Youth Ministry
Dying Before We Die
Today is a short post- in part because I’ve found that my mind has been in a fairly simple state lately, and also because I’m convinced
05/05/2021
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Reflection
Youth Ministry
When Winter Comes in Spring
It began as one of those rare, special days. Not, to be clear, that any day on a grand, cosmic level is any less rare
04/28/2021
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Youth Ministry
Practicing What We Teach
One thing I love about being a youth minister is how the lessons we offer our youth are applicable to our own lives. Recently our
04/21/2021
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A Fragment of a Fragment on Love and No-thing-ness
Reader, Happy 5th week of lent. As we approach Easter, may your strivings bring you close to God. A few weeks ago at a retreat- a student asked me “so, what do you
03/24/2021
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Heritage
Corned beef and cabbage is not a traditional Irish dish. I remember learning this fact with a mixture of bemusement and a kind of empty
03/17/2021
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Underneath the Snow
One day in early February when I was out for a walk, I glanced at the flower bed in front of the Rock House and
03/10/2021
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A Snowy Start to Lent
I have always enjoyed having Lent begin in the middle of winter. It just feels appropriate that, as winter winds down and approaches spring, Lent
02/24/2021
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Youth Ministry
The Heart
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51 A friend of mine is a teacher, in
02/10/2021
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If Your Life was a Story…
Back in the early 2000s, I remember watching a commercial for the US Navy which began with the actor Keith David saying “If someone wrote
02/03/2021
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New Beginnings
Every day I try to go for a walk throughout the grounds of the retreat center while listening to various podcasts. I am currently a
01/27/2021
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