Youth Ministry Maverick: Hosted by Jeff Harding

For this installment of MRR, Jeff was joined by the Director of High School Content for Orange Students - Shane Sanchez. They discuss Shane's new devotional book, How To See God: A Four Week Guide for Teenagers. The discussion covers the theme and ap...

Coming out of COVID, bringing in a new screen-saturated generation, and dealing with polarization at an all-time high has made the already tumultuous season of adolescence even more unstable for many. Also for many, a major element within that rocky ...

Telling stories is a powerful way to teach and disciple students. Jesus told stories, after all! But whether it's getting caught up in stories or good points we want to make, youth workers can unintentionally remove Christ from the center of stories ...

Whether the source is a teacher, pastor, counselor, social researcher, story plot, or just plain personal experience...most of us realize that chronic difficulty and dysfunction growing up goes on to negatively affect us later in life. But can we lev...

Talking about strengths and weaknesses in leadership is fairly common. However, what about the strengths and weaknesses of your youth ministry? They aren't always connected to your personal strengths and weaknesses, and there are many elements to con...

We want our students to grow and be discipled, but where does leadership come in? How foundational is student leadership development in your ministry vision and strategy? Brent Aiken from Student Ministry Conversations joins Jeff to discuss the impor...

A constant struggle in youth ministry is how to handle students who are unengaged, apathetic, and for whatever reason...not interested. In addition, there are some uncommon cultural and generational factors that compound the complexity of approaching...

We have to be careful when we think about success, because success and good health don't always coincide. There are a number of factors to weigh when evaluating the health of your ministry. Which ones do you pick? How do you feel about the state of y...

After a 10 month hiatus, Youth Ministry Maverick is back! Jeff gives an update on his life since the last episode dropped, and talks about the new format coming to the podcast. We're excited for more topics, more guests, more conversations, and more ...

This special episode was unexpected, yet necessary to be included amidst the current conversations and reactions regarding the two reports that were just released: The State of Theology (Ligonier Ministries & LifeWay Research) and Modeling the Future...