Hope This Helps (HTH) is a series, where fellow youth workers share resources they’ve found helpful in ministry. Of course, some things work in some churches and not others. But, as always, hope this helps. I missed the…
Parents often come to youth ministers when they are at the end of their ropes and have tried everything to help their children. Since Rooted is aiming to answer real questions on issues that youth workers are facing…
I recently returned from a trip to the Middle East, where I had the opportunity to talk with a young Iranian lady named Fara*. Fara is a small, shy and warm woman with a genuine smile. She had recently been…
Paul said it well, “all Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching.” We can teach any book to group of people and expect spiritual benefit. Simultaneously, I have found in experience that certain books of the Bible…
I wanted to pass on these quotes from an underrated yet outstanding youth ministry book. Ken Moser’s book Changing the World Through Effective Youth Ministry offers a strong outline for the foundations of a fruitful, Gospel-centered, discipleship-making youth ministry….
I am not a huge reader. For me to read a certain book every year means that it has a serious impact on my spiritual life and ministry. Here are three books that I read every year of…
While there are hundreds of reasons to read The Chronicles of Narnia at least once, here are four reasons why you should read the series every year: They are fun. If you can help it, don’t read books you don’t…
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…
Ebenezer Student Ministries Mission Statement: Our student ministry seeks to partner with parents as we disciple students for God’s glory. Our context: partnership with parents Seventy percent of our student ministry volunteers are parents, myself included. (My daughter…
