Confession time: I am the world’s pickiest apple eater. At the camp I worked at in college, we would often grab an apple after dinner from a big bin sitting by the door. Just imagine 250 boys trying…
Check out this excerpt from Christian Youth Work, written by Mark Ashton and Phil Moon (and recently updated by Jonathan Carswell): “But the most serious weakness in Christian ministry among teenagers today is not a failure to understand…
Tell me if you’ve ever been this situation: One of your small group leaders pulls you aside after youth activities because he wants to talk. “I don’t think I’m going to be able to lead this group next…
Here are the top ten articles from the past month that can be of benefit to youth workers and parents in their ministry to teenagers. Some of these give explicit instruction on gospel-centered ministry, while others are included…
In this episode of the Rooted podcast (recorded at our 2017 conference in Dallas), we interview author and pastor Scott Sauls about his remarkable book, Befriend, and how many of its themes speak to the current generation of…
It sounded like our SUV had been hit, sequentially, by two cannons. After a few choice mental exasperations, I voiced nervously, “No worries guys, everything’s okay. We’ve just blown out the tires on the right side of the…
I am an overachiever, yet not in a perfectionist way, but more in a desire to prove myself. As a child, I did my chores, not simply to complete them, but to please my parents. I did my…
This week we are slow on blog content because the Rooted Conference in Nashville is just two days away! In the meantime, we thought we’d share an excerpt written by Cameron Cole in Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry (GCYM is…
One of Rooted’s five pillars of lasting, effective, gospel-centered youth ministry is the intergenerational integration of teenagers within the larger body of the church. Up next on our bookshelf is Chap Clark’s upcoming book, Adoptive Church (out October…
