The Top 10: July 2016

Each month we compile a Top 10 List for the Rooted community (made up of both parents and youth leaders). This list represents ten articles we believe will encourage and equip you to continue in your ministry to…

Oops, Is My Delight Showing?

Dear Fellow Youth Worker, Let your delight show. I mean it. Be unabashedly, unreservedly excited about your students at every moment. Don’t hide your love. Don’t hold it back. Don’t keep it within the bounds of what is…

When Talking to Your Teen is Hard

One night at the beginning of the summer, my college-bound daughter was home without plans.  Her friends were either out of town or working. She was bored. Now I could think of several things she could use the time for – you know,…

Difficult Scripture: Does God Repent?

Rethinking God’s nature is a dangerous, but exciting thing. What if we’ve misunderstood what it means for God to be sovereign and omniscient? This is a provocative question, and one that is increasingly being asked among theology professors…