mark oestreicher

@kevinlibick The fries are merely a holder for the cheese sauce

@markosbeard That cheese sauce!

Forgot to get a pic of the awesome GLS NextGen cohort, but DID get a pic of my Portillo’s stop on the way to the airport.

episode 152, and the final episode of this season, this week's 5 Minutes with Marko looks at a word picture from Deuteronomy as a way to frame our thinking about 8th graders and seniors: open.spotify.com/episode/1PAJTF…

Bday dinner with my favorites at a Michelin recommended middle eastern restaurant. Love them, and the food was super tasty.

Teaching in my church’s middle school group this morning, and it’s my birthday. I had them guess how old I am today. The guesses ranged from 47 to 83. (It’s my Beddian birthday - a word I learned this week - born in 63 and turning 63 today.)

Flight attendant slowly walking down the aisle passing out earbuds, speaking very quietly: “earbuds?… earbuds?… earbuds?… Bueller?”

5 minutes o' riffing on why I stopped using a 'tsunami' as the metaphor for the onset of abstract thinking in young teens (and the metaphor I started using in its place): open.spotify.com/episode/6gLIRI…

The Youth Cartel gave away a free 8-minute video this week (which youth workers could use to challenge/encourage their teams) about the components of effective discipleship. Here's the link to get it: theyouthcartel.com/blog/disciples…

New T day (day 4 of 4)

Been wrestling with the implications of this fascinating info about young teen brain development for years. Fascinating stuff that really should impact our priorities in youth min: open.spotify.com/episode/1jMYqc…

New T day (day 3 of 4)

New T day (day 2 of 4).

New T day

@martha4reals @tenx10collab We have more coming in the future. Send me a dm with your email address and I’ll send you info

@markosbeard @tenx10collab How did I miss this???

Spending a few days in Chicago training leaders of @tenx10collab partners in ministry coaching. Amazing group of leaders in all sorts of interesting contexts. Gonna be a great few days.

I’m having a hard time finding much sympathy for people in other states complaining about $4.50.

"who you are" and "what you do" can spoon, but should be one and the same. on this week's episode of 5 Minutes with Marko, i talk about youth worker identity: open.spotify.com/episode/6KTmDy…

First new ink in a few years. Giraffes represent compassion, because they have huge hearts to pump their blood up those long necks, and God has had me in a slow growth curve in this area for years.

just a wee provocation here: open.spotify.com/episode/39DJkw…

Someone sitting near me at church is wearing SO much perfume! Apparently I need a church with scent-strength monitoring.