Rooted Recommends: Tyranny of the Urgent

It took me just 20 minutes to read Tyranny of the Urgent by Charles E. Hummel. That means that unless I am brief in this article, you could read most of the book by the time you finish reading my…

Developing Mature Worshippers: Part 2

Our effort to develop mature worshippers requires that we seek the Lord in prayer, asking for His insight into how our students presently worship, what a mature worshipper would look like, and what the next progressive step would…

Developing Mature Worshippers: Part 1

When my sister was 5 years old, she went through a stage where she refused to eat much else besides Chicken McNuggets. When we climbed into the car, she’d ask/cry/demand that we stop by McDonald’s. This presented my…

Utilizing Youth Culture Series: Part 2

6 Ways to Increase Your Knowledge of Youth Culture In Part 1 of this series, I stressed the importance of engaging with youth culture as we seek to translate biblical truth and communicate that truth effectively to the…

Utilizing Youth Culture Series: Part 1

3 Steps to Effectively Engage Youth Culture I view my role as a youth pastor as being a translator.  My job is to take biblical truth and communicate that truth effectively to the youth with whom I work in…

NA and Youth Ministry

What I Learned from an NA Meeting Last week, I attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting as a part of an Addictions class I am taking for my counseling degree.  On my way there the skies had opened up with…