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In a world that is so divided, how do we as people of faith function in it? This podcast is a chance to move past the superficial questions and dig into that second layer of understanding, who God is in our life, and how we can share him with others. Real people, going through real experiences, answer real questions and share their stories.

How To Have Better Conversations w/ TJ Denman 08/01/2024

How To Have Better Conversations w/ TJ Denman 4:01 How To Have Better Conversations 10:13 To Be A Better Talkerer 15:36 5 Ways To Be Interested Instead Of Interesting 32:47 Conversations Abilities Assessment 35:45 Listen To The Lord Better 39:15 Where Are We Getting It Wrong 43:36 Final Takeaway /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/32165212

Is Preaching The Most Important Thing? w/ Ryan Spaulding 07/17/2024

Is Preaching The Most Important Thing? w/ Ryan Spaulding 9:32 Successful Communication 19:08 Honesty vs. Authenticity 26:40 Student Leader Quiz 31:33 Caught Up In Structure 39:55 Don't Miss The Point/People 42:19 Lead and Lag Measures 49:01 Second Level Question /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/32145622

Pray Differently w/ Peter Reeves 06/06/2024

Pray Differently w/ Peter Reeves 2:00 Allow Prayer to Form Me 06:50 Cover Everything in Prayer 11:32 Practical Application of Prayer 17:18 Creating a Habit of Prayer 22:54 You Don’t Care Until You Do 27:52 Pursue the Giver of the Gift, Not the Gift 32:18 Prayer /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/31516567

The Importance of Self Assessment w/ Daniel Young 05/23/2024

The Importance of Self Assessment w/ Daniel Young 0:46 You Are The Reason I’m In Counseling 6:06 2 Biggest Barriers to Counseling For Ministry Leaders 9:47 Growth Looks Different 15:20 Evaluate Before Crisis 26:03 The Little Things Aren’t Just Little Things 31:48 Somebody Needs To Know If You’re Hurting 37:25 Allow People To Serve You 41:41 Who Are You Cheering On? /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/31435457

Streamlining Next Gen w/ Terry Parkman 05/02/2024

Streamlining Next Gen w/ Terry Parkman 4:30 Streamline of Next Gen 7:17 Redeem What You Can Understand 11:52 Whatever Informs You, Forms You 22:04 Presence over Production 29:22 Input Goals Vs. Output Goals 31:27 Lord of the Rings 35:07 Every Light is a Green Light 44:27 Prayer /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/31076793

The Regrets of Our Faith w/ Katie Buckley 04/25/2024

The Regrets of Our Faith w/ Katie Buckley 0:49 Places You’ve Pooped App 2:36 The Office 6:45 Childhood 20:00 An Encounter With God 22:20 Second Level Question 24:48 Regrets From Highschool 29:55 What Would You Change? 35:37 Instill Values In Your Students 36:50 Last Nugget /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/30989238

The American Bias w/ Mason Murawski 04/04/2024

The American Bias w/ Mason Murawski 1:00 Intro 2:49 US Navy Photography 17:24 Travel 26:26 Get Out Of America 31:04 Ireland 32:56 Mission Trips 35:24 Mason's Life 40:25 The Tug 44:00 Is It Better To Know Or To Learn? 49:21 Go Do SOMETHING 53:33 Experience Is The Best Teacher 1:00:19 Last Nugget /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/30276253

The Impact of Expectations w/ Zach Adams 03/21/2024

The Impact of Expectations w/ Zach Adams 4:31 Holy Expectations 9:43 Frustration Comes From Unmet Expectations 11:08 Wounded Expectations 24:58 The Linne Between Expectation and Fabrication 31:30 Check the Destination 41:00 Final Nuggets /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/30447898

Managing Silent Frustration w/ Kevin Dawson 03/07/2024

Managing Silent Frustration w/ Kevin Dawson 5:00 Possible Resignation 10:16 Righteous & Unrighteous Anger 11:46 Anger Triggers 13:37 Navigating Silent Frustrations 16:20 Bad Breath 25:20 Arin’s Middle School Mistake 29:12 The Process Of Moving On 30:10 More Confrontation 35:12 Last Nugget /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/30241673

Living Generously w/ Ben Engle 12/09/2023

Living Generously w/ Ben Engle 0:00 - A Tribute To Ben 7:30 - Generational Generosity 10:30 - Principal's Office 15:20 - Make It Personal 18:10 - Spontaneous Blessing 21:07 - Give The Car Away 31:27 - Contentment First 42:14 - A Final Encouragement From Ben /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/29002218

Church People w/ Kevin Wright 10/26/2023

Church People w/ Kevin Wright 2:55 Sudo Sanctification 10:00 Real Relationships, Real Things 14:58 Point The Mirror 22:10 Peekers 28:08 Not Everybody Needs To Be A Preacher 35:10 Let Repentance Break Your Heart More Than Scare You /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/28421420

Next Generation Ministers w/ Chris Davis 09/28/2023

Next Generation Ministers w/ Chris Davis 5:20 The Fatherless Generation 10:30 Changing Diapers 21:30 SLQ - How Does Fatherlessness Affect How We Interact With Our Faith And Others 28:59 How To Know God As A Father 37:00 A Father’s Love 40:00 Existing Together, Intentionally Close 49:50 Church Hurt /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/28158791

