Jon Langness joins Jordan and Dan in this week's episode, discussing a potential (and likely) scenario that youth workers face. In one corner: parents who would like to be more actively involved in the ministry to students. In the other corner: students who would rather not have their parents involved.

Progressing towards the end of Dan's outline from YWW 2025, this week's episode takes a practical look at how morals and ethics influence cultural engagement.

Dan and Jordan discuss five views of culture presented by H. Richard Niebuhr in his book, "Christ and Culture."

This episode picks up mid-conversation as Dan and Jordan discuss why identifying, monitoring, and interpreting culture is important in ministry.

In this episode arc, Dan and Jordan return to the topic of leaders engaging with the culture in the world around them.

Jordan and Dan wrap up their discussion on how people serving in ministry and the people they serve can pursue and invest in the work being done. This not only wraps up this month's discussion, but Jordan's content for the Summer Institute of Theology.

As a church strives towards longevity in their staff, what are ways leaders can strive for longevity alongside their church? Jordan and Dan give some answers to this question in this week's episode.

As Dan and Jordan continue to discuss longevity in youth ministry, this week's focus is on how a church can help set up their staff to start strong.

Dan and Jordan continue to discuss how churches/ministries can invest in the health of their ministries as they begin to prepare for incoming leaders.

Jordan and Dan begin to wrap up talking through Jordan's SIT outline. This week, they begin to look at ways churches can begin to invest in their ministers before they're even considered for the ministry position.