Finished reading: Two X Two by John Sondag 📚

A fun and hilarious novel by John Sondag, a Director of Religious Education here in the Twin Cities. The transition of priests/pastors/leaders from ministry can always be a difficult and challenging process, but when we find common ground in realizing the Church is bigger than all of us, we can rest assured that Truth will not only prevail, but will be the great motivation for our main purpose in ministry - the salvation of souls. In a world of fuzzy and fleeting moral therapeutic deism, our parishioners are better for our being grounded in …

My wife sent me this article a few days ago and it is compelling. Evangelicals churches ditched this a decade ago and are finally starting to come back to reality, which is why you’re seeing their young people jump into volunteer service: they’re raising up leaders. We’re 10 years behind:

We cannot build a consumerist model of parish and then be surprised when consumers behave like consumers…Yet, the real risk is continuing to do what is not working. Doubling down on bulletins, pulpit announcements, and better marketing treats this issue as a messaging problem. It is not a messaging problem. …