I will not soon forget standing in the cafeteria of a local high school this Feb. 15, one day after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. A day usually celebrated in high school hallways with…
In my house, we are currently viewing and reading stories about love. At the end of each day we settle down as a family to read together and the regular favorites are selected – The Little Mermaid, Frozen,…
I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I have shed many tears while witnessing the pleas for help, daring rescues, and massive devastation on social media and national news of Hurricane Harvey as it hovered over the…
Before I had children, my TV was on all of the time. And most of the time, it was on cable news. I know, cable news dialogue makes for terrible ambiance; that is why they mute it in…
So often, our passions and drives in ministry are the byproduct of an experience or story from our own adolescence. In this series, we asked student leaders what shaped and enlivened their faith as teenagers, and how that…
The 2016 election cycle (more than almost any other) has elicited a great deal of conversation over the state of war in the world – and all the more this week, as news from Mosul has filled news…
It was a hard week. The kind of week where you cling to wisdom like this from Charles Spurgeon’s Beside Still Waters. My dear friend, when grief presses you to the dust, worship there! . . . When…
This article is part of a series that looks at how we address difficult or confusing pieces of scripture with young people. Read other articles in this series here. Youth ministers and leaders tend to avoid the book…
Since the Rooted blog’s founding in 2010, readers have found us at different times. Whether you’re new to Rooted or have been following the website all along, there are a few helpful pieces from Rooted’s early days that…
