Five Minutes with Marko
By Mark Oestreicher
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Episodes: 152
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5 Minutes with Marko might be the shortest youth ministry podcast ever; but that doesn’t mean it’s shallow. Marko (Mark Oestreicher, of The Youth Cartel) gets right to the point, sharing thoughts and insights about some aspect of church work with teenagers.
| Episode | Date |
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Ready to Fly
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May 26, 2026 |
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Teenagers and Doubt
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May 19, 2026 |
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The WOW of Neurons and Teens
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May 12, 2026 |
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Youth Worker Identity
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May 06, 2026 |
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Youth Pastors Need a Title Change
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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The Downside of Being Well-Resourced
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Young Teens and Exploration
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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What’s the Purpose of Your Small Groups?
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Do You Have a Zombie Soul?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Young Teens and Bible Reading
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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The Four Contexts for Change
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Youth Ministry is Like Golf
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Why Are Youth Workers So Often Mistreated?
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The 12-Year-Old Loser
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Why You Need a Team
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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When to Leave
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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An Open Letter to a 14-Year-Old Girl
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Is Youth Ministry Biblical?
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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When to Separate MS and HS
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Young Adult Youth Ministry Volunteers
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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When God Seems Distant
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May 20, 2025 |
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What Volunteers Need from Youth Pastors, part 2
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May 13, 2025 |
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What Volunteers Need from Youth Pastors, part 1
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May 06, 2025 |
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The Middle Schooler Who Called My Bluff
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Parenting Pendulum
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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The Primary Objective of Youth Ministry
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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The Waning of Professional Youth Ministry
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Stop Making Assumptions about Teenage Brains (Brains, part 3)
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Teenage Brains and Identity Formation (Brains, part 2)
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Stewarding the Identity Formation of Young Teens (Brains, part 1)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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A Few Requests from a Dad
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Why We Need Patience
|
Dec 10, 2024 |
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Plotting Will and Skill
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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The Role of the Holy Spirit in Youth Ministry
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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The Featherweightiness of Belonging
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Risk in Youth Ministry
|
Nov 05, 2024 |
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Junior High or Middle School?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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How to Become a Long-Haul Youth Worker
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Loyal Radicals
|
Oct 15, 2024 |
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Teenagers and Materialism, part 2
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Teenagers and Materialism, part 1
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Presence in Youth Ministry, part 2
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Presence in Youth Ministry, part 1
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Innovation without Disconnection
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Role of Trust
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May 28, 2024 |
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Learning to Listen
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May 21, 2024 |
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Frogger, a MSM metaphor
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May 14, 2024 |
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Stewarding Identity Formation with Middle Schoolers
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May 07, 2024 |
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Nuggets, part 12
|
May 01, 2024 |
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Nuggets Part 11
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Nuggets, Part 10
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Nuggets, part 9
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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4 Teenage Moments that Resulted in a Lifetime of Youth Ministry, part 2
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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4 Teenage Moments that Resulted in a Lifetime of Youth Ministry, part 1
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
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Prepared but Flexible
|
Mar 05, 2024 |
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Finding Real Hope, Part 3
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Finding Real Hope, part 2
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Finding Real Hope, part 1
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Measuring Success in Middle School Ministry
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Disengaging Spiritual Auto-Pilot
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Conviction, Collaboration and Calling
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Asking for Help
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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10 Commandments of Discipling Others
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Four Mindsets for Staying Put
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Nuggets, part 8
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Nuggets, part 7
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Nuggets, part 6
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Nuggets, Part 5
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Parenting Pendulum Preventer
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Pastoral Identity
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
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Killer Expectations
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May 23, 2023 |
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Inviting Decisions without Manipulation
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May 16, 2023 |
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How Do You Want to Receive Feedback?
