Communication

Does Your Vision Stick?

Do others share in your vision? Unfortunately, not enough people in my church do. It’s not that they disagree with it, it’s just not clear to them....

Communication

Do You Have Youth Ministry Synergy?

I was the goalie for my 7th grade lacrosse team , which meant a lot of responsibility. On top of stopping welt producing shots, I needed to make sure...

Communication

Improve Your Speaking

Worst time to give me advice is right after a message.  I’m tired, drained and I just want to go home; but this is what this one volunteer did.  He…

administrative work

Get Past Your Professional Blind Spots

Ministry is a big job, and it’s built upon a pile of diverse and crazy tasks that require a dozen different skill sets. None of us are born with a…

Communication

5 Components Of A Message

I cringe every time I go back into the archives to review a past message.  They were so bad and it was a wonder that I didn’t get fired.  My…

Communication

Making The Transitions

Hard to believe I’ll be celebrating my 9th Christmas Eve Mass at Church of the Nativity. It’s amazing how time has flown by and even more incredible...