HOW TO add description to the blog list using the BuddyPress

HELP =)

Using WordPress 3.1, here’s what I’m trying to do:

Display a POST DESCRIPTION (or a 2-line excerpt from the post), rather than just a list of titles or the entire freakin’ post, for each post in that category list.

Is there a plug-in I can install that will let me do this, or some code I can modify? Go easy on the techno-speak, I’m a designer, not a coder.

Thank you in advance!!!

In Faith,
Kandy