Rooted in Faith
In the new "Toy Story" film, the toys face the fact that their boy, Andy, has grown up and is heading off to college. The movie opens with Andy and his mother sorting through his stuff, deciding what gets thrown out, what gets stored and what gets kept...

Great (short!) Youth Ministry Training Podcast
I’ve been involved in a project to provide free Youth Ministry resources online at umyouthpastor.com for a while now. We thought about doing a training podcast for a while, but wanted to make sure that we were adding something worthwhile rather than just creating more work for ourselves...

The Hidden and Mysterious Word in the Lord's Prayer
In the Gospel for today’s Mass the Lord gives us the most familiar prayer of all, the “Lord’s Prayer.” It is a prayer shared by and prized by all Christians. Few if any have not committed to memory. Yet hidden within the Lord’s prayer is a mysterious word that both Greek and Biblical scholars have little agreement over or even a clear understanding of in terms of its precise meaning...

Generation Porn - Where Will it End?
A couple of weeks ago I was in the car with my 17-year-old son Nate and one of his classmates. It was early on a Saturday morning and we were driving to a lacrosse tournament. At one point we hit a several mile stretch that serves as a window into a dark - yet increasingly acceptable and rapidly growing – part of our culture...

Chronicles of Narnia Trailer