Partnering with parents is a critical piece of youth ministry, but it can often be incredibly challenging. Either we just don’t know how, or we feel like who are we to speak with any real authority to parents?…
What lies at the heart of longing to see faith in Christ passed on from one generation to the next? I have two compelling reasons to busy myself with figuring out the answer to this question. First, I…
Last winter I conducted an anonymous online survey of teens. The survey results serve as the foundation behind my second book for teen girls, which is currently in the works. But what I gleaned from one particular question is something…
This is the sixth piece in our ongoing series, “Confessions of a Struggling Youth Minister.” While student ministry is often extremely edifying and even a barrel of laughs, it can also be isolating, discouraging, and totally exhausting. Our…
If God is the one who saves, and if we are dead in our sins without His power, then prayer is not just a last ditch effort – it is our only hope.
This article is the fourth in our series, ‘What Youth Pastors Would Like to Tell Parents.’ Often, youth ministers gain a perspective on the lives of the teens they walk alongside that differs from that of their parents;…
Recently a student, timid and with a broken voice, told me that he didn’t believe God could ever use him because he “wasn’t good enough.” Other students tell me that they believe God will always be distant because…
Parents often come to youth ministers when they are at the end of their ropes and have tried everything to help their children. Since Rooted is aiming to answer real questions on issues that youth workers are facing…
Parents often come to youth ministers when they are at the end of their ropes and have tried everything to help their children. Since Rooted is aiming to answer real questions on issues that youth workers are facing…
