Session Four
Welcome to Session Four
PEACE ESSENTIALS
What will you find in this track?
Carefully selected for your convenience, the talks included here are indispensable for anyone attending the conference. Inspiration, encouragement, and concrete means to grow in peace are offered as our speakers consider how our thoughts and perceptions impact living in the present moment and recognizing that God is in charge. Walk with our speakers as they guide you to a closer relationship with Christ, the Prince of Peace!
Melissa Foley
Do You Struggle to give God Control?
Perhaps you feel like there are two parts of you: one part that wishes to surrender struggles, people, and situations into God's hands, and the part that is like a command-and-control station in your head.
Have you ever considered underneath control is a doubt you have about God? Will He really take care of me? Is He trustworthy? Does he even care about what happens in my life?
Join me as we "dive" into the "Abyss" of surrender! ;-)
Bio: Melissa Foley desires that every woman experiences the transformative and healing power of God’s love. She pursues her mission passionately as a national speaker, retreat leader, and prayer/healing minister. After two decades of the tireless accompaniment of women and adolescent girls, Melissa continues to illuminate the truth about who God is and how to restore women to their true identity. Of the training Melissa’s received, some include spiritual direction, prayer training from John Paul II Healing Center in Tallahassee, and Resurrected Life Ministries training in Atlanta. Raised Evangelical Protestant, she had an instant conversion at a young age the first time she entered a Catholic Church. She’s the author of Connected, a resource for parents who want to protect their children online. Melissa resides in Atlanta with her husband and three children, who support her enthusiastic mission of leading women to an awareness and experience of being loved. Visit LovedAlready.com.
Erin Ingold
How our Thoughts Impact Peace
We often tend to blame our circumstances for our lack of peace. But, what if the peace that we experience was determined by our thoughts about the circumstance, and not the circumstance itself? It would certainly place a lot more responsibility back on us. And what if our thoughts could create a greater and more receptive disposition to receive God's peace that surpasses all understanding? In this talk, we will answer all of these questions and discuss many of the ways that our thoughts impact the peace that we experience!
Bio: Erin Ingold is a devoted wife to her husband Matt and a proud mother to their sweet daughter Avila. She is also the co-founder of Metanoia Catholic with her husband, a Catholic Coaching Company dedicated to helping their clients become students of their interior lives and be transformed by the renewing of their minds (Romans 12:2). Erin’s coaching methodology integrates classical mindset coaching techniques and combines them with the best practices, prayer, and rich truths of our Roman Catholic faith.
Erin is a Franciscan University of Steubenville graduate with a degree in Theology, a hairstylist by trade, a former youth, and young adult minister, a Certified Life Coach, and a Catholic Mindset Coach. She offers her 15+ years of ministerial experience toward helping her clients invite Jesus into their interior lives and collaborate with Him in a profoundly intimate way. Her personal mission statement is Romans 12:2 “And does not be conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”
Dr. Peter Kreeft
Simplicity, Peace, and Time
Why are we starved for peace, simplicity, and time? Listen in as Dr. Peter Kreeft answers those questions and takes through how we can find each of these things in our lives.
Bio: Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. He loves his five grandchildren, four children, one wife, one cat, and one God. Dr. Kreeft has written over 95 books that include: Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Christianity for Modern Pagans, and Fundamentals of the Faith.