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May 09, 2023 |
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Teenagers and Anxiety
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May 02, 2023 |
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What’s Your Ministry’s Achilles Heel?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Young People Need Hope
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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An Attitude of Curiosity Toward Parents
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Acknowledging and Addressing Our Weaknesses
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Happy Police (Happiness, week 2)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Happy Teenagers in a Lousy Parenting Goal (Happiness, week 1)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Two Fancy Words I Made Up
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Criticism and Thin Skin
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Three Components of Great Youth Ministry
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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The Ministry of Fun
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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The Long View
|
Feb 14, 2023 |
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6 Ideas for Fueling Your Creativity
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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The Importance of Storytelling
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Spiritual Formation Boarding Schools
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Teenagers and Bible Reading
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Rethinking Belonging
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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The Ministry of Remembering
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
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Baby Sea Turtles (and me)
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Podcasts I Listen To
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Nuggets | Week 4
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Nuggets | Week 3
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Nuggets | Week 2
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Nuggets | Week 1
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
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Regret
|
Oct 25, 2022 |
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Post Youth Ministry
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
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Paradoxes of Middle Schoolers
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Asking Great Questions
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
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Lonely Boys
|
Sep 27, 2022 |
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Fueling Your Creativity
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
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Jesus Sauce
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May 24, 2022 |
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New Realities for Teenagers
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May 17, 2022 |
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Honesty About Innovation
|
May 10, 2022 |
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Four Practices of Great Parent Ministry
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May 03, 2022 |
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Four Types of Curriculum
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Emmanuel Year ’Round
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Curiosity is the Serum for Judgmentalism
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Control or Open Hands
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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The Myth of Control
|
Mar 15, 2022 |
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Tortilla Chips and Salsa
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Responding to Brain Discoveries, Part 2
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Responding to Brain Discoveries, part 1
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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A “Nothing Prevents You” Ministry
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Aligned With Your Calling
|
Feb 08, 2022 |
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A Reminder of Why We Do What We Do
|
Feb 01, 2022 |
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1 Kings 19 Rewritten for Youth Workers
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Psalm 23 & Luke 5 Rewritten for Youth Workers
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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2 Corinthians 11 & 12 Rewritten for Youth Workers
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Daniel 3 Rewritten for Youth Workers
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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2 Timothy 1 & 2 Rewritten for Youth Workers
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Exodus 3 & 4 Rewritten for Youth Workers
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Be Courageous
|
Nov 30, 2021 |
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The Myth of Balance
|
Nov 16, 2021 |
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Traditions and Sacred Cows
|
Nov 09, 2021 |
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The Intersection of Intentionality and Faith
|
Nov 02, 2021 |
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The Glass is (at Least) Half Full
|
Oct 26, 2021 |
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The Extension of Adolescence
|
Oct 19, 2021 |
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The Seduction of Ease
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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The Patience of Plodding
|
Oct 05, 2021 |
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10 Percent Wrong
|
Sep 28, 2021 |
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What Would I Do Differently?
|
Sep 21, 2021 |
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Helping Teens Meet the Real Jesus
|
Sep 14, 2021 |
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Stretching Toward Faith in Ministry
|
Sep 07, 2021 |
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The Power of Small
|
Aug 31, 2021 |
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Teenagers and Risk
|
Aug 24, 2021 |
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What Redwood Trees Teach Us About Youth Ministry
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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12 Awesome Things About Middle Schoolers
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Improving Your Relationship With Parents
|
Jun 22, 2021 |
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Being Open to Changing Your Mind
|
Jun 15, 2021 |
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LGBTQ Teens Need a Pastoral Response Over a Theological Response
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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My Resistance to Excellence as a Value
|
Jun 01, 2021 |
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Invitation to Partnership with God
|
May 25, 2021 |
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Growth Practices of Leaders
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May 18, 2021 |
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Fear
|
May 11, 2021 |
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Decisions as Ebeneezers
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May 04, 2021 |
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Divergent Thinkers
|
Apr 27, 2021 |
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Competency Facilitator
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Seven Sins of Reinvention
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Apr 12, 2021 |