Tag Archive for youth ministry
Talking To Your Middle Schooler About...
This two-part blog on talking with your children about sexuality is more important now than ever before. All research says that the…
Middle Schoolers Accused Of Sexual...
Middle schoolers accused of sexual harassment for not using preferred pronouns, parents say
How To Thrive In The Second Half Of Your...
Now is the Perfect Time to Reboot Your Marriage
To Demonstrate Faith To Your Child’s...
You may be raising your kids in the church, but what about your teenagers’ friends?
Care For Teenagers With…. Feeding And...
4 Practical Ways to Support a Student with an Eating Disorder
Apple ‘Tracker’ Used To Stalk Teen...
Apple ‘Tracker’ Following Teen Visiting Disney World
Substitution Is Not A “Theory Of The...
Substitution Atonement is rather the essence of each image and the heart of the atonement itself
Dear Youth Pastor From Your Grown Up...
Your ministry reached far beyond my youth. It infused my adulthood with grace and love, and the memory of it still leads…
For Parents Near The End Of Senior Year...
Below are some resources from the Rooted blog for parents of high school seniors from parents who have been there
A Father’s Blessing
What moves a son to be blessed by his father (or his mother)?
Fear Of The Culture In Parenting
One of the most encouraging episodes of the Rooted Parent Podcast!
Flashback Book: The Pandemic Population
Eight Strategies to Help Generation Z Rediscover Hope After Coronavirus
My Kid Didn’t Get Into Their Dream...
As a teacher, I’ve had the opportunity to watch a number of parents walk through this season with their high schoolers
Supreme Court Signals Victory For...
The Supreme Court on Monday looked poised to side with a high school football coach who claims he was unfairly suspended for…
Protecting Children From Sextortion
Taking advantage of these tools is a key step in protecting our children. But the most important thing we can do for…
Fighting Culture As A Parent With...
Don’t Let the Culture Train Up Your Children in the Way They Should Go
Excellent Parenting Is Remarkably...
Parenting requires focusing on maturing ourselves as much as maturing our children
Alice Cooper And God
Once he became a father — everything changed. “It gave me a reason to stay sober,” That life was better than a life…
Book: Don’t Miss It: Parent Like...
Parents have approximately 936 weeks from the time their child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes…
Bridging The Gap Between Senior Pastors ...
How to more effectively communicate with your senior pastor
Grooming & Sexual Abuse Of Students...
Families should be skeptical of introducing sexuality into the classroom at young ages, especially if teachers are permitted to keep those conversations…
Study: Public School Employees Were ...
Government Accountability Office. Sexual abuse by school personnel raises particular concerns because of the trust placed in schools
Prevent Sexual Abuse By School…
Let Your Kids See Your Faith
They are watching to see if we really believe what we say. They are looking to see . .
68% Of Americans ‘Less Likely To...
Disney is focusing on creating content to expose young children to sexual ideas
High School Graduation Season Idea
Ever had someone believe in you more than you believe in yourself?
Regretting Teen Sex Reassignment Surgery...
What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery
Trans Youth Here Is Where Things May...
Fueled by isolation and social media, some youth rush toward gender identity as answer to distress
“You Are Not A Brand.”
…should be adopted by all of us as a part of our own personal creed. Living out of that reality offers a…
Being Hospitable In An Inhospitable...
How? How do we do something focused and intentional about what is wrong in our society without turning the wrongdoers into the…
Did You Get A Raise? Do The Inflation #...
Youth Pastor Compensation Update with Dan Navarra
Book: Undistracted, by Bob Goff
What it looks like to live a beautiful and purposeful life rather than drifting aimlessly from one season to the next
Most Americans Can’t Name All 4 Of...
Survey of 2,113 U.S. adults, including 1,911….a massive knowledge gap when it comes to recent family history
Free Curriculum To Prepare For Good...
