Liz Edrington
Liz Edrington serves as the Fellowship Groups and Young Adults Director at North Shore Fellowship in Chattanooga, TN. She received her M.A. in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL, and she has worked with students in one form or another since 2002. She’s served on the Rooted Steering Committee since 2010 and authored a chapter in Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practical Guide. She’s delighted to live at the base of a mountain with her golden retriever, Bo Diddley, and she finds joy in tasting new things.
Posts by Liz Edrington
Talking Back to Purity Culture: A Review
Gender and Sexuality
Resources
Sex
God’s Promise to Be With Us Does Not Depend On Us
Emotions
Holy Spirit
Promises of God
The Question Teenagers With Suicidal Ideation Need You to Ask
Depression
Mental Health
Relational Discipleship
Suicide
Getting Them to Talk: Engaging Your Students with the Creativity of Christ
Apologetics
Communication
Incarnation
Relational Discipleship
Offering a More Beautiful Sexual Ethic to Today’s Teenagers
Bible Teaching
Gender and Sexuality
Self
Sex
Don’t Miss the Gifts of This Covid Wilderness
1 Samuel
COVID
Devotional
Psalms
Honoring Jesus Through Caring for Our Bodies
Body Image
Image of God
Self
What I Would Say to a Student Struggling With Body Image
Body Image
Image of God
Relational Discipleship
Struggle
Loving Our Students with Depression: The God Who Sees
Culture
Depression
Gospel-Centered
Relationships
The Thorn as Gift: A Youth Leader’s Unexpected Offering
Suffering
Volunteers
A Light That Breaks In: Day Six, 2019 Christmas Devotional for Students
Christmas
Isaiah
HTH: Becoming a Teller of Your Story
Evangelism
Relationships
Stories of Grace
We Are Forky: The Unsurprising Brilliance of Toy Story 4
Grace
Identity
HTH: Teens Agree that Anxiety and Depression are Major Problems Among Peers
Anxiety
Depression
stress
Teenagers
Podcast
Podcast: Liz Edrington on Loving the Tough Kids in Our Ministries
Rooted Youth Ministry
Youth Ministry
Understanding Self-Injury
Incarnation
Mental Health
Self
Struggle
The Hide & Seek of Coping Mechanisms
Mental Health
Self
Sharing God’s Incarnational Heart
Incarnation
Redemption
That Time I (Literally) Blew It
Grace
New to Youth Ministry: Discipleship First as a Disciple
Discipleship
New to Youth Ministry
New to Youth Ministry: Self Care & Boundaries
HTH: Why Today’s Teenagers Are So Anxious
Anxiety
Faith & Feeling: For the Kid Who Doesn’t Feel God
Emotions
Faith
Dear Teenager: The Church Needs Your Voice
Church
Community
How Grace Informs the Youth Leader’s Relationships with Parents
Grace
Youth Ministry
Jesus is Not Just in Love with the Shape of You
Culture
Gender and Sexuality
Confronting Deism with the Realities of God
It is Finished: Words of Deepest Truth
Justification
The Pray for Me Campaign: Hope in Intergenerational Fellowship
Prayer
Hope this Helps: Kids Tell the Nativity Story
Christmas
HTH: Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong
HTH: Discerning Depression in our Teens
3 Books to Have on Your Shelf: Sexuality
Sex
Practical Considerations for Teaching Students About Sex
Sex
HTH: Sign Language & the Incarnation
Rooted 2015: The Incarnation in a Virtual World
Rooted 2015
Rooted Welcomes you to TGC Conference ’15
Rooted In and Through Adoption
Adoption
HTH: The King and the Maiden
Seven Things I Wish I’d Known in Starting Out as a Female Youth Minister
Women in Ministry
Rooted2014 Audio: Liz Edrington on Tension
Rooted 2014
Imago Dei in Youth Ministry
Image of God
Scripture
Best of Rooted: A Tale of Rejection and Perfection in Youth Ministry
Grace
Perfectionism
Suffering
Faith & Feeling: For the Kid Who Doesn’t Feel God
Emotions
Faith
Lent: Temptations and the Call to Remember
Lent
Rest
On Waiting, Wrestling, and Wondering
Christmas
Discipleship
Imago Dei and Gender: God’s Design of Man and Woman: Offensive? Pt. 2
Gender and Sexuality
NA and Youth Ministry
Community
Youth Ministry
Relationships and Youth Ministry
Relationships
Do Dogs Go To Heaven? The Questions Beneath the Questions
Heart
Youth Ministry
Imago Dei and Gender: God’s Design of Man and Woman: Offensive? Pt. 1
Gender and Sexuality
Essentials in Youth Ministry: Retreats
Love
Relationships
Rest
Restore
Youth Ministry
Incarnate
Christmas
Jesus
Youth Ministry
Remembering What’s Important: Part 2- The Humble Servanthood of Christ
Humility
Jesus
Kingdom of God
Missions
Rest
Serve
Rooted Recommends: You Lost Me
Culture
Resources
Confronting Deism with the Realities of God
Fear
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism: What Does the Gospel Say?
Core Beliefs
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Teenagers
Worldview
On Guard! On Intimacy & the Guarding of the Heart
Boundaries
Grace
Heart
Marriage
Relationships
Sex
Sin
The Theology of Sex
Forgiveness
Partnering with Parents
Relationships
Sex
Sin
Theology
Tough Stuff: Radical Grace
Grace
Performance
Teaching
Goodness, Oh Goodness!
Forgiveness
Freedom
Grace
Holiness
Sin
Teaching to the Victim
Abuse
Hope
Teaching
To Drink or Not to Drink: Is That Really the Question?
Culture
Drugs and Alcohol
Parenting
Partnering with Parents
Temptation
A Tale of Rejection and Perfection in Youth Ministry…
Fear
Freedom
Grace
Leadership
Perfectionism
Performance
Weakness
Youth Ministry