Nick’s Blog
How to Guide a Teen Leadership Retreat
This question was asked on Reddit: We created a TeenCore and want to have a leadership retreat for them to get the ball rolling. I’ve already spent a ridiculous amount of time trolling Google’s results, and going through my personal trove... Read More
The Best (and Worst) Stuff of 2014
In the past, I would craft a best list of my favorite movies of the year. But since my movie-going habits have not kept up to pace with others, I have opted for a different approach this year. Instead of sharing my top 10 movies of the year (of which... Read More
2014 – Year In Review
2014 was a very important year for me, thanks to you. In it I made some very important strides. While there were some personal trade-offs, I can sense that I have laid a foundation from which my ministry can blossom, and many of you would be helped by... Read More
How Parishes Can Deliver Christmas Bonuses
Christmas is coming! We all know that on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day there is a huge resurgence of participation amongst Catholics going to mass. Those who do not go to mass over the course of the year always still seem to find time to go to church... Read More
Watching “A Christmas Carol” with Pope Francis
An Annual Tradition A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a perennial tradition in our culture. According to IMDB.com, since the dawn of film, this story has been retold over 100 times, not only in feature films, but teleplays, special sitcom episodes,... Read More
10 Best Christmas Films on TCM
The Greatness of Classic Movies There is no question that I am a big fan of classic movies; I even wrote a chapter about such in my book to reaching youth. The thing is, movies are a wonderful vehicle for immersing one into a story that can challenge,... Read More
My Verdict: Judging Is Underrated
It’s amazing to me the unfair flak judging is given. On the one hand, ever since the unofficial, off-the-cuff comments of Pope Francis had been ripped from their original context and trumpeted over the world as Catholicism’s new mantra, those... Read More
My Crazy NCCYM Adventure
Going to San Antonio For seventy-two hours, I had left my family and traveled to San Antonio, TX to participate as an exhibitor for the National Conference for Catholic Youth Ministry (NCCYM). It is a national conference for which youth ministers, parents... Read More
012: New eBook for Catholic Youth Ministers
http://traffic.libsyn.com/prayermeetingpodcast/nap012.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA new book to help Catholic youth ministers reach the next generation. Nick Alexander: Author What a long journey this has been. Ever since I had made intentions... Read More
Links I Like (Week of Nov 19, 2014)
This is a must-read: Someone who works with both Catholicism and Evangelicalism shares his thoughts on the two. An insightful article about scientific approaches to proving the existence of God, and how some can be faulty. Befriend a priest. Take him... Read More