Embracing Weakness: The Unlikely Secret to Changing the World

Christians have a calling to be active participants in creating a just society. Christian parents have the additional responsibility of nurturing a healthy family life; and the tension between those two things often feels like a battle no one can win. How does a busy mom or dad implement the social teachings of the Catholic Church in an impactful way in their communities? How do we follow Christ through the narrow gate when we’re just trying to make it on time to dentist appointments? Often it seems that when we’re succeeding at one we’re failing at the other, either giving up hope that we can have impact beyond the walls of our home or neglecting the most intimate relationships we’ve been given. But, there is a third way.

In Embracing Weakness: The Unlikely Secret to Changing the World, you will come to understand that pursuing true poverty of spirit is the key to both life-giving familial relationships and solidarity with a hurting world, and as parents we have access to the fast track. If we are willing to let an incarnational parenthood humble us as Christ did in both His Coming and His Passion, we are brought face-to-face with our own weakness and sin, desperate for the grace of God and filled with more compassion for others than ever before. From there the potential for deep human connection opens up for us in the same way it opened up for Christ, transforming the way we relate to others first in our homes and then extending out into the world at large- which we can do with our children.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Shannon K. Evans is a blogger, speaker, and freelance writer who believes the Incarnation of Christ should impact our relationships. She blogs at We, A Great Parade and lives in central Iowa with her husband and four loud sons.