During this unprecedented global crisis, we need the good news of Jesus more than ever. Our short video devotions are designed for anyone- youth worker, parent, teen- to be reminded of what God’s word says about his unchanging…
Join us for a Zoom webinar entitled “Re-Envisioning Summer Mission Trips in Light of COVID-19” next Thursday, May 21 at 12:00 CST. Rooted Staff and Steering Committee member Chelsea Kingston Erickson will be joined by Rooted Steering Committee emeriti, Rebecca Heck and…
One of our students’ greatest fears is the idea of being exposed. Our students pride themselves on their ability to know what to do, how to respond, and to have it all together. For many, their own personal…
If you own a computer, you have likely experienced that tense moment when, unexpectedly, everything freezes up and you are forced into a restart. You can do nothing – except go into panic mode – as you face…
As circumstances surrounding the pandemic continue to change from week to week, we asked Rooted writers to share their developing plans for summer service experiences with students. We hope these responses will be helpful to you as you…
I don’t know about you, but I think I’ve been in denial about what COVID-19 means as this year’s seniors transition out of our youth ministries. I have been grieving with them over canceled proms and graduations, the…
Teenagers have the clearest sense of the way the world should be. They are perhaps most naturally equipped to pray with righteous anger – and they need to pray angry.
Michael Kruger, president of Reformed Theological Seminary, thoughtfully blogged about the cultural phenomenon of “You Do You” and how it fails us in moments such as these. Kruger writes, “‘You do you’ embodies our culture’s commitment to personal fulfillment, self-actualization, and the…
Until the spread of COVID-19 across our land, I had never felt what it must have been like living in Egypt during the plagues. But as I sat in my house for weeks on end, quarantined with my…
