Five Minutes with Marko

Marko recounts an experience of watching baby sea turtles crawl from their nest to the ocean and unpacks a bunch of allegorical connections.

Since Marko often gets asked what podcasts he listens to, he takes a few minutes to list his regular podcast consumption diet.

Final week of this 4-week mini-series called Nuggets, where Marko brings four shorties for you to think about.

Whoa, six nuggets this week! So much seasoning in such a little podcast!

Four more nuggets this week--disconnected one-off thoughts to get you wrestling.

Marko starts a 4-week mini series he’s calling “Nuggets”. it’s sort of like four or five 1 Minute with Marko bits smashed into five minutes!

God doesn’t want me, or you, to live a life of regret. But I can’t pretend my regrets don’t exist. I have to face them square on, and push into and through them, to the freedom offered on the other side.

After years of ranting about various changes needed in our youth ministry approaches, values, mindsets and methods, Marko got caught off guard by a suggestion from a friend about the future of youth ministry. It raised more questions for Marko than easy answers.

After 40 years in middle school ministry, Marko has identified a handful of paradoxes that those of us who work with this age group have to be aware of and lean into. It’s messy and confusing and beautiful stuff!

Marko gets practical in this episode, describing five different types of questions (with examples of each) that should all be used to bring vibrancy to your youth ministry discussions. This would be a great episode to share with your small group leaders.