Everybody Evangelizes About Something

Everybody evangelizes about something. Some people evangelize about their favorite restaurant or vacation destination, others about music or a movie, some about their new iPhone, and still others, about a politician or political agenda. Everybody evangelizes about something, and everyone is a disciple of something or someone. This is the heart of Matthew Kelly's message in this book. It begins with his presentation at a Vatican summit to discuss the challenges of sharing the Gospel today. His words are bold and insightful. It is one thing to write such bold words in the quiet of one's room. It is another thing altogether to stand in the Papal Palace, before one hundred bishops and one thousand ministry leaders from around the world, and boldly announce these confronting truths. But the boldest ideas in his text were met with spontaneous applause on several occasions despite the solemnity of the occasion. Part way through his speech, as Matthew presented his most challenging idea, a group of bishops stood in the middle of his speech and began to applaud his ideas. At the conclusion of his remarks, the whole audience rose in a resounding ovation. Imagine yourself there, in the Vatican on that day, as you read and reflect upon these words. They echo forth from the heart of a man who loves the Catholic Church deeply, from the heart of a man who has powerfully served God's people for three decades

Everybody evangelizes about something. Some people evangelize about their favorite restaurant or vacation destination, others about music or a movie, some about their new iPhone, and still others, about a politician or political agenda. Everybody evangelizes about something, and everyone is a disciple of something or someone. This is the heart of Matthew Kelly's message in this book. It begins with his presentation at a Vatican summit to discuss the challenges of sharing the Gospel today. His words are bold and insightful. It is one thing to write such bold words in the quiet of one's room. It is another thing altogether to stand in the Papal Palace, before one hundred bishops and one thousand ministry leaders from around the world, and boldly announce these confronting truths. But the boldest ideas in his text were met with spontaneous applause on several occasions despite the solemnity of the occasion. Part way through his speech, as Matthew presented his most challenging idea, a group of bishops stood in the middle of his speech and began to applaud his ideas. At the conclusion of his remarks, the whole audience rose in a resounding ovation. Imagine yourself there, in the Vatican on that day, as you read and reflect upon these words. They echo forth from the heart of a man who loves the Catholic Church deeply, from the heart of a man who has powerfully served God's people for three decades

Matthew Kelly is a best-selling author, speaker, thought leader, entrepreneur, consultant, spiritual leader, and innovator. He has dedicated his life to helping people and organizations become the-best-version-of-themselves. Born in Sydney, Australia, he began speaking and writing in his late teens while he was attending business school. Since that time, 5 million people have attended his seminars and presentations in more than 50 countries. Today, Kelly is an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, and business consultant. His books have been published in more than 30 languages, have appeared on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists, and have sold more than 50 million copies. In his early-twenties he developed "the-best-version-of-yourself" concept and has been sharing it in every arena of life for more than twenty-five years. It is quoted by presidents and celebrities, athletes and their coaches, business leaders and innovators, though perhaps it is never more powerfully quoted than when a mother or father asks a child, "Will that help you become the-best-version-of-yourself?" Kelly's personal interests include golf, music, art, literature, investing, spirituality, and spending time with his wife, Meggie, and their children Walter, Isabel, Harry, Ralph, and Simon. To Learn more about Matthew and his work, please visit: MatthewKelly.com