Let's Talk about Truth by Ann M Garrido

Let's Talk about Truth by Ann M Garrido

Winner of a second-place award in the church professional category from the Catholic Media Association.



The mere mention of "truth" will often start arguments, even among the best of friends and the closest of family members. To avoid conflict, Church leaders often side-step the topic altogether. In Let's Talk about Truth, Ann M. Garrido shares practical ways that preachers and others charged with moral and spiritual leadership in the Church can stop backing away from the topic and instead help Catholics recover the practice of truth as a way of life.

In Let's Talk about Truth, award-winning author and associate professor of homiletics Ann M. Garrido shows Catholic preachers, teachers, and other leaders ways to approach the contentious topic of truth with confidence that the Church's intellectual and pastoral traditions are squarely on their side. She explores truth as a multifaceted reality that serves four foundational roles in the Christian life. Truth:

• equips us to see the world as it actually is
• informs our opinions and assists us with making judgments
• shapes the way we communicate with each other
• enables us to build long-lasting relationships with one another

Garrido's clarity and conviction inspire confidence and the practical homiletic tools she offers are readily applicable to teaching and other forms of Church leadership. Sample preaching texts illustrate key points and show readers how to understand truth as a way of life that the Christian must pursue. Each chapter includes a summary of key insights, a list of practical takeaways, and probing questions for self-reflection or group dialogue. Garrido also provides a five-point assessment tool for preachers in a brief appendix to facilitate their willingness and growth toward better preaching about the practice of truth in the Christian life.

Ann Garrido is associate professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, MO where she served as a regular faculty member and program administrator from 2000 - 2013. She now continues teaching with the institute from a distance while also working as a consultant in the areas of conflict mediation, administration, and leadership development. She is the author of three other books: Mustard Seed Preaching (LTP, 2004); A Concise Guide to Supervising a Ministry Student (Ave Maria, 2008); and Redeeming Administration (Ave Maria, 2013), as well as numerous journal and magazine articles.

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ISBN 13	9781594719615
ISBN 10	1594719616
Title	Let's Talk about Truth
Author	Ann M Garrido
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ave Maria Press
Year published	2020-03-06
Number of pages	192
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