5 Tips on Building a Strong Team
When I first started out in ministry, I was convinced that I had to know everything, do everything, and fix everything on my own. I mean, isn't that what it means to be the leader? Thankfully, through wise mentors and various circumstances I quickly learned that I...
Why Teams? Top 10 Benefits
"People collaborate precisely because they don't know how to"”or can't"”deal effectively with the challenges that face them as individuals."- Etienne Wenger in Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity(1998) As people made in Imago Dei, we are not...
What the March For Life Reveals About Churches and Abortion
A person is a person no matter how small. - Dr. Seuss Last week marked my one year anniversary with Care Net and my second year participating in the March for Life. It was the 45th march protesting and marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the now infamous Supreme...
How the Holy Family Gives Laser Focus to Ministry
In my current vocational role at Care Net, the Christmas story is especially significant, as it deals with the most famous "unplanned" pregnancy in history.Earlier this year, my wife and I went to Orlando to celebrate my mom's birthday. While there, she gave me a...
Making Life Disciples: Lessons from Allison’s Story
Sometimes we think"”or certainly want"”our discipleship efforts to be like biting into a York Peppermint Patty: joy explodes into the lives of those we're ministering to and things are never the same. Somebody gets introduced to Jesus and they're instantly transported...
How to Make the Most of National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
January 21, 2018 is National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. . Recently, we learned from a national survey that four in ten women were attending church at least once a month at the time of their first abortion. This alarming fact created an urgency and, in God's...
Why This Pastor Became Passionate about Addressing Abortion
Wary and tepid no more, I now push through the discomfort and promote the pro-life cause with courage, credibility and love. Practical ministry, not politics. Abortion makes us uncomfortable. It's an extreme topic associated with extreme politics"”right or left"”and...
Why I’m Pro-Life
"I remember when reports announced that Princess Kate of England was pregnant. Even the most secular news outlets immediately began talking about the child in her womb as an heir to the throne"¦ But doesn't the dignity we conferred on a 'royal' baby apply also to...
The Apostle Peter’s “Abortion” Decision
As one who is against abortion, I often have difficulty understanding why someone would make the decision to end a baby's life. The realities of what science reveals about life are on our side. For example, at conception, a unique individual comes into existence....
The Role of Film and Media in Equipping Churches to Pro-Life Action
Last week, the Family Research Council hosted a panel of pro-life leaders to discuss Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: The Role of Film and Media in Equipping Churches to Pro-Life Action. Care Net Chief Outreach Officer, Vincent DiCaro, shared research showing that...