Be Aware of Self Care
It was the Fall of 2007 and I was a new hire at a parish school in Queens, NY, just four miles from where I was living. I was eager and excited for challenge, wouldn’t you be? Soon as events went better and the program grew, more responsibilities fell on my lap. “Can...
Be John the Baptist, Not Christ
I have often heard that we, as Youth Ministers, are called to be Christ to the teens we serve. While this is well intended and seemingly obvious, I believe that it falls short. I submit that what we need to concern ourselves with is being John The Baptist to our...
Finding the Balance Between Family and Work
We can be our own worst enemy. Just close your eyes for a moment and think of a time when a family event conflicted with a work event. What did you do? Did you attend the family event or did you attend the work event? My son’s birthday often falls on the same date...
Can You Rock a Mic Like a Vandal?
In 1991, Vanilla Ice turned over his autobiography to a ghostwriter because he didn’t “know all the certain words to word it”. What his ghostwriter (Tommy Quon) wrote was not Vanilla’s lifestory but rather a fairy tale created to give Vanilla...