Teens want and need a spiritual mentor. I don’t think youth ministries have that kind of capacity for one-on-one discipleship, but the church does. Dr. Anthony Bradley teaches theology at Kings’ College, and in this episode of the Rooted Youth Ministry podcast…
In permissive parenting, connection with the child is always prioritized over, rather than balanced with, respect for authority. In the episodes of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron and Anna discuss the pitfalls of permissive parenting. Despite best intentions, sometimes parents fall into…
I couldn’t help my anxious children until I dealt with my anxiety. Sometimes we as parents do not realize how our anxiety is affecting our children. In this recording from Rooted 2021, Anna Meade Harris talks about the…
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…
There can be a real temptation for parents to delight in our kids’ abilities that make us feel good about ourselves or that make us look impressive. “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at…
Give kids permission to feel uncomfortable and equip them to remove themselves from those situations. In this episode of Ask Alice, Alice interviews counselor and author, Julie Lowe about her newest book, SafeGuards: Shielding Our Homes and Equipping our…
We need the Holy Spirit, and we need the gospel, to transform us into the kind of people whose love and affection for other people is not in response to what they do for us. Looking at Genesis 37, Cameron…
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…
In her workshop at the 2021 Rooted Conference, licensed professional counselor and Rooted podcaster Alice Churnock talked about the strong need that our children and teens (especially girls) have to know who they are and to be known….