Is Worship Spiritual Manipulation? w/Josh Wesley 05/25/2023

Is Worship Spiritual Manipulation? w/Josh Wesley 1:17 Growing up in CHURCH 2:55 SLQ: Is Worship Spiritual Manipulation? 7:39 Pied Piper vs. Worship Leader 14:19 Treasure Box 20:46 Music Facts 25:50 Worship As The Spirit Leads 30:20 Manipulation Needs Initiation 36:45 We Need To Come Up With The Words 42:34 It's Not Your Job /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/26930985

Jesus Clubs w/Alex Rossie | Second Level Questions, Season 3 Ep. 6 05/04/2023

Jesus Clubs w/Alex Rossie | Second Level Questions, Season 3 Ep. 6 We had some issues with the sound board that caused the sound to drop out at random in certain parts of the podcast. We're working to fix it for future episodes, so stick with us and we hope you enjoy! 0:00 Intro 4:03 How To Get Started 10:17 Why Jesus Club 12:35 Keep It Simple 16:27 The Challenges 19:25 The Process 25:00 For Everyone 28:15 What is YOUR Why? 30:05 Giving Them Space To Be Creative 33:45 How You Can Do It Too /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/26748642

Making Room For The Holy Spirit w/ Pastor Frank Potter 03/30/2023

Making Room For The Holy Spirit w/ Pastor Frank Potter 00:55 What Does District Superintendent Mean? 3:12 Where Is The Church Swinging And Missing? 00:05:24 Revival vs. Awakening 7:04 Church and Politics 13:00 Meeting The Need 14:12 Living Righteous 17:23 Transfer Growth 18:30 Parenting Fight 21:40 Youth Alive Toolbox 22:58 "GPS Self-Assessment" Where Are You? 29:24 Pastor Frank's Takeaway /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/26396196

"What is Missing?" Debrief with Guest Host, Seth Campbell Season 3 Ep. 3 02/23/2023

"What is Missing?" Debrief with Guest Host, Seth Campbell Season 3 Ep. 3 00:18 INTRO 2:08 WHY REVISIT MENTAL HEALTH? 3:20 PSYCHOLOGY: STUDY OF GOD CLIP 3:46 BREAKDOWN 6:03 PERSEVERANCE 10:38 SECOND LEVEL QUESTION: THEOLOGY & PRACTICE CLIP 11:41 BREAKDOWN 16:00 STRUGGLE & PRAISE 20:41 COMMERCIAL 22:20 LET YOUR HEART-BREAK 22:45 BREAKDOWN 24:43 EMPATHY BRINGS PERSPECTIVE 27:00 MY GROWTH AREA, “OBESITY” 31:38 SIX THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND 36:24 STORY 39:37 MORE IN A MOMENT /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/26022954

The Most Important W/ Ben Rainey 02/20/2023

The Most Important W/ Ben Rainey Hello from Second Level Questions, we apologize in advance for the sound issues during this episode. This is a great conversation with Pastor Ben Rainey and we hope you enjoy it. 1:00 What’s in a Name 2:44 Basketball 5:14 Ben's Job 7:32 Written for the Worst 9:07 Age-Gap 12:37 Life Cycle 17:42 SLQ “ Who is More Important?” COMMERCIAL 18:54:21 21:53 Coach Me (Arin) 27:18 Yesterday 32:27 Capacity Level 36:00 Spiritual Fathers 38:16 The Transfer 40:05 Why I Believe in the Church 42:00 Last Nugget/Prayer /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/25986891

Meet the Team! 02/09/2023

Meet the Team! Show Notes: 1:54 Jonathan's Post Office Adventure 3:59 The Youth Alive Gal 5:22 The Other Youth Alive Guy 7:35 Share Faith Better 8:33 Ways to Connect 10:14 Outro /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/25880598

Gen. SeXYZ with Jeff Grenell 02/09/2023

Gen. SeXYZ with Jeff Grenell Show Notes: Wresting the Sex Issue 1:46 Solid Theology 4:52 Truth & Relationship 8:20 The Public Arena 11:37 Second Level Question 16:00 Secularization of the Church 18:32 COMMERCIAL 25:18 Pigeon Hole to Inclusive 26:20 Talk Better 32:45 Change the Stats 36:40 Prayer 42.38 Follow Jeff Grenell linktr.ee/jeffgrenell /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/25873650

November Spotlight: Lost & Found w/ Jeffrey Tasker 11/11/2022

November Spotlight: Lost & Found w/ Jeffrey Tasker Intros 2:05 Makeup for the Stars 4:20 Not Fun Anymore 10 :22 Crazy Life Concoction 12:33 What’s in the Gap? 20:43 The Identity Thing 26:24 Commercial Break 37:06 No Longer a Secret 41:17 Until Today 49:34 “1997” 52:45 The Moment 57:15 Connect through Story 1:02:56 Shatter the Silence 1:03:50 Second Level Question 1:07:25 What I See 1:17:54 Helpful Hints from Jeff 1:21:31 If Your Struggling 1:46:34 Prayer 1:53:43 Debrief 1:58:00 If you or someone you are struggling with any of the things discussed and need help. Please get in touch with us at potomacyouthalive.com or covenantcounselingministries.org /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24982260

