“An hour with a middle schooler is worth ten hours with a high schooler. Middle schoolers are way more teachable, way more impressionable, way more hungry, way more impacted by you giving them time and attention than high schoolers.”…
“Christian parents are so afraid of everything that’s out there; the reality is that stuff has very limited influence over kids compared to their parents’ influence.” In this important talk, Rooted founder Cameron Cole illuminates the importance of equipping…
“Young people co-laboring with older adults communicates that that young person has something of value to contribute.” In this episode, Tucker sits down to talk about Intergenerational Integration with Isaiah Marshall, the Director of Student Ministry at Strong Tower…
“The remedy of shame is that we have to share our stories… When we share our stories, we are putting ourselves in a position of being known.” Clinical therapist Chris Ellman speaks to youth pastors and parents on the…
“When we shame kids for asking questions, we’re making it more difficult for them emotionally to ask their questions.” In this joint episode with Danny Kwon, host of the Rooted Youth Ministry podcast, Anna welcomes Mike McGarry, author…
“God calls us to pick up our cross and follow him. When cultures and ideologies teach teens to avoid pain, we need to teach teenagers that they have the capacity, with the Lord’s help, with your help, to…
“We are not the Savior. It is our joy in our Savior, and our trust in our Savior, lived out before our children, that can bring them to the Lord… Let us rightly love our Savior.” Rooted Parent Steering…
On this episode of the Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast, Tucker sits down with Terrence Shay, the Family Ministry Pastor at FCBC Walnut in Southern California, to talk about the administrative responsibilities of Youth Ministry. Click play to hear…
“The law is positive, in that it shows us our sin and our need for grace, but it doesn’t transform us.” In this final episode of our three-part series, Cameron and Anna focus on what it looks like to…
