This year during Holy Week, we asked our friend, Joe Gibbes, to write daily meditations on this particular time in the life of our Savior. In these meditations, we wanted to offer something to the Rooted community that…
Dystopian literature has come a long way since I was a teenager. Like most American high schoolers of yesteryear, I read 1984 and Brave New World. I don’t know about you, butI didn’t relish either; I had the…
Knowing that the allure of moralism is always calling to our students, we strive to continually preach Christ crucified just as Paul did. By the grace of God, we pray our students will hear our passion and experience the joy of the gospel for themselves.
I sat in my office a couple months ago realizing we had missed the mark on our mission. Our leadership team longs to raise up gospel-minded students who are growing in devotion to Jesus, dedication to one another,…
The following are notes from Cameron Cole’s talk “Preparing Kids and Adult to Suffer: Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy,” given at TGC 19 in Indianapolis on April 2, 2019: The road ahead of me is…
Each month we compile a Top Ten list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families. Some give explicit instruction on…
In Christian teaching we often mix up the idea of imperatives and indicatives—commands and truths. Some of us think that imperatives threaten our freedom. Others love these commands, but for the wrong reasons, thinking that if we keep…
In this conversation, new friends Dawson (a mother of three young sons in Birmingham, Alabama) and Chelsea (a youth pastor in Hamilton, Massachusetts) discuss how parents and youth pastors can work together toward gospel-centered youth ministry. Chelsea: What is…
Do you remember what it was like to be in the 9th grade? Can you easily recall the feelings of fear, insecurity, and dread by simply envisioning the hallways of your high school? If you are like me, being…
