Author Matthew Kelly coined the phrase "holy moments" to describe the moments when we are aware of the Holy Spirit within us. In his book, "The Biggest Lie in Christianity" we learned more about the profoundness of allowing God to move through us. We were compelled to share our stories and intriguing lives with each other. A group of friends met and brainstormed ways to create holy moments in our everyday lives. We began to share stories in a group email and realized these holy stories needed to be shared with everyone. We also realized that everyone we meet, whether it be next to us in our pew seat at church, in line at the grocery store or on a bus, we all have stories to tell. Some of those stories are holy. HOLY MOMENT STORIES. We wanted to create a repository for those stories so that we can all benefit for the sharing of them. When we share a story of a holy moment, one that we create or just witness, we inspire each other to keep a lookout for .... HOLY MOMENTS!

A pop-up holy moment is an act designed to create a holy moment. The Holy Moments Ministry encourages you to create holy moments of your own daily! This could be as small as helping a neighbor or as large as a fundraiser for a charitable organization. The Holy Moments Ministry that moderates this blog will periodically post pop-up holy moment challenges or events on their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Holy-Moments-1324184074399488). Like us on Facebook to find out about upcoming events and how to get involved! When you participate in a pop-up holy moment, please consider writing about it either on our Facebook page and/or submitting your story to the blog to inspire others! There is also a section for pop-up holy moments on the "Comments" page of the website for pop-up holy moment ideas and stories. Together we can make the world a more holy, healing, joyful place!

A story slam is an event where the group can gather and share their holy moment stories. Stories are typically limited to 5-6 minutes in length per reading to ensure that as many people as possible will be able to share their stories during the event. Story slams may be held in person or virtually via Zoom or a similar platform. To find out about upcoming story slams and how to get involved, please like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Holy-Moments-1324184074399488)! Upcoming event dates and details will be posted to the Facebook page as they become available.

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Stories will be posted as requested by you, the author. If you wish to remain anonymous, sign your story as such. You can also create a name such as "a parish friend," initials only, pen name, etc. If you wish your true name to be used we will honor that wish but please be informed that we will always post FIRST NAMES only.

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1. Speak from your heart and share a story of a random act of love you have created or been a part of or had the honor of witnessing. 2. Consider it a journal entry. Don't worry too much about the structure. This is not an English essay. It is more like a conversational diary entry. 3. Stories that support our mission of becoming more aware of the presence of God in our lives will be welcomed in the Holy Moments blog. Please note: Our blog library is a collection of HOLY MOMENTS STORIES ONLY. It is not meant to be an open forum for any other discussion or debate. Thank you for your support in this effort!