Five Minutes with Marko

Five Minutes with Marko

By Mark OestreicherReligion & Spirituality
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Five Minutes with Marko episodes

  • The Bible is Story

    5 Minutes with Marko - Episode 160

    The Bible is a sweeping story we get to invite our students to live within, not just a collection of fables with moral lessons.

    To learn more about our youth ministry coaching programs, visit https://theyouthcartel.com

    7 min
  • The Bible is Mystery

    5 Minutes with Marko - Episode 159

    Marko addresses how we do disservice to our teenagers when we present the Bible as completely understandable and totally knowable.

    To learn more about our youth ministry coaching programs, visit https://theyouthcartel.com

    7 min
  • Teenage Brains, part 6

    Minutes with Marko - Episode 158

    In this final episode of this sub-series, Marko talks about the Anterior Cingulate and its huge role in our understanding and experience of God.

    To learn more about our youth ministry coaching programs, visit https://theyouthcartel.com

    11 min
  • Teenage Brains, part 5

    5 Minutes with Marko - Episode 157

    How are you stewarding the hard-wiring of teenage brains for a lifetime of vibrant faith?

    To learn more about our youth ministry coaching programs, visit https://theyouthcartel.com

    7 min
  • Teenage Brains, part 4

    5 Minutes with Marko - Episode 156

    This episode unpacks the two areas of the teenage brain that tend to be underdeveloped: the prefrontal cortex, and the temporal lobes.

    To learn more about our youth ministry coaching programs, visit https://theyouthcartel.com

    9 min
  • Teenage Brains, part 3

    This episode identifies the five major areas of change teenagers are going through, with 3 of them being directly the result of the onset of abstract thinking.

    Learn more about the Youth Cartel and the Youth Ministry Coaching Program at https://theyouthcartel.com.

    8 min
  • Teenage Brains, part 2

    5 Minutes with Marko - Episode 154

    In part 2 of this 6-part series, Marko unpacks the onset of abstract thinking, potentially the most important aspect of understanding teenagers.

    8 min
  • Teenage Brains, part 1

    Minutes with Marko - Episode 153

    Marko launches this new season with a 6-episode series highlighting the key aspects of adolescent brain development that every youth worker should know about.

    To learn more about our youth ministry coaching programs, visit https://theyouthcartel.com

    9 min
  • Ready to Fly

    5 Minutes with Marko - Episode 152 Deuteronomy 32:11 encourages us, indirectly at least, to be filled with hope as 8th graders and seniors move on from our ministries.

    To learn more about our youth ministry coaching programs, visit https://theyouthcartel.com

    7 min
  • Teenagers and Doubt

    Marko explains why he stopped using a previous metaphor to explain the process of doubts with teenagers, and replaced it with a new metaphor.

    9 min

About Five Minutes with Marko

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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…