Job descriptions for pastors are often ridiculous. They reflect our human desire for “game changing” leaders to “take us to the next level.” We are oftentimes looking for some kind of super-person to organize, strategize, vision-cast, and execute…
Today, we are proud to publish the inaugural Rooted Parent Top 10- a list of parenting articles from across the web for the Rooted community. This list represents ten articles we believe will encourage and equip you as…
Instead of focusing on the “How” to do devotions with our teenagers, it’s first important to dig into the “Why” we should be doing them with our growing kids.
Ping. I looked over to my phone alerting of me a new text. In an instant, the peace of sitting alone at the table after a long day was disrupted once again. The message was from the same child I had already sat…
Sigmund Freud had some disturbing theories about men and their relationships with their mothers; Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, Psycho, makes clear that mothers really can do a number on their sons. But God created the mother/son relationship to be…
In 2017, we had a couple in a local church make a brilliant recommendation on how we can use technology to facilitate conversations about biblical sexuality among families. They acknowledged that families need to be talking about sex,…
In Oklahoma, college football is huge – so large it can fill a room for hours. Recently, an Oklahoma quarterback gained national attention for his response to unsportsmanlike conduct by the opposing team. The quarterback responded with inappropriate…
One of the most amusing and frustrating stereotypes in parenting circles is the “helicopter parent.” Most of us have experienced the phenomenon, and if we’re honest, we’ve probably been guilty of it ourselves. Who among us hasn’t watched…
What does it mean to be a gospel-centered parent? As a youth minister who is also a parent, I certainly don’t have all the answers, but I may have a bit of insight. At our church, we often…
