Grace can have the effect of being incredibly offensive. It’s either going to ‘make you fight or make you fall down in worship,’ said Colin Smith at TGC’s conference last month. “You mean, you’re telling me that you need somebody to…
First, a little about my ministry context. I am one of two full time pastors at a small Presbyterian church in Covington, GA – a small (semi-rural) town outside of Atlanta. The church has around 150 confessing members…
Mark Howard brings us this piece in anticipation of the 2013 Rooted Conference in Atlanta, GA on October 10-12. The theme of Rooted 2013 is Hope in A Time of Suffering. Rooted offers a simple conference which considers…
“And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” 2 Timothy 2:2 (ESV) I was just recently introduced to the Death Clock, a…
I was recently counseling a new student in my office and after we closed out our time together, as he was looking around my office, he said, “Why do you have so many books?” After explaining to him…
When I sit down and talk with Youth Pastors, staff, and volunteers I hear a lot of the same thing—that their students want more. This is incredibly exciting. In the late 1990’s the face of youth ministry was this…
Rooted is excited to be hosting Jared C. Wilson, pastor of Middletown Springs Community Church in Middletown Springs, Vermont, as this Conference’s Keynote speaker. Recordings from his sermons can be found through the church’s website, including this response to…
Etched on the wall of the temple of Delphi is the summation of Greek wisdom, “Know thyself.” Our youth are constantly in the process of this self-discovery, seeking to make sense out of themselves in order to make…
Unless the Sunday school lesson we’re giving is particularly boring, the youth we work with probably aren’t thinking much about eternity in any concrete way. In truth, we probably don’t give eternity much concrete thought either. But I’ve…
