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#37 When You Develop People & Ministry, Clarity Is King (with Art Williams) Oct 02, 2018

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Whether speaking about the intentional development of people, building a thriving ministry, or the success of Denver's ELDI (Emerging Leaders Development Initiative), Art Williams (Multi-Ethnic Coordinator for the NW Division) believes that clarity is king. Today, we sit down to discuss these items, and other lessons he's learned in 15 years of ministry with Young Life.

Special thanks to Irene Reza and Ashley Davenport, ELDI grads and world-changers who make guest appearances in this episode!

#clarityisKing

#36 Getting Medieval With Discipleship (with Crystal Kirgiss) Sep 25, 2018

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Today, a refreshing look at Young Life's intentional, timeless, and essential discipleship efforts with Crystal Kirgiss (Young Life's VP of Discipleship). We're becoming more like Jesus by...

#35 To Serve & Suffer: One Year After Maria Sep 18, 2018

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One year ago, Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico. Today, one perspective from the many heroes in Puerto Rico who continued to bring light into darkness in the aftermath of a historic storm. Today, our prayers go out to all affected by Hurricane Florence.

#34 Chuck's Vision For A Life Worth Living Sep 17, 2018

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Today, a conversation with Young Life pioneer Chuck Reinhold, whose recent book A Life Worth Living details the principles that produced a fruitful ministry spanning four decades and multiple continents.

Learn more: www.ChuckReinhold.comChuck's Book A Life Worth Living (Amazon) Search the Scriptures (Amazon) How to Win Friends and Influence People The Topical Memory System The Christian Wheel

#33 #BestWeekofYourLife (with Alex Lewis + Tom Wilson) Jul 31, 2018

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"Young Life is not a ministry of moments, but a ministry that walks with people through various moments." -Alex Lewis

In our Season 1 finale, Alex Lewis (Digital Marketing Specialist) joins the show to recap the #TheBestWeekofYourLife Campaign and this years 'home' theme. Surprise guests include Tom Wilson (Regional Director and employee #65!) and some wonderful people from around camp. We're out until September, but in the meantime: check out the 4 vlogs YL produced for the special look at camp here at the links below to IGTV, and keep pioneering.

1 - "The Best Week of Your Life: Home"

2 - "Laughter: What if IG Followers controlled programs day?!"

3 - "It's not about me: Work Crew & Summer Staff"

4 - "Going Home"

#31 Incarnational Supervision (Part II, with John Evans) Jun 28, 2018

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"Supervision is an underutilized avenue to care for and develop people in ministry." John Evans (Sr. Dir. of Advanced Training) has made a career of creating safe spaces for people to learn how to grieve their losses. In Part I of our conversation, he spoke about being a healthy and congruent person. Today, how to lead others from a place of health and emotional maturity. We're @YoungLifePod.

#30 Marrying Spiritual Health & Emotional Maturity (Part I, with John Evans) Jun 26, 2018

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John Evans (Sr. Dir. of Advanced Training) has made a career of creating safe spaces for people to learn how to grieve their losses. This week, he teaches us how to be congruent (Part I) and to lead others from a place of health and emotional maturity (Part II, coming this Thursday). Conversation topics for today include his perspective on ministry motivation, emotional health, grieving, technology, anxiety, depression, and much more.

Questions to Ponder:

Are you pursuing spiritual health while neglecting emotional health?
What are losses you need to grieve?
Do you know how to grieve losses properly?
What is your motivation for helping people?
Do you turn to technology to manage anxiety?
Do you have a healthy/safe person to be vulnerable with?
Are you in the habit of getting on other people's level to communicate with them?

#29 I Feel Seen: A Portrait of Latino Student Staff Jun 19, 2018

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Rites of passage are effective ways to bless young people as they complete formative experiences and move onto the next chapter of their lives. Today, we drop in on one of Young Life's most revolutionary training programs, Latino Student Staff, to explore how it's is changing lives, sending people, and helping to transform the city of Houston. If your club or area has a rite of passage you'd love to share, hit us up @younglifepod.

Music by James Tutson & Podington Bear (from the free music archive)

#28 'Easy Now' (with Sawyer) Jun 05, 2018

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Our #songofsummer series features a camp musician(s) breaking down the music and message of their favorite song to play at camp. Today, Kel Taylor and Emma Harvey of Sawyer (@thebandSawyer) share about their song, 'Easy Now'. Tomorrow, they fly to Malibu to play it.

Are we missing a camp musician who played the songs of your summers past? Tag them and us (@younglifepod)— we'd love to help tell the story!

#27 Caught Up & Compelled (with Chicago's Junior Board) May 29, 2018

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Most of our Young Life staff, leaders, and stakeholders serve on teams. So, what makes them great? Today, an example of a caught up & compelled team: The Young Life Chicagoland Junior Board. Between Jon Houghton (Regional Director, Chicagoland Region) and Dana Kritsas (Chair, Jr. Board), we'll drop in on a meeting to hear how this team is effectively engaging Young Life alumni to make a difference in the city, and beyond.

*Words/Music by artist (& Jr. Board's Spiritual Director) CW Allen! (iTunes|Spotify)

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