Have you ever experienced sorrow or depression that did not seem to go away? Has sorrow or depression led you to anxiety about your faith? Have you wondered with David as this Psalm expresses, how long?
It’s not enough to just recruit leaders to fill a role; they need to be reminded over and over again what the goal of our ministry labor is. It’s to make disciples of students.
When we accept that difficulty is inevitable because of our broken world, we stop treating God as the one who takes away our comfort and start bowing in submission to a God who reveals His loving hand through our suffering.
When we turn away, it is easy to grow fearful and lose sight of the beautiful truth that even “if we are faithless, he remains faithful.”
My false identity of the “good girl” was crushed even in my best efforts, and what was I met with? God’s graciousness and a reminder of my Gospel identity.
In a world that is quick to cancel, the Christian response to the sins of our brothers and sisters is not quiet submission or public shame, but Gospel-centered critique spoken in love.
COVID-19 has thrust the world into a new normal—and for youth ministers, this means re-thinking our established ways of doing ministry. We asked friends of Rooted from various contexts to share how they’ll be launching gospel-centered ministry this fall.
Today God has given you your daily bread, your new mercy, your sufficient grace. You don’t need tomorrow’s portion today. You can trust it will be there when you wake.
COVID-19 has thrust the world into a new normal—and for youth ministers, this means re-thinking our established ways of doing ministry. We asked friends of Rooted from various contexts to share how they’ll be launching gospel-centered ministry this fall.
