Got Faith? Catholic Christian Reflection Why Bother?: Does Believing Make a Difference, Book 1, (Paperback)

The "Got Faith Project" endeavors to be an engaging tool for catechesis, evangelization, and Discipleship for Highschool-aged youth.While it has been created primarily as an adjunct to a Youth Ministry Discipleship/Mentoring program or Religious Education class, it can also serve as a stand-alone prayer-reflection and Faith-enhancement tool. The series takes the student from the most basic question, "Do I even believe God exists?" all the way through to "How can I best serve Christ in becoming the person He created me to Be?"Taking the Young Disciple through life circumstances of two fictional high school students, the 'Got Faith' series seeks to bring real life situations to life which illustrate the central tenets of the Catholic Christian Faith, leading to a life lived fully and extraordinarily for Christ.In this first 'season', the Young Disciple is drawn out of his/her day-to-day lives, routines, and worldly views, to begin to ask the Big Questions have perhaps not considered. Whether a faithful Christian or a devout atheist, all have to eventually engage these questions; "How did this all get here?", "Does life have any meaning?", "Why did God create me and what is my purpose?" Popular secular "theories" will be shown for just that... being theories that do not fully answer the questions posed. Utilizing sound reason-which is often muffled and distorted by today's culture and societal engineers-the Young Disciple is given a rational/philosophical foundation in the Natural Law which lays the groundwork for a Catholic Christian worldview... aka "The Real World".Through an eight week period, we demonstrate to the Young Disciple how scientific discoveries and Faith are not opposed; science studies the laws of nature, with God as the Author of those laws. Gaps in the "conventional thinking" in our society are exposed, to establish some basic groundwork in the search for God, moving on to the "case for Christ", then closing out for the basis of the Catholic Church's claim to be the One, Holy, Catholic, & Apostolic Church.