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It’s Good Friday – It’s Time To Ask This Question!

By | April 2, 2010

Are you Worried that Good Friday won’t have the impact you want it to have? Here is one question that you need to ask today that will make a difference.

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The Nominees for Outstanding Performance in a Catholic Youth Ministry Setting are…

By | February 17, 2010

The Oscars are right around the corner. Hollywood’s best and brightest will hoist their little gold trophies and celebrate the highest award their craft has to offer. The earth will applaud, but will heaven?

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A “What Not to Wear” Guide to Lent

By | February 15, 2010

What does the show What Not to Wear have to do with Lent? Have I really lost it this time? Not really, take a look and see.

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I Survived Parish Bingo

By | October 22, 2009

Editor’s Note: This blog was originally published on Todd’s website, The Sainthood Project. I don’t know if your Church or ministry runs a bingo program to raise money for various things. I don’t know what your personal feelings are about bingo. The following is completely true. I was working at a parish later in the afternoon in which the office I was working was attached to the elementary school that the parish runs. That evening, bingo was to start at 7.30 pm, and it was 4.30 when I noticed

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It is in Giving that We Receive

By | September 24, 2009

Editors Note: This article was originally published on Todd’s website about modern-day sainthood: www.sainthoodandsurrender.com St. Francis is my Confirmation saint. I love the guy. Loved his life, loved his mission, loved his total abandon. By the outpouring of people that are following in his footsteps, I’m not the only one. One of the things that I love is the prayer that is attributed to him because I think that it shows the absolute holy foolishness of Creation that our world still has not

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When It’s Not “All Good”: Thoughts on constructive criticism in ministry

By | September 3, 2009

“It’s All Good.” You’ve probably heard that phrase before, and I want to tell you from the start that I have never been a fan of it. While I suspect that the intention of those who utter those words is to be positive and look for the good things in life (a very noble thing!), I still don’t like the phrase because, quite frankly, sometimes things in life are not good. While I definitely believe that good can come out of even the worst situations; let’s be honest – sometimes it’s not

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Objective: The middle school youth will understand our call to humility, as well as to respect the dignity of all humans. They also will understand the concept of social justice. Overview: We all know that Jesus came from modest beginnings. The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that: Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family. Simple shepherds were the first witnesses to this event. In this poverty heaven’s glory was made manifest. (525) As we emulate Jesus in our Christian

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Keeping Internal Purity

By | February 2, 2009

It’s all about appearances. As I go through the daily journey of life I find myself caught up in two worlds: the external and the internal. One view of the world that judges everything by its outward appearance, take blue jeans for instance. The other day I was shopping for with my teenage daughter. We were at the mall at one of those edgy shoe stores. As I was trying on a new pair of shoes, my daughter approached me and told me that she didn’t like them especially since my jeans were too short. Now

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Feeling Disappointed? Take More Time to Celebrate

By | June 2, 2008

Halfway through my 3rd year as a youth minister, I decided it was time to start XLT in our parish. Things started out really strong with a great musician, a great new associate pastor, and a decent number of teens. As we moved toward spring, however, attendance decreased and excuses increased from parents and teens alike. I felt annoyed and let down by the teens. I felt embarrassed in front of the staff and my peers. And, most of all, I felt like I was failing God (Maybe you’ve felt this way,