Being proactive and taking the initiative are good things. In fact, the late author Stephen Covey considered proactivity as one of his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Unfortunately, this line of thinking often creeps into our spiritual lives, fooling us into thinking that we can take the initiative and be proactive in our relationship with God, when, in truth, spirituality is all about receiving. God takes the initiative to reach out to us, and our role is to be receptive. Having said that, we can indeed practice proactivity in working on our disposition of receptivity. In this episode of Pop-Up Catechesis, we explore the notion of spiritual receptivity.
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Loved the football analogy! It is very affective and effective! Keep up the good work!!!
Thanks, Noreen! I love sports so I tend to gravitate towards sports analogies which I think kids especially can relate to since they all (boys and girls alike!) seem to be into sports these days!