When working with teens you only have two problems: one is getting them to talk, the other is geting them to listen. I am convinced that one of the key components of good youth ministry and catechesis is the interaction of the participants – the interaction of youth with youth, and of youth with adults. This interaction is brought about principally through dialogue. Some of the dialogue ...
As people of faith, we believe that our children were created by a loving God. God created them (and us) from love, for love, to love. Our task as adults is to help our children to realize that their very life is a love gift, and to teach them -- year by year, day by day, hour by hour, -- how to love – how to love God, how to love others, and even how to love themselves. Central to this task will be ...
What you are is God's gift to you; what you become is your gift to God. One of my favorite moments in working with a group of teens looks something like this. I am in the process of explaining what I mean by the “three levels of motivation.” I have already explained the first level, doing whatever I "wanta" do, and the second level, doing whatever I "hafta" do, and I want the group to understand ...