Sunday afternoon, following the beatification ceremony, I decided to wander back to St. Peter’s and into the square, to get a look at things from the opposite perspective I had in the morning (from the altar). To my surprise, but I suppose not surprisingly, the square and all the streets leading up to it were […]
Category: Making Church Matter
The Mass for the Beatification of Pope John Paul was held in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, in the square. Not only the square, but also the streets leading up to it were closed and filled with people. So, for this reason, many of those involved in the Mass approached the altar from the opposite […]
This is a very big weekend for us here at Nativity. We are kicking off a new message series, that I have been wanting to do for more than a year now. Its called “Catholic Atheist” and its all about believing in God and then acting like we don’t. It is going to be a […]
Friday night was a special night here at Nativity. We hosted an evening of worship for our parish ministers. It was an event sponsored by the Creative Department and our music ministers, led by Al Walsh. The music and the worship were transforming and it was great to spend time with the people who make […]
This is the third post in a series to mark the end of the year. Yesterday I offered New Year resolutions for myself and for the parish. The day before, some reflections on 2010 and the amazing year that is passing. Today, some predictions for 2011. In 2011 more people will find themselves singing in […]
This is the second of three posts for the end of the year, looking back on 2010 and ahead to 2011. Just some things I’m thinking about, significant and not. It’s more or less off the top of my head, definitely not comprehensive and in no particular order at all.Yesterday I offered some reflections. Today […]
This is one of three posts looking forward to 2011 and things I am thinking about for myself and for our church community: some resolutions, some reflections and some predictions more or less off the top of my head.Today, I’m offering reflections.2010 was an amazing year. Just amazing. By any measurable standard what was going on […]
Every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving we celebrate what we call “Stewardship Weekend.” It’s the one weekend of the year when we talk about giving here to this local church community. We talk about money all the time, because Jesus did. But we only talk about giving to Nativity once a year. We don’t […]
This is an open memo to all of our volunteer ministry leaders and staff about a significant change in our program for 2011. In the past couple of years we have found ourselves struggling with the admittedly happy problem of church growth and the lack of space this creates on our campus. How do we […]
We are in the 4th week of our series all about priorities. Priorities always come down to time and money. How we use our time and how we use our money tell the story about what our priorities are. The past three weeks we’ve been talking about time, and giving some of our time to […]
