Podcasts by Youth Ministry Soulkeeper
A podcast for your soul, with a little bit of coaching, a little bit of comic relief, and a whole lot of care.
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Episode 32: We are Busy... Can You Say That? from 2023-04-17T23:29:28
Summary: We all know Spring is an exciting time, and in youth ministry the pace is picking up as we are looking toward our summer calendars and summer camps. James and Todd are also fe...
Episode 31: Youth Ministry Is A Mustard Seed from 2023-03-24T19:15:42
The Kingdom of God is all about small beginnings. Jesus taught that the Kingdom of Heaven works like a mustard seed. It starts small and grows. We should expect youth ministry to be the same, and w...
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Episode 30: Is It All Worth It? from 2023-03-04T00:25:10
Episode 30: Is It All Worth It?
Summary: What do we do when our students move from following Jesus to following the world? When we see kids who were full of joy and consist...
Episode 29: Dirty Fuels in Youth Ministry from 2023-02-12T03:36:52
Summary: What is currently fueling your ministry? Is it the fear of failure or the desire to be successful? Is it a need for affirmation or is it peace that comes from being confident in God and Hi...
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Episode 28: Care Over Criticism from 2023-01-27T00:13:57
Episode 28: Care Over Criticism
Summary: What do we do as Youth workers when the people we have been called to care for become the objects of our criticism? In this episode, Jame...
Ep. 27 The Relaunch with Todd Pearage from 2023-01-10T20:11:07
Summary: James introduces the new relaunch for the podcast and introduces good friend and new co-host, Todd Pearage. James and Todd discuss what to expect in future episodes and how the podcast ...
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26: The Examen Prayer and God's Presence from 2022-05-20T16:42:41
Summary: We all have heard the phrase "Practicing God's Presence." But what does that mean, and how can we learn to experience and become more aware of God's presence in our own lives and youth min...
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25: Help For Youth Pastors with Todd Pearage from 2022-04-26T16:58:01
Episode 25: Help For Youth Pastors with Todd Pearage
Summary: In this episode, James talks with Youth Leader Oasis founder Todd Pearage, who, in partnership with Standing Stone ministr...
24: The Message In The Messenger from 2022-04-08T16:27:43
Summary: In this episode, James shares that If you are going to cheat in youth ministry, it is better to cheat on your message than cheat on meeting with Jesus and others. Crafting and creating mes...
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23: Practicing Silence With Guest Kevin Cain from 2022-03-25T14:12:45
In this episode, James' Senior Pastor and book author Kevin Cain helps us understand the spiritual discipline of silence. Drawing from his own experience, Kevin shares how practicing silence helps ...
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22: Solitude: Learning We Are Never Alone from 2022-01-19T21:18:08
The practice of solitude can often be overlooked or misunderstood, but it is through the intentional practice of being alone with Jesus that helps us learn that we are never truly alone. By practic...
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21: Programming Retreats and Camps For The Soul from 2021-11-17T16:46:42
Our students' lives and schedules are overwhelming, high-paced, and filled with all sorts of pressures and expectations. As youth leaders, we can program retreats and camps that can help our studen...
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20: Your Love For Ministry Could Be Dangerous To Your Soul from 2021-09-27T21:23:41
Let's just say it. A healthy growing ministry is not the indicator of a healthy growing ministry leader. In this episode, James talks about how our love for ministry, and even the people we are min...
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19: Being Called Out or Getting Out from 2021-09-02T22:00:35
Youth ministry comes with all sorts of joys and hardships. When times are good, we think we want to stay at a church forever, and when times become more difficult, we can begin to look for reasons ...
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18: Prayer as a First Response Is More Important Than We Think from 2021-05-05T21:13:23
Relational tension is common in youth ministry because we serve and work with imperfect people. However, having a healthy soul requires a response to opposition that aligns with the heart of Jesus....
