Josh Canning

Author -- 13 posts
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We Need To Be More Than A Welcoming Church

I was a lapsed Catholic once. I went through my late teens and early twenties chasing fulfilment in fleeting things. I was...

Resource Adults
Discovery or Alpha: How do I choose?

Any tool is going to depend greatly on how it's used by the handyman.

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We Need to Be More than a Welcoming Church

I was a lapsed Catholic once. I went through my late teens and early twenties chasing fulfilment in fleeting things. I was...

Resource Adults
What Happens After Hosting Alpha at Your Parish?

One of the big questions a lot of people have when they run Alpha is: what next?  Alpha is the first letter in the Greek...

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How to Fire Up Your Faith When it is Weak

God can sometimes feel distant. We feel desperate to know Him more but we aren’t sure how to reconnect. But that doesn’t mean...

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Where did the New Evangelization Come From? An Interview with Michael Dopp

Michael Dopp is the founder of Mission of the Redeemer Ministries and the New Evangelization Summit, a premier conference and...

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7 Questions to Start a Spiritual Conversation with Family

I’ve heard it said more than once that the people hardest to evangelize are your own family.  Maybe we feel awkward because...

Resource Women
Discovering Her Voice In Evangelization: Lisa Canning

I was hesitant about leading Alpha. But now I say that I’ll be running Alpha until I’m 90 years old.

Resource Adults
Why Urgent, Imperfect Evangelization is the Best Kind

It was beautiful. I was sitting in a newer east coast church, among hundreds at the Divine Renovation Conference. We listened...

Resource Adults
What Is It Like to Host Alpha for the First Time?

The answer to the question is an easy one: scary. I remember all the emotions from the first time I coordinated Alpha with my...

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What if I'm Not Ready to Lead Alpha?

“What if I’m not ready to lead Alpha?” It’s the question that stops a lot of us from jumping in. It’s filled with a lot of...

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What is the Kerygma and Why it Must Preceed Catechesis

Do you remember ever being too short to ride a roller coaster?  I remember trying to so subtly step up a bit on tippy toes in...

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3 Hidden Benefits of Running Alpha

We don’t often think of Alpha as a resource to help those who already know Jesus. We have the mentality that, if you’ve met...