'Today those who wish to preach the gospel need to connect with their audience, speaking to them in their own language and connecting with their hopes and fears, their aspirations and disappointments.' ~Francis Cousins
If you were to do a review of the last 25 years how would you sum it up? It has been a constant evolution of changes. The biggest change has been the digital revolution and how technology has progressed at an incredible pace. From a spiritual point of view we also have to adapt to the progress all around us. Some would say is it really progress? But such an attitude will simply leave us watching from the sidelines with many opportunities slipping us by. The gospel message will always be the same, fresh, energetic and uplifting. The challenge is to connect it to peoples lives by using every modern means of communication. There is still room for tradition and bringing forward many things that worked well for us in the past. But only if we're open to exploring new methods of evangelisation.
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