by Chris Wesley | Mar 13, 2017 | Bottom, Methodology, Top
They were so mad at me. The freshman girls had just met Tina their small group leader and she was not what they expected. What they wanted was a cool college grad that could be their friend. What they got in turn was a grandmother who would change their world. What...
by Edmund Mitchell | Feb 15, 2015 | Bottom, Leadership, Top
Youth ministers seem to be particularly prone to what I will call “Pope’s Window Syndrome”. I stood in St. Peter’s Square a few years ago while a friend told me the Pope’s office window is the last light to turn off at the Vatican,...
by Colm Leyne | Dec 10, 2013 | Bottom, Leadership, Top
Confession: I forgot the words to O Come, O Come, Emmanuel recently. It was awkward. That Awkward Moment We try to make a habit in Advent of a more expanded evening prayer time at home with reading scripture and singing a hymn. Last Advent we were trying to rock out...
by Claire Bondy | Feb 8, 2013 | Bottom, Discipleship, Top
Paul showed up for a Life Teen mass and Life Night in March about two years ago. He was a tall kid who looked like he should be in college. Okay, not really in college, but he looked older than the rest of our teens. He had on plaid pajama pants and a beer shirt of...
by Michael Marchand | Jul 16, 2012 | Bottom, Leadership, Top
Don’t settle for what you’ve got, when God wants to give you more. That’s an important biblical principle some people, like the Israelites, choose to learn the hard way. Let’s catch up: the Israelites have been wandering through the desert for...
by John Rinaldo | May 22, 2012 | Bottom, Leadership, Top
“A tough truth about leading – and one that doesn’t get talked about enough – is that sometimes you hurt others and sometimes you get hurt.” –A Leader’s Legacy, Kouznes and Posner I am a people pleaser. Yup. It’s in my genes and DNA. I want everyone to be happy. I...
