What can two authors from the 1960s, writing about the problems of public education, teach student ministers today about practical ministry? In the case of Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner’s Teaching as a Subversive Activity, the answer is,…
A couple of weeks ago, CBS aired the first episode of Living Biblically, a sitcom about a man who decides that he is going to live completely by the Bible. Chip Curry (played by Jay R. Ferguson) has…
Quite a few years back, my son (a second grader at the time) bounded down the stairs early one Saturday morning excited about his baseball tournament. It was going to be a beautiful, sunny day and our family…
He is not a God that loves us according to our performance, but one that loves us because we are his children.
While the Rooted Blog Team enjoys some end-of the year time off, enjoy these past articles from 2017. Each of these are worth both a first and a second read. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I…
As a career youth pastor, I have a mantra: if a kid is going to reject Christianity, make sure they are rejecting a true portrayal of the religion. Teach the Bible with precision such that kids have the…
Ragnarök. Leave it up to Marvel’s Thor to put an esoteric concept from ancient Norse mythology on the tongue of every 13-year old within 100 miles of me. In actual Norse legend, Ragnarök is an apocalypse the heroes…
Dear Teenager, Among celebrities and politicians, you have inherited mostly horrible role models for how to engage in civil discourse. Screaming, shaming, hostility, and violence have become normal examples of how one talks to others with whom they…
In the previous article, I proposed that the most destructive lie our kids routinely hear from the world involves the encouragement to live under their own authority, to be their own god. At the core of so many…
