For those of you who are not familiar with Risen Motherhood, you are in for a treat. Their aspirations are simply stated, but profound: according to their website, Risen Motherhood “exists to encourage, equip, and challenge moms to…
Yesterday on Rooted Parent we provided a script for parents and youth pastors to use when praying one-on-one with a child or student. Today we offer you a slightly different version, modified for the teenager to pray for…
In the midst of our over-busy lives, there’s nothing quite so sweet as one-on-one time with an individual child. Grabbing coffee or walking a dog together allows us to listen and to share in ways we can’t do…
Father, we pray that our students would know the blessing of trusting in You. If they put their hope in You, they would be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads its roots out by the river.
Today, we give thanks to God for the children and students He has entrusted to our care, using scripture as the foundation of our prayer. Almighty God, we thank You that You have made our students in Your…
This week, on both sides of the Rooted blog, we want to take a close look at what it looks like to pray for our students and children. Today on Rooted Parent, we make the case for praying…
In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Christian twitterverse has been buzzing for the last few weeks over the apparent conversion of Kanye West. Your kids are sure to know about what’s going on with this…
In my mind’s eye I can see a picture of what my family can achieve if everyone in the family does their best. My picture holds a slim, well-aged (no way can we pass off as young anymore),…
I still remember hearing the door slam for the first time: anger from MY child. I can still see the despair on his face, telling me how incapable he feels of living up to my standards: discouragement from…
