Welcome to Rooted’s Top Ten, a curated reading list for youth ministers. Each month we find ten articles, and sometimes videos or podcasts, from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to teenagers and their families.
The gospel is not only a message to be spoken, but a love to be lived out in the midst of brokenness.
One of the best gifts I can give my students is to make sure to keep my own heart spiritually healthy and close to Jesus. Then I can invite them to experience the joy of walking with Jesus that I am actually experiencing.
When we consider how our churches and student ministries can be a faithful representation of God’s work, creating a culture of warmth and welcome should stand out as an essential goal.
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.
