Evangelism

An acquaintance of mine (a football ref friend, actually) has, in the past couple of weeks, sent me an e-mail wishing me Merry Christmas and a link to a 9/11 video that I "might be able to use in a sermon sometime."

Before that, out of the blue, he called me up inviting me to go with him to an out-of-the-way fitness program.

In one respect this is rather nice in that a friendship outside of the church and beyond the football season may be developing.

I'm just wondering now how I might invite him to church without him thinking that anytime he sends me "church stuff" he's going to get the evangelism talk.

Yep . . . evangelism is just as hard for priests.