Momentum cannot be assessed simply. Ministry rising and falling numerically or (seemingly) spiritually lends itself to trusting the tide rather than the sovereign hand of God.
No matter the reason you feel burnt out in this season, may this letter act as a reminder to the faithfulness and steadfast love of the Lord.
These words in Malachi bore the weight of hope for the people of God as they prepared for the advent of their savior. To say they are important is probably an understatement.
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.
A rich theology of embodiment is particularly important for student ministers, whose focus on caring for others often lends itself to patterns of body-dismissal that are perhaps less God-honoring than we might imagine.
In one way or another, our students will be faced with reconciling suffering and the “good life.” As youth pastors, we need the resources of the gospel to point teenagers to a biblical perspective on suffering.
We’d like to invite the Rooted community to pray together this week. We hope you will join us in lifting each other up to our good God.
Haggai has good news for us and our students as we consider the disordered priorities of our lives: the very Spirit of the Lord is in our midst, empowering us and encouraging us as we press on to know, love, and serve Him more.
We’d like to invite the Rooted community to pray together this week. We hope you will join us in lifting each other up to our good God.
