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Anna Meade Harris

Anna Meade Harris is Contributing Editor at Rooted Ministry, co-host of the Rooted Parent podcast, and the author of God’s Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single Parent Families and the Churches That Seek to Love Them Well (Zondervan, 2024), winner of Christianity Today’s 2024 Book Award in the Marriage, Family, and Singleness category. She and her husband Tom are members of Church of the Cross in Birmingham, AL. Anna enjoys gardening, great books, running, hiking, ice cream, and spending as much time as possible with her three grown sons and daughter-in-law. She wants to live by a mountain stream in Idaho someday.

Four Signs I Have Made My Child My Idol

Anna Meade Harris | January 27, 2017

When I brought my oldest child home from the hospital, I spent the first couple of nights sleepless – not because he was needy, not because I was afraid, but because I was so taken with his presence….

No Mere Mortals: Homecoming Kings and Queens (And the Rest of Us!)

Anna Meade Harris | October 18, 2016

Awards can re-enforce all the wrong messages that our kids get from pop culture already: you are what you can do, you are how you look, and you are what people think of you.

The Kaepernick Conundrum: How to Talk with Teens about God-Honoring Protest

Anna Meade Harris | September 20, 2016

Many years ago, I staged a one-girl protest on the athletic field at my elementary school. At the tender age of six, I was keenly aware of how short I was compared to my classmates, and footraces were…

A Parent’s Perspective Part Two: What I Pray for in a Youth Pastor

Anna Meade Harris | April 27, 2016

Partnering with parents is a critical piece of youth ministry, but it can often be incredibly challenging. Either we just don’t know how, or we feel like “who are we to speak with any real authority to parents?”…

A Parent’s Perspective Part One: What I Pray for in a Youth Pastor

Anna Meade Harris | March 31, 2016

Partnering with parents is a critical piece of youth ministry, but it can often be incredibly challenging. Either we just don’t know how, or we feel like who are we to speak with any real authority to parents?…

Ordinary Girl, Extra-Ordinary Grace

Anna Meade Harris | December 9, 2015

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you…” (John 15:16) If I could give the teens I love one gift this Christmas season, it would be to have a heart like Mary. She doesn’t earn or even…

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