Digital Side Hug

(First of 5 Podcasts Recorded at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference in Columbus, OH) - Rubio talks with Ken Castor, a 20yr veteran youth pastor & professor of youth ministry at Crown College in Minnesota. Ken was presenting at SYMC on the theme...

For Becky's 40th Birthday, David gives his wife Becky the perfect gift: an opportunity to co-host a Digital Side-Hug podcast recorded on-the-go as they make their way to (and from) the Simply Youth Ministry Conference in Columbus, OH. The Rubios...

In Part 2 of his conversation with the Jennifer & Jason Pagel - Youth Ministers at the Harpeth Hills Church of Christ in Brentwood, TN - David asks Jennifer to talk about the challenges of being one of the very first female YM's in the CoC...

David sits down with Jennifer and Jason Pagel - who have both been youth ministers at the Harpeth Hills Church of Christ in Brentwood, TN for the last 16 years. After an exciting discussion about Jason's flight-school sand volleyball...

(Recorded last year) - In the very first DSH phone-interview ever, Rubio catches up with, perhaps, the most interesting person on earth: former Youth Minister and current preaching & teaching minister at the West Islip Church of Christ on Long...

(Recorded at Gatlinburg, Winterfest) - Rubio sits down with Jeff Walling, preaching minister at the Providence Road Church of Christ in Charlotte, NC...and one of the most prolific speakers in the Churches of Christ. After a brief conversation about...

In this episode, David sits down with Todd Loyd, one of his closest ministry friends. A 19yr veteran of Youth Ministry & former NCYM Board President, Todd is the author of the young adult suspense fiction novel "Dark Ride" and co-host...

(Recorded at NCYM 2014) David sits down with Dudley Chancey - professor of youth and family ministry at Oklahoma Christian University and possessor of one of the all-time great first names in the history of youth ministry. Dudley reminisces about God...

(Recorded at NCYM 2014) Rubio sits down with Brad Montague - former youth minister and creator of Go Camp. After David and Brad re-live some precious Muppet memories from yesteryear, Brad talks about his journey from Cat-song performer to youth...

David sits down with Rob Touchstone - former youth minister in Alabama and Tennessee and co-founder of The Well Coffeehouse, a non-profit business in Nashville, TN that funds water wells all over the world. In addition to talking about the mission of...

David sits down with Walter Surdacki who is the professor of Youth Ministry at the Hazlip School of Theology at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Walter compares & contrasts ministry in California with ministry in the buckle of the Bible...

Part 2 of interview with Deech Kirk, Co-Founder of the Center for Youth Ministry Training in Brentwood, TN and author of "Raising Teens in an Almost Christian World: A Parent's Guide". David & Dietrich Kirk continue their...

Part 1 of the interview with Deech Kirk, Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Youth Ministry Training in Brentwood, TN & author of "Raising Teens in an Almost Christian World: A Parent's Guide". After Rubio & Deech...

In this interview, Rubio sits down with another David - David Fraze - who is the Director of Student Ministries at The Hills Church in North Richland Hills, TX...a large church with multiple campuses. Fraze discusses what he has learned while...

In this, the very first episode of The Digital Side-Hug, Rubio sits down to interview his youth ministry hero: Buster Clemens - youth minister of the Highland Church of Christ in Memphis, TN. Buster talks about why he chose to leave a career in sales...