mission Archives - Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker https://deaconallen.com/tag/mission/ Catholic Motivational Speaker Sat, 26 Apr 2025 15:36:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Unlock the Door https://deaconallen.com/unlock-the-door/ https://deaconallen.com/unlock-the-door/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:30:58 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3363 One morning while at my mother-in-law’s house in Iowa, I stepped outside to feed her cat at 5am while everyone was still asleep. The door blew shut and locked me...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/unlock-the-door/feed/ 1 The Soap and Water of Our Faith https://deaconallen.com/the-soap-and-water-of-our-faith/ https://deaconallen.com/the-soap-and-water-of-our-faith/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:00:30 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2468 There’s a story about a priest and his friend, a soap maker, who were out taking a walk. The soap maker said, “What good is religion? What good is Jesus?...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/theres-no-place-like-home/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 Being an Evangelist is Not What You Think https://deaconallen.com/being-an-evangelist-is-not-what-you-think/ https://deaconallen.com/being-an-evangelist-is-not-what-you-think/#respond Sun, 15 Jan 2017 16:00:17 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1745 Who wants to be an evangelist? Typically when I ask this question when giving a talk somewhere, no one raises their hand. On very few occasions one or two people...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/being-an-evangelist-is-not-what-you-think/feed/ 0 Living the Way God Intended https://deaconallen.com/living-the-way-god-intended/ https://deaconallen.com/living-the-way-god-intended/#comments Sun, 29 May 2016 15:00:53 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1551 Whenever I ask a group of teenagers to share their favorite story about Jesus, today’s Gospel is the one that always comes up (Luke 9:11b-17). “So much food!” they say....

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/living-the-way-god-intended/feed/ 2 Are You Life-Giving or Life-Taking? https://deaconallen.com/are-you-life-giving-or-life-taking/ https://deaconallen.com/are-you-life-giving-or-life-taking/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:00:39 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1499 A few years ago, my wife Stephanie and I took a group of our parish teens on a summer mission trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. We were blessed to spend the...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/nothing-for-the-journey/feed/ 0 I Am So Stressed (Blessed)! https://deaconallen.com/i-am-so-stressed-blessed/ https://deaconallen.com/i-am-so-stressed-blessed/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:20:13 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1426 I am so stressed! I am stressed out beyond belief! In fact, if stress burned calories, I’d be a supermodel. I am being bombarded from so many different directions that...

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