I was out of town a few weekends ago at one of those youth sports extravaganzas in Reno, Nevada. Between games, my son and I found a Catholic Church and went to Mass. Now, I like to go to parishes that I’ve never visited, or even heard of, because it gives me a sense...
Pastors and Their Associates
In the process of helping pastors and their teams try to build amazing parishes, I’ve come to the conclusion that there is a real problem in the Church that isn’t being properly addressed. It seems to be a somewhat sensitive issue, one that is easy to avoid, but it...
The Dangerous Fear of Attrition
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...