Sean received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first-time this past Thursday as he prepares to receive his First Communion in May. It was fortuitous timing that Sean’s First Confession was the day before FREEDOM, the YMO’s annual youth reconciliation event. So in the midst of my last-minute planning for FREEDOM, I sat Sean down [...]
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Confessions of a Youth Minister’s Son
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Top 10 Rejected Names for FREEDOM
One of the highlights of last night’s FREEDOM 10th Anniversary Event was when Father Mark and I presented the “Top 10 Rejected Names” for the event. All of the items were met wth laughter, cheers, jeers, groans, applause, or sometimes a combo of all 5! Here is the Top 10 as presented at FREEDOM (big [...]
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A Night to Remember…for all the wrong reasons
Sunday night was certainly a night to remember…or maybe a night to forget! It seemed like it would be a relatively normal night: I was going to a talk at a parish youth ministry night, and then ref the annual LIFE TEEN vs. Knights of Columbus basketball game at my home parish of St. Paul [...]
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Take ctrl
Lord, give me humility so I may not judge my worth by the number of friends I have on Facebook, or the number of times people comment on my blogs, photos, and videos. Stop me from replying to each comment individually just so I artificially boost the number of comments. Help me see that it [...]
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Did You Know That…(Crica 2000)
Here’s my version of those “25 facts about me” posts but with a twist: this is the actual list of facts that Gail and I prepared 9 years ago for our wedding reception on July 8, 2000. Each fact corresponded to a table number…and once Gary or Dave (our awesome emcees) read “your” table fact, [...]
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