• When God Seems Distant
    May 20 2025

    This episode is a little longer and a lot more devotional. Marko offers six suggestions for those inevitable times when it feels that God is silent or distant.

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    9 mins
  • What Volunteers Need from Youth Pastors, part 2
    May 13 2025

    Marko speaks from his decades of experience as a youth ministry volunteer at his church, about what he (and other volunteers) need from the ministry point person.

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    6 mins
  • What Volunteers Need from Youth Pastors, part 1
    May 6 2025

    Marko speaks from his decades of experience as a youth ministry volunteer at his church, about what he (and other volunteers) need from the ministry point person.

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    7 mins
  • The Middle Schooler Who Called My Bluff
    Apr 29 2025

    Marko tells the story of an 8th grade guy who responded differently than expected when being challenged to step up.

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    4 mins
  • The Parenting Pendulum
    Apr 8 2025

    Marko points out how culture (and parenting) has dramatically swung in the direction of treating teenagers like children, and young adults like teenagers.

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    6 mins
  • The Primary Objective of Youth Ministry
    Apr 1 2025

    The primary objective of youth ministry is to walk alongside young people on their own journeys toward Christlikeness. There, now you don’t need to listen to the episode!

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    5 mins
  • The Waning of Professional Youth Ministry
    Mar 25 2025

    Not the most fun of episodes, but Marko gets honest about the trends facing youth worker employment in the coming decades.

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    8 mins
  • Stop Making Assumptions about Teenage Brains (Brains, part 3)
    Mar 18 2025

    Marko goes on a rant about the poor logic being used to say that because parts of teenage brains are underdeveloped, they are broken and incapable. Hogwash!

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    7 mins