A few years back a pastor friend of mine asked me to help start a college ministry for their church. I didn’t hesitate since I had been involved in youth ministry for a number of years. My thinking was that college ministry was not any different then overseeing a youth group except that they were a few years older.…
Over the past few years more and more youth workers talk with me about family issues in the church as well as their own family problems. I spent much of my youth ministry career studying kids and families in crisis and just a few years ago I started asking the question, Are there any happy families out there?…
A few months ago I was working out at the local fitness center. It was early in the morning and only one other person was there. The radio station we were listening to announced that someone had recently won the big Powerball lottery worth $340 million.…
In June, 2005, the summer after the Tsunami ripped through Southeast Asia, my wife and I led a team of students to Thailand to help with the rebuilding efforts. I had never seen devastation like this before. Our guide took us first to the place where they brought the dead bodies.…
At Mary Queen Catholic Church in Friendswood, Texas Father Paul learns to lean on the strengths of his lay people and staff for the workings of the church. Last spring Newsweek magazine reported that some American priests were swapping their traditional Roman collars for sweat suits.…
