Offering suggested biblical studies resources is one simple way we can contribute to the discipleship of students who are already growing in their passion for God’s Word.
I’m pretty certain that if my 17-year-old self of 1994 were alive in 2020, I could be in serious trouble because of racial sin in my life. When I recall views I had or some comments I made…
The need for students to be regarded as valuable members in the body of Christ has only grown, as many of our students have been plagued with loneliness and isolation in these months of quarantine.
Of Rooted’s five pillars of youth ministry, partnering with parents is the one which strikes me as the easiest to take for granted. Youth pastors have to intentionally think and work with the other four in mind. Relational…
“Hey, how is it going?” “Are you hanging in there with all this crazy stuff going on?” I cannot tell you how many times I repeated these two questions during the month of March. By April, our new…
The past few months of stay-at-home orders have had a way of surfacing idols and insecurities. Faced with the task of moving our weekly youth group meetings online, I felt totally daunted. I worried I wasn’t entertaining enough,…
When the Bible talks about exasperating our kids (Ephesians 6:4), the reality is that living vicariously through them, or trying to form them into the people we think they should be, directly contradicts what the Bible says about how we should view our children.
I stood in front of a group of students last week during an outdoor Bible study gathering. Something came out of my mouth that was not in the script: “2020 has been the worst year for our nation…
“Gospel-centered youth ministry is great in theory, but is it effective at building lifelong disciples?” To be honest, this is a question I’ve asked with increasing frequency, especially as our typical way of doing ministry has been sidelined….
