… to a post I published a year ago today: There are many who equate proselytization, the act of using coercion or force to convert someone to the faith, with evangelism, in which clearly the Pope is saying every Christian has a responsibility to engage.  Equating the two does a couple of things.  1) Absolves one of the responsibility to evangelize and 2) shuts down public expressions of faith. The former giving aid and comfort to cultural Christians interested more in leveraging claims to being faithful and interested less in the challenges that come with exercising and living the faith; … Continue reading A go-back…