Throwback Thursday - Youth Con 21' 30 Sec Interviews 10/27/2022

Throwback Thursday - Youth Con 21' 30 Sec Interviews Thanks for listening in to SLQ, We hope you enjoy this throwback podcast. Season 3 podcast guests are being booked now. Releasing in February 2023 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24738492

Lead(er);ship Part Two w/ Arin Nicholson 10/19/2022

Lead(er);ship Part Two w/ Arin Nicholson Part Two: Challenge 00:15 A New Position 00:53 Leader As Identity 5:15 New Look? 9:38 "Thus Sayeth the Lord" 12:22 Generational Responsability 14:29 It's Not About You 17:10 Language 19:03 Be Ok Building Relationship 23:45 The Nugget 27:05 We would like to thank Lisa Potter and Women Who Lead for hosting this podcast on Leadership. Please check out their podcast on and /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24738447

Lead(er);ship Part One w/ Arin Nicholson 10/06/2022

Lead(er);ship Part One w/ Arin Nicholson Intros Elevator Pitch 2:40 How are kids today "different" 4:50 Wrestle with the Term 7:16 Confirming Thoughts 11:15 Servant Baby Thoughts 13:57 Credentials 17:00 Reality 19:30 Elevating 25:00 Change the Language 27:40 More Harm Than Good 30:30 Leadership as Identity 38:50 Your Going To Be Ok 48:48 Invest and Reciprocat 54:27 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24608421

"BONUS". The One With The Principal w/ John Mazziott 09/23/2022

"BONUS". The One With The Principal w/ John Mazziott Hey SLQ fans here is a "BONUS" episode! We wanted to share a big win about one of our Youth Pastors, John Mazziott, connecting with a Principal in his community! /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24470049

Trends In Youth Ministry w/ Michael Schmitt 09/22/2022

Trends In Youth Ministry w/ Michael Schmitt Adoptive Student Ministry 4:15 Let Kids Serve 7:44 Secret Singers 11:43 Don't Turn Away The Questions 15:33 Messy Ministry 19:08 Core Values In Student Ministry 34:30 Final Nugget 43:28 Prayer 44:11 Debrief 45:31 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24460164

Vale La Pena w/ Don Biggs 09/08/2022

Vale La Pena w/ Don Biggs The Back Story :55 Balance the context 5:10 Second Level Question - Why is it Hard? 6:45 Most Opportunity for Student Impact 9:40 Bu Your Love 14:20 No Pressure 18:38 Most Opportunity for Leaders 22:25 2 specific ways 28:50 Love a gift or skill 30:25 Final Nugget 34:44 Prayer 36:56 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24310515

Mental Break or Breakdown w/ John & Kristen Miller 08/25/2022

Mental Break or Breakdown w/ John & Kristen Miller 22 to 1000 0:50 Need for Connection 4:00 Softball Matters 6:47 The Concept of Emotional Health 7:57 Susceptible to Pace 12:42 Convo on Burnout 16:18 SLQ - The Pull between Leadership & Pastoring 19:30 How to Measure 24:38 Season of Shifting 25:52 What is the Shift 26:17 Pace Shift 29:38 So Pastor or Leader 32:10 This is the Nugget 37:03 Prayer 40:50 Debrief 43:20 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24167967

The Journey to Becoming Me w/ Jimmy Roderick 08/09/2022

The Journey to Becoming Me w/ Jimmy Roderick The beginning 2:35 Proximity 8:00 Story Wrap-up 10:55 Boy Meets Girl 16:48 Act Two: Do you 19:50 Roller Coasters 21:16 Pain’s Posture 29:00 Arin’s thought 33:25 Takeaway 36:40 Prayer 39:24 Debrief - 40:05 FB @jimmy.roderick.3 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/24005958

Sex_pectations w/ Kim Webb 07/26/2022

Sex_pectations w/ Kim Webb Intro: Purity Culture 2:15 Sex Conversation 5:40 Passionate Because 10:20 “Trigger Warning” 11:24 Now You’re Married 14:50 Teen Factors 17:55 Masculine vs. Feminine Perception 23:30 Everything is Sexualized 28:10 A 40yr Old Virgin, Why? 30:42 Energy goes Somewhere 36:20 Own It 40:00 Check Your Heart 43:00 Bringing it Home 45:50 Prayer 51:40 Debrief 54:24 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/23863527

Amish: Are They on to Something w/ Ben Trimmer 07/10/2022

Amish: Are They on to Something w/ Ben Trimmer Words 0.00 Tech: Cool or Scary 3:47 To Far 9:37 14:55 Intros Digital Front Door 17:55 Meta What? 19:49 New or Vibe of Olde? 22:00 Are the Amish on to Something? 25:35 Pivot to Missional Content 30:30 Conviction 37:09 Avoid Lull 41:50 Final Words 43:55 Prayer 48:48 /episode/index/show/secondlevelquestions/id/23700995

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