HTH: The Student Outreach

Our students are growing up in a world rife with conflicting and confusing messages about sexuality. Guiding today’s youth through the landmines can be agonizing and disheartening to say the least. We want to introduce you to a…

Jesus as Substitute, #Rooted2015

We promise we didn’t bribe him, but Todd Hill wrote this awesome “musing,” mid-Rooted Conference this year. His words are something so many of us can relate to – so familiar and beautiful that we thought we’d share…

A Message of Grace for Me at the Rooted Conference

We swear we didn’t pay him, but Clark Fobes wrote this wonderful article while sitting in the airport after attending #Rooted2015. His words so represented what we tried to accomplish through the conference, we thought we’d share them…

I’m a Decent Youth Minister, an Even Worse Parent

This is the sixth piece in our ongoing series, “Confessions of a Struggling Youth Minister.” While student ministry is often extremely edifying and even a barrel of laughs, it can also be isolating, discouraging, and totally exhausting. Our…

“Is the Gospel of Grace Even for My Abusers?”

This is the first article in our series, “The Hard Questions.” Being a student minister is tough. You’re often the person being approached with some of life’s most challenging questions. Sometimes you know what to say right away….