The Psalms have been the prayer book of God’s people for millennia for many reasons, but one in particular stands out to me: The Psalms give expression to every emotional frame that a human being can experience. From…
I still remember hearing the door slam for the first time: anger from MY child. I can still see the despair on his face, telling me how incapable he feels of living up to my standards: discouragement from…
From Alice: The past week has been up and down in my office as the thought of heading back to school is starting to slap us all in the face. Where we live school starts in very early…
This article is part of Rooted’s 2019 student series, where young Christians share their experiences of faith in high school and college. Annie Talton is a rising sophomore at Washington and Lee University. I vividly remember standing in…
While we hope you are enjoying time giving thanks with your families this week, we wanted to offer you some great content from our archives. Have you ever had a student ask you the question, “Does it mean…
A few weeks ago I sat down to catch up with three high school students that I have been pastoring for the past seven years. When I asked them how their relationship with Christ was going, they told…
Our youth group meeting had ended and I was chatting with students who lingered with various questions or just wanting to talk a bit. One student pulled me aside saying they needed to talk. I could sense from…
In “The Peace of Wild Things” Wendell Berry wrote, “When despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what my life and my…
We need to set before our students a pattern of using the community of faith as a place where we are ultimately remembering the work of the Lord.
