Youth Ministry Unscripted

The Youth Ministry Unscripted Podcast aims to advance gospel-centered youth ministry by equipping and empowering youth ministers and parents to faithfully disciple students toward lifelong faith in Jesus.

Partnering with Parents to Raise Race-Wise Teens With Dr. Michelle Reyes

Kingdom-minded multiethnicity cuts against this world’s notion of power because its goal is worshipping God. In this episode of The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast, Dr. Michelle Reyes, co-author of The Race-Wise Family: Ten Postures to Becoming Households of Healing and Hope, shares…

How Youth Workers can Care for Ministry Kids

As parents who both serve on the staff of a local church, Chris and Katie Polski are aware of the unique challenges which press upon the children of vocational ministry leaders. In this episode of The Rooted Youth…

Creative Communication in Youth Ministry

When life breaks your heart, make art from the pieces. In this episode, Isaiah Marshall joins the Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast to share about his passion for creative communication. Drawing from his experiences as a youth minister, Isaiah…

Rooted’s 2022 Book Awards Show

This episode of The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast features the reviewers of each category of Rooted’s 2022 Book Awards: Chelsea Erickson (Best New Books to Talk About with Teenagers), Tucker Fleming (Best New Books for Teenagers), Davis Lacey…

Teaching Christ Out of Every Book of the Bible (with Seth Stewart)

What it takes is cultivating a Biblical imagination where the storylines of Scripture are overlapping such in your mind that you can make these connections for yourself. One of Rooted’s five pillars is theological depth through biblical exposition. Anyone who…

The Importance of Seminary to Youth Ministers

Seminary gives you the ability to say, “I might not know the answer right now, but I know how to find the answer.” In this episode, Davis is joined by Mac Harris, a current seminary student, and the…

Mac Harris on Teaching Romans to Teenagers

So much of teaching the Bible is just trusting that God is working in students’ lives and it’s not actually about what we say but what God chooses to use. Mac Harris Rooted Reservoir launched a new Romans…