Culture matters

Amazing couple of days at Alpha Revive and Thrive Conference. Why do we Catholics have pneumophobia?

“Opportunities to serve and give that are connected to growth in personal discipleship, not parish neediness.” So true!

“Followers want comfort, stability and solutions from their leaders, but that’s babysitting. Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.” -Frost & Hirsch, The Faith of Leap

Grace doesn’t work to make us Saints or get us to heaven, just because one has received the sacraments - without our consent and conversion. So true. Conversion and consent are key- grace is not ‘magic’

These days at #DRAus2023 have been truly humbling. There is palpable hunger for renewal among parish leaders in Australia & NZ but more than that - a commitment to pray and lay our lives down so others can encounter Jesus Christ, to work toward that renewal in our parishes and

open doors for the grace of conversion, even when it gets tough. Six years ago a handful of us attended DR2016 in Halifax. This weekend 500 ppl shared their own passion for parish in Sydney, as true centres of evangelisation where disciples are made, equipped & sent by the Lord

Love this conversation! Fr Pierluigi is a wonderful leader and an amazing Christian man

Who can you invite to church this Easter?

“Your music will decide the age of your congregation” Bishop Sandy Millar #alphaaustralia

“Evangelization should be primary, preeminent, and preferential.” Nicky Gumbel quoting Pope Saint John Paul II Leadership Conference

Vocation:‘the main question to be answered is: am I willing to sign a blank cheque for God?’…‘if that availability to God is not there, I will twist and interpret all signs…and circumstances to fit what I want to hear.Discernment presupposes availability’ Pater George Elsbett So true!

We can have the best strategies for discipleship and mission…,but if our CULTURE promotes consumerism, is more focussed on preservation than mission, emphasizes selfishness rather than community,undermines faithfulness to the Gospel-then the strategy will be of no use.Pater George Elsbett

You don’t have to make your life count for God. You already count. You already matter. You’re already loved. And, in a weird twist, it’s those Christians who accept this truth about their identity who end up making a real difference in the world around them @iamjoeterrell

Want to become better at getting PEOPLE right? This week's podcast with Pat Molyneaux is for you! His team utilizes the tools of APEST and Strengths Finders to help Catholic leaders make a significant impact in their sphere of influence. Watch now: youtu.be/6aRw0_ZHSAI

This week on the podcast we are joined by the one and only Rich Robinson . Rich's impact on parishes and on people is absolutely astounding and it was great to sit down with him again to chat about what it means to dig into the potentiality of leadership. Links in thread

The Pillar “From the crisis of today the Church of tomorrow will emerge — a Church that has lost much. She will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning…. In contrast to an earlier age, it will be seen much more as a voluntary society, entered only by free

Even though the church is a hierarchy, we tend to get more things done through influence rather than mandate. Tim Glemkowski

This is what I call preaching your heart out. Wow.

Worth a read. What do you think? The sources, crises and future of Synodality: Reflections on the final document catholicweekly.com.au/future-of-syno… via The Catholic Weekly