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“If you’re worried about everyone liking you so you don’t say anything, then it’s yourself you are worried about and caring about. It takes courage to speak up,” says Patti (Maguire) Armstrong in this week’s podcast. “Leave it to God and pray to the Holy Spirit. I don’t know where to begin. I don’t know who I’m supposed to sit next to but God does. And He can put us into the right places and, if we give Him permission to use us, He will.” Patti and Deacon Geoff were talking about her article in the National Catholic Register “Nine Points of Advice to Fight the Devil.”
Patti is an award-winning journalist and was managing editor and co-author of the bestselling Amazing Grace Series. Her latest books are the humorous and inspirational second-edition Dear God, I Don’t Get It, Dear God, You Can’t Be Serious!, What Would Monica Do? and Holy Hacks. Patti worked in social work and public administration before staying home as a freelance writer while she and Mark raised their 10 children in North Dakota. Follow her on Twitter (X) at @PattiArmstrong and read her blog at PattiMaguireArmstrong.com.