discipleship Archives - Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker https://deaconallen.com/tag/discipleship-2/ Catholic Motivational Speaker Sat, 04 Feb 2023 18:08:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Making the Ordinary Extraordinary https://deaconallen.com/making-the-ordinary-extraordinary/ https://deaconallen.com/making-the-ordinary-extraordinary/#respond Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:00:51 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3004 Back when I worked in downtown Chicago, I used to take the train every day. Like most people, I sat in my own little world, just minding my own business...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/making-the-ordinary-extraordinary/feed/ 0 What Would You Do? https://deaconallen.com/what-would-you-do/ https://deaconallen.com/what-would-you-do/#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2023 17:00:02 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2983 What would you do if Jesus asked you to follow him? Would you go? Would you hesitate? Or would you push back like this: Sorry, I need to get back...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/what-would-you-do/feed/ 0 Blessing or Woe? Which Way Do We Go? https://deaconallen.com/blessing-or-woe-which-way-do-we-go/ https://deaconallen.com/blessing-or-woe-which-way-do-we-go/#respond Sun, 13 Feb 2022 16:00:53 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2551 If you were to search the Internet for the word “paradox,” you would get a couple of different definitions: a paradox is when two things are both true, but the...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/blessing-or-woe-which-way-do-we-go/feed/ 0 What Are You Looking For? https://deaconallen.com/what-are-you-looking-for/ https://deaconallen.com/what-are-you-looking-for/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:00:39 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2291 I love modern technology! Maybe this is because I have spent the bulk of my career surrounded by its bleeding edge innovations, but I am constantly in awe of the...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/what-are-you-looking-for/feed/ 1 Being a Disciple is like being a Parent https://deaconallen.com/being-a-disciple-is-like-being-a-parent/ https://deaconallen.com/being-a-disciple-is-like-being-a-parent/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:00:27 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1973 Last weekend, our oldest son got married. It was a beautiful day and everything went as well as could be expected. It was a wonderful time filled with happiness, family...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/being-a-disciple-is-like-being-a-parent/feed/ 2 We All Were Sent by God https://deaconallen.com/we-all-were-sent-by-god/ https://deaconallen.com/we-all-were-sent-by-god/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:00:11 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1932 “Whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” Sara was a college senior playing for the championship of the Great...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/we-all-were-sent-by-god/feed/ 2 Perfectly Imperfect https://deaconallen.com/perfectly-imperfect/ https://deaconallen.com/perfectly-imperfect/#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:00:39 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1829 Today we remember Saints Peter and Paul: two men called by God to do great things. Two men who certainly were not born equipped to serve the Lord, but rather,...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/perfectly-imperfect/feed/ 0 Off the Rails https://deaconallen.com/off-the-rails/ https://deaconallen.com/off-the-rails/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:00:32 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1792 In 1980, Ozzy Osbourne released a song called “Crazy Train.” In this song, Ozzy asks when we can all learn to love in a world gone mad: Crazy, but that’s...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/off-the-rails/feed/ 0 The Cost of Discipleship https://deaconallen.com/the-cost-of-discipleship/ https://deaconallen.com/the-cost-of-discipleship/#respond Sun, 04 Sep 2016 15:00:03 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1653 So who wants to be a disciple of Jesus? He certainly doesn’t pull any punches about what it takes (Luke 14:25-33). First, hate your father and mother, wife and children,...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/the-cost-of-discipleship/feed/ 0 Listen Up! https://deaconallen.com/listen-up/ https://deaconallen.com/listen-up/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:26:00 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/listen-up/ As you may have known from my previous posts, I had taken a retreat a couple of weeks ago to spend some time with the Lord. I needed to sort...

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