Left unaddressed, burnout can slowly take our joy and disconnect us from the very calling that once set our hearts on fire. But Scripture offers us a picture of what faithful presence looks like in the face of deep weariness.
Our editors present our Top Ten of 2025, representing some of the best resources on the Top Ten list throughout the past year. These resources are still relevant for the year ahead.
Happy New Year from the Rooted team! As you start the year 2026, we’d like to recommend Rooted’s five most-read youth ministry articles of 2025
Fellow youth ministers, when you step into heavy moments of pastoral care, I encourage you to come prepared with a way to set the tone of grace.
Family discipleship is central to God’s plan for our children, but it’s not the whole plan. Even if we’ve stumbled, we haven’t thwarted God’s plans for them.
In this installment of Ask Rooted, we want to provide practical, gospel-centered encouragement to youth and family ministers as they walk with hurting students and parents during the holiday season.
We selected the award winners in the Bible Teaching category with an eye to resources that are helpful to ministry in youth. Enjoy!
Because of the diversity of our roles and the ever-changing nature of our culture, youth ministers must always be learning and growing. Each year Rooted curates a list of the best new books for youth workers to read, and this year we have three to recommend.
If we want our children to be discipled through the vehicle of relational ministry, our serving teammates must be recipients of that same relational ministry.
