Digital Side Hug

The 30 Ideas guys - with 75 years of combined youth ministry experience - grab lunch at the Slick Pig in Murfreesboro, TN & then brainstorm 30 Ideas for things that parents who have students in your youth ministry need to hear come out of your mouth!

Recorded live from the National Conference on Youth Ministries in Colorado Springs. Loyd is absent because he's on his way to run a marathon to raise money for Best Buddies…but Dknox, Skid & Rubio invite the AUDIENCE to help them share ideas...

Recorded live from the National Conference on Youth Ministries in Colorado Springs, Rubio sits down with four professors of youth ministry to talk shop. Hear Dudley Chancey, Robert Oglesby, Walter Surdacki & David Fraze answer questions like...

Just in time for the holidays (AND just in time for the opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens!) this podcast is the DSH's gift to youth ministers everywhere! Longer than the normal 30 Ideas podcasts due to a discussion of the hype surrounding...

With Early Bird Registration still open (through December 1st), there’s no better time to hear two members of the NCYM Board talk about the amazing blessings that await us all in Colorado Springs in January! After sharing a little about the history...

The 50th Podcast turns into HERO DAY at the Rubio House! Rubio’s youth ministry hero, Buster Clemens and his wife Kim drop by for a celebration for the ages. Becky makes cookies...Charity presents Buster with a special award & the Rubio brood...

Recorded mere hours before the tip-off of the new season, infuriating San Antonio Spurs fan & veteran contributor to the Digital Side-Hug NBA Podcasts, Eric Livingston and newbie, Cameron Hendley - husband to Otter Creek’s High School Youth...

Holy CRAPOLA there was a lot of awesome stuff at this year’s Catalyst Conference in Atlanta, GA (#AwakenTheWonder). In this podcast (recorded in two segments), Rubio sits down with some former (Eric Petty & Matt Atnip) and current (David...

After revealing her ignorance of the world of Harry Potter, Bethany Haley Williams - founder of Exile International and author of the new book The Color of Grace - talks about the impact of shame in her own life and how her path to healing led her to...

Live from David Skidmore’s office in Murfreesboro, Skid, David Knox & Todd Loyd (on the phone) join Rubio for another installment of 30 Ideas in 30 Minutes. The topic of this podcast is Retreat Ideas. From ways to prep your group beforehand…to...

Scot McKnight is an author, speaker, preacher & professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in the suburbs of Chicago. After recommending “The Big Night” by Stanley Tucci, putting the kibosh on Morris Gregwire’s latest question and telling...

Podcast 2 of 3 recorded on an amazing-yet-never-should-have-happened recent trip to San Diego, CA. Blown away by the mission - and the people - of New Vision Christian Fellowship, Rubio sits down with lead pastor Pete Contreras to talk about how this...

Podcast 1 of 3 recorded on an amazing-yet-never-should-have-happened recent trip to San Diego, CA. Rubio visits the WORLD HEADQUARTERS of The Youth Cartel (e.g. Adam’s garage) to chat with Youth Cartel Partner Adam McLane. After a brief...

On a recent (and EPIC) Mystery Trip Survey…Rubio and former admissions recruiter for Lipscomb University and current Young Adult Minister at Otter Creek Church, Patrick Chappell, discuss what lessons PC has learned from working with former youth...

With Wes Riddle, our resident urban farmer, unable to join the fun, 4 out of 5 Digital Side-Hug NBA Guys (Josh Graves, David Knox, Eric Livingston & David Rubio) are back for an extremely informal look at the year that was in the NBA…and the...

Recently engaged former Otter Creek Intern/Apprentice & current graduate theology student at Princeton Theological Seminary, John Paul Cooke, stops by the office during a recent visit to his home state to talk with Rubio about his ability to make...

In honor of the 2015 Academy Awards, Lee C. Camp, Professor of Theology and Ethics at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN and creator and host of Tokens (www.tokensshow.com) - a live, radio experience, sits down with David Rubio to discuss the film...

To kick off the second year of The DSH, Rubio spends 30 terrific minutes with Kenda Creasy Dean, Youth Ministry Professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. After a few Christmas questions and an imaginary trip to death row, Rubio asks Kenda to...

Amazingly, it's been a full year since the launch of the Digital Side-Hug podcast! And to celebrate, former Side-Hug participants David Knox, Todd Loyd & David Skidmore join Rubio for an all-out creative assault. Having each taught classes...