Here’s a leadership decision that could have a tremendous impact on your parish: Pay for every member of your staff to make a yearly retreat — and make it an expectation, not an option. Not as a bonus. Not as a reward for senior staff. As part of how your parish...
Discipleship can be one of those words that is difficult to define. Many people in the Church today are talking about...
St. Paul tells us “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God...
Michael Jordan might not be Catholic (at least not yet), but he offers a powerful analogy for every Catholic pastor....
At Amazing Parish, we talk a lot about culture—and for good reason. Culture isn’t just another buzzword. It’s the...
What will make your parish the life-giving community of disciples Jesus desires it to be? Is it a flashy program or a shiny new building? Is it a well-padded bank account or offering a TON of ministries for every group under the sun? We don’t think so. At the heart of...
The True Meaning of Patience The true definition of a word is important. That’s especially true when the word is a virtue, because using the improper definition can lead us to choose our actions, or even justify them. Take for instance, the virtue of being meek. I’ve...
A webinar for pastors who want to be courageous leaders in a hostile world. The Catholic Church in America, much like society in general, is in a state of division and confusion. When this happens, many people suffer as a result, but pastors suffer in a unique way as...
More than 7 years ago when we started this movement, we called it the Amazing Parish program because we believed that was the key to bringing more people to Jesus in the world. And we still do. But the world has changed considerably since then, and if we were to...
Evangelizing Over the Holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas are a time when so many of us are with family members whom we don’t see often. This might be less prevalent in the Covid Era, but it will be true nonetheless. And even if you are a priest or work in a parish,...
More than 6 years ago when we started this movement, we called it The Amazing Parish because we believed that was the key to bringing more people to Jesus in the world. And we still do. But the world has changed considerably since then, and if we were to rename the...
Difficult conversations. Your temptation might be to avoid them altogether, and you’re not alone. We’ve surveyed pastors across the country and received feedback that “Having difficult conversations” is the most challenging of the 5 things that only a pastor can do....