Parish Transition To Making Disciples Part 4: Retooling the Factory
For the sake of conversation, let us imagine that the list I provided in the previous blog post (Part 2), was “the” criterion we were going to use to define […]
Parish Transition To Making Disciples Part 3: Tooling Up Disciples First
I frequently get asked about the process of making disciples. While I believe that we critically need to start making disciples, I get the sense that we are not ready […]
Parish Transition To Making Disciples Part 2: Defining A Disciple
I believe that “being a good person” has long become the hallmark of being a disciple. While being good is certainly a characteristic of a disciple, it falls short of […]
Parish Transition To Making Disciples Part 1: All Aboard
For those parishes that are really serious about wanting to fulfill the true mission of making disciples, there is a question constantly before them. “How do we transform our parish […]
Spirit Led Pastoral Evangelization Plan
Since most parishes are still looking for the magic program or book to solve all their problems, others are using tried and true programs, such as Alpha, Cursio…, to help […]
Making Disciples Will Require A Paradigm Shift Part 2
So if we had the freedom to explore “outside the box” of current parish structures, what might we examine to help us move forward? We know having a vision is […]
Making Disciples Will Require A Paradigm Shift Part 1
Our popes are calling for new and creative ways to bring about the New Evangelization and that is exactly what is going to have to happen. I believe that we […]
Planning For Success
The best part about working for the Catholic Church is that you really don’t need to plan much to succeed. God does it – right? If you have ever been […]
The Story of Kyle
Once in awhile you hear a story that reminds us of the real power we have to make a difference for Jesus. While twice the length of a normal blog, […]
Pain in a Parish
No pain, no gain is a persistent maxim not only in personal exercise, but also in life. The good things we want in life seem to only come through some […]