Episode 92: "Recovering a Proper Understanding of Work" with Luke Bobo
Do you remember the old 1981 song from the band Loverboy? "Everybody’s working for the weekend" is how the familiar chorus goes. If you think about it, that chorus really captures how we’ve come to th...
7 Nov 201950min
Episode 91: "Concussions and Youth Sports" with Tyler Maland and Sheila Mueller
If you’ve been watching NFL games this fall, you’ve no doubt noticed the amount of attention being paid to hits on defenseless players, helmet-to-helmet tackles, and dangerous blows to the head. It se...
22 Okt 201954min
Episode 90: "Radical Forgiveness" with Jonas Beiler and Joel Kime
In recent weeks, the news cycle has been filled with conversations about forgiveness. These conversations were started when the 18 year old brother of Botham Jean forgave the woman who killed his brot...
11 Okt 201958min
Episode 89: "Beyond 7-11 Songs: Raising the Bar on Youth Group Worship"
If you attended church this week, you no doubt sang. If you are running a youth group, you most likely get your students singing. And maybe your time at home or in the car is time spent listening to w...
27 Sep 20191h 11min
Episode 88: What Youth Culture Did On Summer Vacation
The summer of 2019 has come to an end. If you’re like most, you were able to take some time off and enjoy a vacation. But youth culture didn’t take a break over the summer. What are some of the summer...
11 Sep 20191h 6min
Episode 87: "Navigating LGBTQ Issues" with Rosaria Butterfield
When it comes to our calling to love God and love neighbor, one of the most heated discussions taking place in the culture at large and in the church these days is how to fulfill this calling in respo...
1 Aug 20191h 2min
Episode 86: "Self Promotion in Youth Ministry" with Mark Matlock and Derry Prenkert
Since the advent of YouTube, I’ve met several teenagers who are engaging in self-promotion in order to develop their celebrity-presence and build a growing following. In recent months, there’s been gr...
12 Jul 20191h 13min
Episode 85: "Designing Our Youth Rooms with Intentionality" with Bill McAlpine
When was the last time that you pondered, if ever, the architecture and layout of your church building or youth room? And, does architecture and layout even matter? Should our spaces be purely utilita...
18 Jun 20191h 8min
