?

11:12 How do you help people who feel like they’ve already “been there, done that” when it comes to hearing the Gospel?

14:33 3 phases an evangelizer might progress through in maturation

18:01 Alpha or Discovery: which tool should I use?

21:40 Cooperating with the Holy Spirit, the “principal agent” in evangelization

24:37 The radical intimacy of a relationship with God

34:06 We are not leading people to more knowledge, but to an encounter with Jesus

Takeaway quote: “Christianity is useful because it is true.”

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Some moments of particular interest:

1:14 What exactly is an Impact List, and who goes on it?

3:45 What if people say no to my invitation?

4:45 Fighting through internal hesitation to deliver an invitation

7:36 Whether we realize it or not, our hearts were made for relationship with God

8:26 Why we should never categorize our friends as people God can’t reach

10:37 Overcoming resistance, inviting, and seeing God move

12:48 The radical power of an invitation

16:22 When do I create my Impact List? Do I invite people and then choose Alpha or Discovery?

19:48 If we haven’t built trust with someone, maybe it’s best to start with connecting over dinner

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In the course of their engaging conversation they discuss the methodologies employed by CCO missionaries in evangelizing and discipling on campus and in parishes, and how we can engage in “spiritual multiplication” and really change the world!

Some highlights from the conversation include:

0:33 Dealing with a difficult “failure” in discipleship

5:11 The key role of trust, and how modern man often needs to belong before he believes

8:37 Having a missionary heart means making room for people in your life

11:04 Amber’s personal faith journey

15:04 The life-changing power of an invitation

15:40 Spiritual multiplication: what it really is

18:55 Jesus’ model of discipleship: 1 to a few

20:28 Maybe the peripheries are closer than we think

26:26 What it means to be “successful” in evangelization

31:22 A story of spiritual multiplication from an Oklahoma City parish

36:00 What do we mean by “Proclaim, Equip, Commission”?

*Takeaway quote: *
“Sometimes we need to ask ourselves: how long am I willing to walk with someone? Am I willing to stick with them in the long haul? To journey with them for a year, two years, three years… If it took Jesus three years, what makes me think I can do it any quicker?” -Amber Zolc

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Some moments of particular interest in their conversation:

0:00 The problem of complicating a simple sharing of the Gospel

3:00 What Pope Francis says about “pastoral ministry in a missionary style,” and the difference between kerygma and catechesis

5:56 The problem in Church ministry of confusing “not caring” with “not knowing”

9:15 The need to create spaces of belonging for people who don’t believe yet

12:17 Why we must avoid “spiritual vampirism” and truly reflect the heart of the Father

14:43 Alpha is great for those of us who may not have the charism of evangelization

17:32 Alpha as a program vs. Alpha as a culture

21:29 Looking at Alpha as a leadership pipeline

23:05 Looking outward to “the peripheries”

28:35 The “gravitational pull” to be inward focused, and why we need to fight it

Takeaway quote: “The whole thing (Alpha) is geared up to welcome the outsider and just love that person like crazy.”

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Some moments of particular interest in their conversation:

1:22 Fr. James shares his own conversion story, and how the passion that came from it drives his ministry

4:26 The kind of motive that must “ground” our evangelizing mission

5:43 What really makes a missionary disciple

8:40 The universal call to holiness and mission, and what happens when we neglect the second part

11:30 How Jesus models perfectly for us how being relevant does not mean abandoning the essence of who we are

14:42 Why we must lead with evangelization with people who have not yet fallen in love with God

18:12 Is Alpha Catholic?

22:22 The distinction between feeding sheep and catching fish

24:15 Why it is actually an advantage that Alpha comes from outside the Catholic Church

Takeaway quote:

“If your investment in growth as a missionary doesn’t keep pace with your growth as a disciple, 3 things happen: you become weird, judgemental, and irrelevant.” - Fr. James Mallon

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