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17: Patience Is Understanding from 2021-04-20T23:38:07
In order to develop greater patience in our ministries, we need to ask more questions, and wonder more and assume less. We need to recognize that all who we are involved with have a backstory to be...
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16: Success is a Slippery Slope from 2021-03-26T20:54:09
Success in ministry can be a slippery slope because we have a tendency to believe that the success we may experience in ministry is directly related to our spiritual maturity or God's approval. Jus...
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15: Subtlety Over Sensationalism from 2021-02-12T16:21:30
God has a significant plan for each of our lives, but the appearance-driven culture we live in often causes us to sacrifice the important on the altar of the impressive. In this installment of The ...
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14: All Pain Is A Potential Prison from 2021-01-26T16:35:45
Because we live in a broken world, the pain and hurt we experience from others is unavoidable. With all pain and hurt, comes the potential for bitterness and hatred toward those who hurt us. In thi...
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13: Living in an "Us" and "Them" Culture from 2021-01-12T18:41:09
Helping our souls and students to navigate a culture that likes to take sides and defines and distinguishes between people using all sorts of measurables. God's love doesn't see sides; He sees sons...
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12: Digesting Before Regurgitating from 2020-11-20T23:18:44
The title may sound gross, but we promise it has significance for your youth ministry. The more unhealthy we become internally, the more tempting it can be to separate ourselves from the messages w...
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11: Our Students Need Us To Be Confessors from 2020-11-05T19:36:16
In this episode, we talk about how important confession is in our relationship with God and others. We talk about why confession can be so difficult at times and the "why" our students and leaders ...
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10: Pain Is A Teacher from 2020-10-18T22:06:19
No one enjoys pain, but if we let it, pain can be a teacher. Talking about his own painful experience from ministerial burnout, James shares three things he learned from his pain that helped him he...
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9: Hardship Is A Thruway from 2020-10-02T04:57:46
Many times the Hardship and pain we experience in ministry and life feels like a dead end with no redemptive purpose in sight. Lessons learned through his own hardship and pain, James shares that G...
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8: Answering The Honest Soul Care Questions of Fellow Youth Workers from 2020-08-20T17:39:13
In this episode, guest co-host, Eben Eddy, flips the tables on James and interviews him about questions concerning soul care from fellow youth workers. They talk about how much is "too much" when b...
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7: How to Know If You Are Being Motivated by Love or Fear in Your Ministry from 2020-07-27T18:58:52
No one would question a youth pastor's motive for ministering to students. Love is always the motive; but when fear sneaks in, it has a crazy way of messing up our most well intentioned ministry to...
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6: George Floyd, Racism&Moving Forward from 2020-06-05T21:58:17
James talks with Christian Hip Hop artist Lamar Riddick about what is currently happening around the Black Lives Matter movement and what we as white youth leaders can do. James shares his own need...
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5: Reaching Out or Chasing After from 2020-05-28T16:56:10
Are you reaching out to students or chasing after them? There is a difference, and in this podcast episode we will discuss the motivations behind each.
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4: Conversation With A Millennial Burnout (Part 2) from 2020-05-09T01:07:42
James continues his conversation with CYI staffer and Billy Graham Evangelisitic Association partner Eben Eddy. In part 2 Eben shares the lessons he has learned on avoiding burnout and on keeping h...
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3: Conversation w/a Millennial Burnout - Part 1 from 2020-04-23T08:34:02
James has a conversation with YCI staffer and Billy Graham Evagelisitic Association partner Eben Eddy. In this conversation Eben talks about his journey towards and through burnout.
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2: What To Do With Insecurity&False Security In Youth Ministry from 2020-04-07T06:41:54
James talks about the traps that comparison can create for our souls. And why comparison always becomes a competition, which creates an "us" vs. "them" mindset. He also shares some practical ways w...
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1: My Journey&The Soul Keeper Podcast from 2020-04-07T06:41:21
James Sabin shares some of his burnout story and the discuesses the genesis of the Youth Ministry Soul Keeper podcast as a result.
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