Dear Students, It’s pretty common to look around these days, see the hype and massive build up for some cultural event about to happen: comments and press, crowds making plans, competitors making preparations … It doesn’t matter whether…
The Rooted Conference was not at all that I was looking for – well, except for the good food, great camaraderie with like-minded people, the life-giving Gospel truth, the gorgeous venue, and the chance to get away and…
Check out the opening chapter of David Zahl’s book, A Mess of Help: From the Crucified Soul of Rock N’ Roll. As parents and leaders of teens, we’re constantly asking ourselves if certain aspects of our culture are…
Each month we compile a Top 10 List for the Rooted community (comprised of both parents and student leaders). This list is made up of articles from a variety of websites across the internet – articles we believe…
Deep down, I envied the thirteen-year-old who sat across the table from me. As we finished our lunches that afternoon, one of the (many) topics we had discussed was 2016’s first presidential debate, which took place only days…
For months on end my daughter complained of stress. Yes, there had been a few especially busy weeks but by the time spring of her senior year hit, I didn’t get it. This should have been the downhill…
God is not like us, but that’s a very good thing.
Five minutes before youth group was set to begin, Josh took Victor aside and said he needed to tell him something important. “Hey, this is going to be my last Sunday as a leader,” said Josh. He was…
I still remember my first smartphone. I was beyond excited to get in on the fledgling technology, and so I purchased a Windows “Pocket PC” off of eBay. I was too frugal to pay for data or texting,…
