Lots of shanked shots and questions about the value of this effort; but then there’s an amazing shot that fuels you to keep playing.

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After hearing the story of another youth worker couple booted for unclear and seemingly unfair reasons, Marko reflects on why this is so common.

As much as we’d like to think that developing an adult team for youth ministry might be a universal practice, Marko finds it’s still WAY too common for youth workers to be lone rangers.

Marko responds to a question he’s asked all the time: How do I know when it’s time to leave my youth ministry role?

Marko was asked to write a letter to the daughter of a friend. He shares this letter both as an encouragement to you, and a reminder of what we should be speaking into the lives of teens.

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This question was louder 15 years ago; but there’s still some lingering pushback on any and all age-specific ministry in churches. Marko shares where this question came from, and responds to it.

Marko’s thinking on this question has shifted quite a bit on this question over his many years in youth ministry — in some ways, the answer is clearer than ever, and in other ways, it’s much more blurry.

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Neuroscience tells us that young adult brains aren’t yet fully developed when it comes to decision making and wisdom. Does that mean we should boundary them more as volunteers in youth ministry, or maybe just the opposite?