Tonight Matt Maher held the first night of our church’s college ministry, called College Life. Our parish has had College Life for years, and it’s never seemed to do that well. I was thrilled tonight to see 52 people come to College Life.

The whole time I sat in the group looking up to Matt Maher, so happy that he has this opportunity. He has so much talent and so much to offer to college students, and finally he has a place to do it. I am going to make a point to pray for the College Life group every day. I know that good things will come from this ministry.

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This morning I met with the President and Director of Marketing for Life Teen. I really enjoy spending time with both of them, so this was not so much a meeting as a time to hang out with friends.

We spent two hours trying to make sense of our T-shirt sales. I went on MTV a year ago and wore six Life Teen shirts that I designed. Since then, we’ve sold quite a few shirts. I see them all over Phoenix, and all around the country. So what do you do with success like that?

We talked, scribbled ideas, talked some more, and then we agreed on a couple things. First of all, we are a youth ministry, not a T-shirt company. It’s not our responsibility to clothe our teenagers in beautiful things. But, good design makes everyone happy, so we need to keep doing it. So for 2005, designing shirts is not just something I do when I have free time. Now that’s a part of my job.

I am excited about this because this is another place to spread my creativity. The creative spirit is something that burns deep inside of me. I am only happy when I am creative. It’s going to be rewarding and exciting to help build up a new side to our ministry.