If we over-fondly remember pre-pandemic “normal” as some kind of Eden we’ve been kicked out of, we risk sounding like the Israelites yearning for slavery in Egypt as they faced the privations of the desert.
This year, we polled our staff, Steering Committee, and a few friends of Rooted to offer you our most robust list yet, the 2020 Christmas gift guide.
We must pray to stop seeing boys and girls as “other people’s kids,” and start extending our love and care to them as if they are “ours,” and as valuable as our own.
Each devotional centers around Messianic prophecies – promises – from the Old Testament, and the wonder that each one came to be fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ.
Here’s to the youth ministers who faithfully teach the Word, plan events, spend time with teenagers, and point them to the gospel week by week!
Read and enjoy, knowing that your love for your children is seen, felt, and returned. Happy Thanksgiving!
Christmas Matters: How the Birth of Jesus Makes a Difference Every Day is a daily journey through the 24 chapters of the gospel of Luke to coincide with the 24 days in December leading to Christmas.
Parents, if you ever wonder whether time spent with your church’s youth ministry means anything to anyone at all, take heart from these youth ministers.
This Thanksgiving week, we invited parents and youth ministers (along with some wonderful students) to celebrate their partnership in the gospel by expressing gratitude for one another.
