My Health Goals For 2015

I suspect that most youth workers have even crazier schedules than I do. Most have day jobs, late nights, lots of pizza. Add family, and time gets even more scarce. And as you pursue the many urgent tasks before you, oftentimes health gets placed... Read More

An Update About My Book

It’s been a couple of weeks since I last shared my status for the book 24 Unique Ways to Upgrade Your Catholic Youth Group. When I had completed my first run of the book, I decided to offer it for free, for a limited time. I had also traveled to NCCYM... Read More

Building A Thriving Young Adult Ministry

A few days ago, I encountered a brilliant writeup of a successful Young Adult Group at St. Veronica’s Catholic Church, just outside of Washington D.C. Read about that here. The Elements of A Successful Apostolate The article takes the pains to list... Read More

How to Guide a Teen Leadership Retreat

This question was asked on Reddit: We created a TeenCore and want to have a leadership retreat for them to get the ball rolling. I’ve already spent a ridiculous amount of time trolling Google’s results, and going through my personal trove... Read More

The Best (and Worst) Stuff of 2014

In the past, I would craft a best list of my favorite movies of the year. But since my movie-going habits have not kept up to pace with others, I have opted for a different approach this year. Instead of sharing my top 10 movies of the year (of which... Read More