The War on Mediocrity Mediocrity is one of those words that seems relatively innocuous but gets people’s attention. I suppose there is something particularly stinging about the prospect of being called mediocre. There are those who say that the opposite of love is not...
The parish leadership team (PLT) at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Hendersonville, TN had a hunger to make their...
Annie Deters is a member of the PLT at Sacred Heart Parish in a small town called Sabetha in Kansas. Prior to...
Dara Stephens felt a sense of meaninglessness and misery working in a money-driven insurance sales job prior to...
Without clarity on which “hat” you are wearing in a given moment as a leader in your parish, staff and volunteers are...
So many of the leaders I work with, whether they are pastors or corporate executives, have something of an obsession with retention, and a corresponding fear of attrition. For pastors, this is a fear of losing staff members, volunteers or parishioners, while CEOs fear...
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Denver – The Amazing Parish conference drew over 450 participants to a two-day conference filled to capacity to hear from nationally known Catholic speakers about to how to create dynamic parishes focused on Evangelization and Discipleship. “We are seeing a tremendous...