Life in the Spirit Jill Miller joins in on podcast to discuss the third person of God, the Holy Spirit. She talks uniting with the Holy Spirit to discern and reach a deeper intimacy with God then unpacks charismatic prayer stereotypes to explain the benefits of praying with the...
Worry This week’s show starts off with an absolute bang! Matt reveals something he instantly regrets and you will have the audio to prove it! This leads to a discussion about worry in ministry. Is it always a bad thing? If so, how do we avoid it. Can it...
It was a beautiful May morning. There we stood, my classmates and I, as we waited in line to walk into the field house and be awarded our Theology Master’s degrees. We had spent countless hours listening, absorbing, discussing, reading, praying, and writing to earn this degree. We had...
Deep Work Ministry leaders are always inundated with things to do, emails to respond to and meetings to attend. We can feel overwhelmed with everything we have to do and those seem to be the days more and more distractions come our way. This week, Matt and Chris share...
Let’s face it. We are losing. More people are leaving the church than entering it in the U.S. of A. Then when you look at those who are staying, most are mildly engaged at best. The crisis of faith that exists in our country today is also a crisis...
Transforming Parish Culture The broad prospect of church renewal can be overwhelming, but allowing vulnerable, God driven change will always be more fruitful than going through the “right” motions. This week on the MLA podcast Tim Glemkowski, founder of L’alto Catholic Institute, talks with Matt and Chris about true...
The crisis of faith that exists in our country today is also a crisis of engagement. Practice of faith is often seen like a club or membership. Check the box a few times a year, receive a sacrament here and there, and then attend the church festival. I’m a...
You Made It Personal Chris is joined by Taylor on the podcast this week to talk about a basketball game gone wrong, vulnerability hangovers, and how unexpected moments can teach us how God made us to minister. Taylor shares how beautiful it is to allow others to truly know...
Recruiting Volunteers (Note: This post is written from a youth ministry perspective, however, the tactics work for any setting. Simply replace ‘youth’ or ‘teenagers’ with your ministry. Or if you are a youth minister (and are off the clock) take a sip of wine every time you see the...
Leading in the Peripheries In response to a recent article from Aleteia (https://aleteia.org/2019/12/08/poor-leaving-church-en-masse-says-researcher/), Matt and Chris discuss how we may be underserving low income communities. Are the poor leaving the Church or is the Church leaving the poor? Tune in for the discussion on how we can take off...