Last night, Elizabeth Bruenig spoke at DC Catholic’s Theology on Tap. Here are some highlights of her talk:
How to Live the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 in 10 Steps:
Step 1: Be Catholic on the inside: be who God wills you to be
Step 2: Learn Catholic history: helps you contextualize areas of conflict between catholic culture and our secular culture#totDC pic.twitter.com/siEgYR9xkD— DCCatholic (@DCCatholic) January 10, 2018
Living the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 with @ebruenig:
Step 3: Discover Catholic art: art helps educate the conscience. “Art heals us” Augustine says!
Step 4: Make Catholic friends and tell them you love them-“I want to be in all of your friend zones!”#totdc
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Living the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 with @ebruenig:
Step 5: Marry young: don’t delay marriage to “get to know each other” perfectly, or to save more money, etc. Commit to someone and grow WITH your spouse.#totdc
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Living the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 with @ebruenig:
Step 6: Having kids young can be a great source of joy even if it can be difficult in our current climate (family leave, childcare, etc.)#totdc
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Living the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 with @ebruenig:
Step 7: On Working in the world: be loving, forgiving, reliable, make friends at work, tell the truth, have a sense of humor, etc.#totdc
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Living the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 with @ebruenig:
Step 8: On suffering: you will need quiet on the inside when the outside world is swirling the loudest. “When the going gets tough, turn off social media”#totdc
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Living the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 with @ebruenig:
Step 9: On the discernment of your goal. “Live the life you are living in a way that pleases God, discerning what God intends for you in your life.” Find a spiritual director. #totdc
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Living the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 with @ebruenig:
Step 10: On how easy this all is: Catholicism has a way of meeting you exactly where you are. You don’t have to be superhuman or overly heroic to find God.#totdc
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