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 […]
Discipleship
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Is Jesus the Lord of our time?
In my travels around the country, it has become clear that the current church is going to require great movement before it can succeed in implementing the New Evangelization. God […]
Myth: The Magic Pill
We are creatures of habit and bad habits are very hard to kill. The same is true within parishes attempting to do something concerning the New Evangelization. Most parishes are […]
Form Disciples, Not Volunteers
Most local parishes are like salmon swimming upstream in a current that can potentially keep them from achieving their desired goals. Through great effort, they can achieve their goals, but it […]
Conversion to Discipleship
At the end of the day, all the work of conversion of hearts must be directed toward becoming a Disciple. Without this critical piece of direction, the people going through […]
The Power in Scripture Study
In our culture that requires everything to be done now, it is understandable why few people really become students of the Word of God. Using the illustration of Martha and […]
Why won’t people sign up for our Programs?
Just about every Parish Staff has received this memo from their parish membership. “We are not coming!” Despite the numerous pulpit announcements, bulletin inserts, signs posted around the parish and […]
Program Ministry vs. Relational Ministry
The phrase, “this is the way we have always done it,” has been frequently used recently as the way to justify the current methods for fulfilling the mission of the […]
Whose Plan? [Video]
CSC Episode 1 What is the plan for your life? This episode will help you to examine what you want to get out of life and question whether God has […]
Evaluating Parish Paradigm Part 3
Everyone is looking for the magic program that will fix what is broken in our parishes. They are struggling to find something that will reach hearts for Christ. I believe […]