Start with a Long-Term Strategy I very rarely choose a book in isolation. Each year, I make sure my students get a healthy diet of Scripture. I want them to ingest a balanced biblical feast of epistles, gospels,…
When I held each of my children for the first time, I began dreaming of all the wonderful adventures they might have. I was full of hope for their future. I often think of Mary holding baby Jesus…
What can two authors from the 1960s, writing about the problems of public education, teach student ministers today about practical ministry? In the case of Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner’s Teaching as a Subversive Activity, the answer is,…
We asked several experienced youth ministers about their goal and approach when meeting with a student one-on-one. As you’ll see, they have a lot to say! We hope their wisdom sparks insight and ideas in your own relational…
I recently had an interesting conversation with a person who has worked with teenagers for over forty years. He said, “Until the last few years, I never encountered a child struggling with what gender they were. Now, it…
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….
A couple of weeks ago, CBS aired the first episode of Living Biblically, a sitcom about a man who decides that he is going to live completely by the Bible. Chip Curry (played by Jay R. Ferguson) has…
To submit, according to Merriam- Webster, is to “yield to governance or authority” or “to yield oneself to the authority or will of another.” I could talk how difficult it is for a self-centered toddler or teenager to…
I was recently looking for a file in the archives of my email when I came across a letter I’d written years ago to a college where I had applied for a job. I was floored when I…
