Three years ago, my husband and I planted a cluster of trees beside our house. My favorite was a weeping willow. I’ve always loved willows with their graceful branches that blow gently in the breeze. They seem peaceful…
Check out this excerpt from Christian Youth Work, written by Mark Ashton and Phil Moon (and recently updated by Jonathan Carswell): “But the most serious weakness in Christian ministry among teenagers today is not a failure to understand…
Welcome to this month’s Rooted Parent Top 10- a list of parenting articles from across the web for the Rooted community. This list represents ten articles we believe will encourage and equip you as you parent your kids….
Tell me if you’ve ever been this situation: One of your small group leaders pulls you aside after youth activities because he wants to talk. “I don’t think I’m going to be able to lead this group next…
Here are the top ten articles from the past month that can be of benefit to youth workers and parents in their ministry to teenagers. Some of these give explicit instruction on gospel-centered ministry, while others are included…
Ever since my husband Jeff died nearly eight years ago, my sons and I have tried to picture what his life with Jesus looks like. We joke that dad must be playing golf, shooting hoops and eating the…
In this episode of the Rooted podcast (recorded at our 2017 conference in Dallas), we interview author and pastor Scott Sauls about his remarkable book, Befriend, and how many of its themes speak to the current generation of…
It sounded like our SUV had been hit, sequentially, by two cannons. After a few choice mental exasperations, I voiced nervously, “No worries guys, everything’s okay. We’ve just blown out the tires on the right side of the…
Regardless of how “successful” your parenting strategy might appear, the fact remains that we are all utterly incapable of keeping our kids on the right path.
