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Word of Mouth: Origins of the Bible

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this night is to help the teens understand how the Bible came together. They will recognize that God used human authors to write down Scripture and see how reading and praying Scripture should be an important part of their every day lives. About this Life Night This Life Night begins with a friendly competition of guessing specific characters in the Bible. After, the night will move into a teaching that helps the teens understand how the Bible came together.

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Who Is Changing The Words In Your Bible?

By | March 10, 2011

Yesterday, the USCCB released a new edition of the Bible with revised texts. This is not something that happens that often. But on a personal level, I don’t know about you, but the more I read Scripture the more the words seem to change in my Bible. I know that in reality the words aren’t changing, it’s me that is changing and with each new read I discover a whole new way of looking at them. As Catholics we hear the entire Bible proclaimed at Sunday Mass every 3 years. If you attend daily Mass

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The Bible: God’s Original Text Message

By | August 19, 2010

Many adults today tell me that the “average teenager” couldn’t care less about the Bible. Extensive firsthand experience, however, demands that I humbly reply, “LOL” (“laugh out loud” in text-happy vernacular). I led my first teen Bible study almost 20 years ago and, while teen culture has dramatically changed, their desires have not. Teens want truth, and the Catholic Church has it.

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Finishing Lent Strong – How to “Crush It” All Holy Week Long!

By | March 28, 2010

I noticed that my two middle school aged sons had transformed the palm leaves handed to them when entering Mass into “Palm Crosses.” I asked why they always make crosses out of the palms on Palm Sunday? The reply was one that got me thinking about Holy Week. They looked at me and said, “Dad, we take the crosses home and put them up on our bedroom wall so we can remember Jesus every day.” Ah, the simplicity of the answer reminded me of what Holy Week is supposed to be about–contemplating Jesus and His Passion!

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Catholic Youth Ministry Show, Episode 6

By | March 11, 2010

Mark Hart gives the details on Life Teen’s new Catholic Teen Bible.  Eric Porteous talks about how a network of Life Teen staff is here to help parishes start and maintain quality Catholic Youth Ministry. Finally, Kevin Hickey explains the importance of middle school ministry. View on mobile device Subscribe via iTunes

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Special Podcast: Interview with Mark Hart about His New Book “Finding Yourself in Scripture”

By | March 3, 2010

Earlier this week I sat down with our own Mark Hart to talk about Life Teen’s new book called Finding Yourself in Scripture. This is an exciting new book that will help young people better relate to individuals in the Bible. In the book Mark tells the stories of the Bible’s babysitters and rock stars, kings and queens, daydreamers and warriors, heroes and angels. This is good stuff!

Bible Trivia

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Goal for this game: Have the teenagers work together to find specific answers in their Bibles. Ministry Applications Reading the Bible can be fun. We need God’s word in our lives on a daily basis. We can learn more about ourselves and Christ through Scripture. Bible Trivia

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Helping Middle School Youth With Scripture

By | February 24, 2010

Last week, I had a meeting with a group of Boy Scouts who are preparing to receive their religious emblems at Easter. It was my job to teach them a lesson on how to pray. I brought them to our Eucharistic chapel, taught a lesson on prayer and then I gave them some time to pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament. I sat back and observed as the ten middle school aged boys prayed, meditated and sat down and opened the Scriptures on their own. It was amazing to watch a group of 11 year-old boys engage

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Inserting Teens Into the Mystery of the Gospels

By | February 24, 2010

In my last blog, I covered how the Church wants us to use the baptismal catechumenate as a model for all catechetical activity, and within the catechumenate is a period of formation called mystagogy. In mystagogy, we want to focus on three things: the Word of God, the sacraments, and community. Today I wanted to focus on the first goal of mystagogy, inserting teens into the mystery of God’s Word, especially as it is given to us in the Gospels.

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A Prescription for Good Core Team Health: Vitamin (Cycle) C

By | January 11, 2010

Recently during Mass my eldest daughter noticed something during the gospel proclamation – specifically, that St. Luke was not one of the original twelve apostles. I later tried to explain that St. Luke was a traveling companion of St. Paul and a convert to the faith, but not one of the original twelve men that Christ “sent forth” (apostle). “So, St. Luke didn’t really know Jesus?” my daughter insightfully asked. Little did I know that on this particular evening I would introduce my 7