Whether you know it or not, your convictions about God’s design of gender will be displayed in the way you teach your kids on relationships, marriage, sexuality, and identity. Becoming aware of the implicit (or explicit) messages you…
Seth Stewart allowed us to publish this note that he sent to his volunteers regarding his frustrations with his students’ disobedience and his temptation to beat them over the head with the law. Confession. I want to beat…
At the 2012 Rooted Conference I met a man named Kyle for the first time, and he made a bold statement that afforded me a moment of brilliant clarity. I asked him about the story of his life…
As those working with youth, we need to regularly be teaching the crucified and risen Jesus as the main staple of their spiritual diet.
Along with dozens of other youth ministers, I am going through Rooted withdrawal. Rooted 2013 was a great blessing of fellowship, worship, and learning, granted to many of us by the Lord. In reflecting, I wanted to record…
It’s not going to be a pleasant devotional time with God when you ask the Lord to lead you to the scripture that you need, and he takes you to Amos 6. This was my situation recently, as…
Workshops Schedule Friday, October 1112:30 PM Workshops Session 1 Alvin Reid– Creating a Missional Culture of Gospel-Centered Students David Plant- Engaging Culture with Truth: Eminem and the Imagio Dei Dave Wright- Simplifying Youth Ministry Paul Martin- Katy Perry, Bushido and Purple…
Our effort to develop mature worshippers requires that we seek the Lord in prayer, asking for His insight into how our students presently worship, what a mature worshipper would look like, and what the next progressive step would…
Rooted 2013 in Atlanta starts one week from today. Register for the conference that focuses on the Good News that Jesus’s death on the Cross is complete for you and for your students. It is a conference that…
