Episode 180: Cultivating Wisdom and Discernment
Our children and teens are growing up in a world marked by a confusing mix of ever-changing challenges, choices, pressures, and expectations. These realities make it increasingly difficult for them to...
26 Mars 20241h 16min
Episode 179: Teens, Tech, and Social Media - A Youth Worker Roundtable
It was back in January of 2007 that Apple CEO Steve Jobs spoke prophetic words to the attendees at the Macworld Conference. Jobs famously said, “Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes al...
20 Feb 20241h 34min
Episode 178: "Loving Parents of LGBTQ+ Students" with Joy Worrell and Joan McConnell
One of the questions youth workers are asking more than any other is this: What can I do to come alongside of and help parents as they seek to love their LGBTQ+ kids? Because all of our kids are divin...
16 Jan 20241h 7min
Episode 177: "Youth Culture Year-In-Review"
Culture is changing at breakneck speed, and today’s youth workers need to not only keep up with the host of new challenges facing our kids, but they need to respond in ways that communicate the truths...
21 Dec 20231h 32min
Episode 176: "Discipling Students in a Gender Confused World" with Abigail Favale
“The feminist movement has given birth to many things: one of these is the popularization of gender, a concept that drives a wedge between sexed identity and embodiment.” Those words are written by Ab...
8 Dec 20231h 6min
Episode 175: "What a 100 Year-Old Book Has to Say to Us in Youth Ministry Today" with Steve Nichols
The way that we parent and the way that we do youth ministry is always informed by the theology we embrace, whether that theology is embraced consciously or unconsciously. Of course, unless we work to...
22 Nov 20231h
Episode 174: "The Good and the Bad of Generational Theory" with Crystal Kirgiss
All of us in the youth ministry world have heard the experts tell us about the differences in generations. We have to realize that all of these statements are generalizations that are sometimes accura...
7 Nov 20231h 3min
Episode 173: "Lies about Sex and Gender" with Rosaria Butterfield
As Christians, our lives must be marked by a never-ending passion to know and live the truth. This is especially necessary in those aspects of life where convincing and easily-believed lies have taken...
18 Okt 20231h 16min
