(taped by phone 02/23/07)

BIO: Bob is a member of the Catechetics department at Franciscan University in Steubenville.  Before moving his family to Ohio, he was a youth minister for 7 years at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Latham, NY, where he lead a LIFE TEEN program (one of the nation’s hub parishes), confirmation preparation, teen catechumenal preparation, and other ministries within the parish. Bob is a highly sought after, internationally recognized speaker for youth and youth ministers, sharing the Good News to tens of thousands people every year. He is also an accomplished musician who leads worship at the Steubenville Summer Conference and has released many CDs (you can find out more at bobricemusic.com).

QUOTE TO NOTE:  You just never know what happens. As I was there, every Sunday,  talking to those junior-high kids, trying to get them to pay attention- -  walking away every Sunday thinking nobody listened to a word a said (that) this was the biggest disaster of a ministry I can have… That ministry, in his words, saved his family and changed the entire direction of his family. That’s what is what is so exciting about ministry to me.  You go in with a plan and God does something else. (It’s about) faithfulness and not success.

OBSCURE FACTOID: Bob is a long-distance runner.

BEHIND THE SCENES:  Two notes of desperation- 1) Back to Wednesday morning editing AND 2) for the first time this year, there are no studio sessions in the can for next week.  Time to make some calls!

BLOG REFLECTION: can be read here for April 4th.