We ought to care about what we are teaching and making accessible—where it’s from, why we’re choosing it, and what it will produce. We cannot control the “eating habits” of our church families, but we can take care with what we serve.
Bearing witness to the dignity of image-bearers is not a political position. It is a theological one. It is what it means to follow a Lord who crossed every boundary and died in the most public, humiliating way possible so that no one would ever be beyond the reach of His love.
Welcome to Rooted’s Top Ten, a curated reading list for youth ministers. Each month we find ten articles, and sometimes videos or podcasts, from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to teenagers and their families.
Youth and family ministers find themselves in the midst of a significant generational shift as Gen Z comes of age and Gen Alpha becomes more dominant in our ministries. Many have observed a spiritual shift among these younger generations as well.
With any teenager, Asian American or otherwise, we should seek to know them for who they are. We should learn about their lives as we ultimately seek to share the gospel and disciple them in it.
God doesn’t sit above suffering and explain it from a distance. Our God steps into suffering. The incarnation is ultimately the response to suffering for the Christian.
The older generation carries scars that testify to God’s sustaining grace. The younger generation carries questions that remind us to keep trusting. Together, we embody the truth that salvation is for all ages.
We asked our Rooted writers a simple question: How do you get your students to talk in a small group setting? What do you do to earn their trust and respect so that engagement with you in front of other students feels less scary?
Our access to God is not based on our performance, it’s based on his grace. We are justified by faith, not by works, college applications, letters of recommendation, or grade-point averages.