Video based curriculum I take the audience on the journey that Jesus went through
Podcast: The Future Of Parent Ministry
What does parent ministry look like in different family dynamics
High School Youth Group Is Changing—So...
How High School Youth Group Has Changed and What To Do
Teaching Students About The Atonement
Students today are presented with various forms of “justice.” The focus on trying to fix what is broken in the world…
Walt Mueller: Youth Ministry And The...
“Whoever you want to be, it’s yours to make on Instagram!”
Disney’s Child-Predator Problem
Instead of promoting gender ideology, the company would be better served by addressing a longstanding history among its employees
Our 10 Failures Of Leading Volunteers
Regardless of the size of your group, every healthy youth ministry has a healthy volunteer staff
Lessons From Ministry Mistakes
They have taught me so many lessons and changed my philosophy of ministry along the way. Here are three of the “biggies”
women being beaten by biological males...
If things don’t change, women’s sports will never be the same
10 Truths On Sex And Gender From God’s...
Our children are being educated on sex and gender by a cultural narrative as young as pre-school age
Youth Ministry Podcasts
A collection of shows to help you win in youth ministry. The network is led by the longest-running podcast in youth ministry…
Theological Depth And Practical Ministry...
Many volunteers within the church feel overwhelmed at the thought of serving in the youth ministry
This School District An All-out Assault...
Remember, parents are not entitled to know their kids’ identities.
Book: Young Adult Ministry Now
Churches need young adult ministry now because the Church needs young adults—now.
Raising Girl Athletes In A Transgender...
..this erasure of biological sex is a gross injustice—not only against the athletes forced into co-ed competition, but also against the God…
Supreme Court Nominee Gave Leniency 4...
‘A lot of hiding’: Senators kept from seeing Sentencing Commission records on Supreme Court nominee
The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School
“We get it―and Jesus gets it too. Here’s who Jesus is and how he wants to meet you in this intense time.”
Why teenagers aren’t what they used to...
Here’s how we’ve defined adolescence throughout history – and why it’s time for a new category
Guarding Our Children from Church Hurt
“Church hurt” (pain inflicted by a religious institution) And Why Our Actions Matter
High Schoolers Can Be Church Members,...
Student ministries…tend to help students value Jesus but fail when it comes to helping students value the local church
Mental Health And Family
As youth workers, I think we do a good job of talking about mental health and teens, although there are always ways…
Book: The Desecrators
Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God
74% Say Raising Kids Today Much Harder...
A recent survey has found that while new technology may seem to make parents’ lives easier, 74 percent of parents polled think…
Texas…Trans Surgeries, Puberty...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Fights to Protect Children From Transgenderism
Biologically Male Stayed In Cabin With...
Controversy erupts after parents of Los Alamitos fifth-graders learn of sleeping arrangements at camp
The Dark Sexualization Side Of The...
‘Dangerous by design’ metaverse apps allow children to access immersive digital sex clubs
5 Things I Learned As A Pastor’s Kid
I grew up as a pastor’s kid and learned some pretty important lessons that churches need to know about pastors and their…
Positive Body Image For Middle Schooler...
6 Ways to Help Your Middle Schooler Develop Positive Body Image
Characteristics of Long-Term Pastors
7 Characteristics of Long-Term Pastors Who Don’t Give Up Easily
Remember: A 40 Day Easter And Lent...
Challenges you and your students to remember the crucifixion and why it was necessary in God’s plan for our salvation.
Why We Don’t Play Gross Or Messy Games...
What if their experience in the room undermines the message we preach?
Fun Is Not The Enemy
Utilize fun and games as one of the best ways to establish a gospel-culture in your ministry
Talking With Your Kids About Dating And...
My daughter, Monica, came home one day after grammar school and announced, “When I see boys I want to hug them and…
Reinventing Your Relationship With Your...
You Communicating with Your Adult Kids on an Adult Level? As your role with your adult children changes, so…
Study: Celebrity-obsessed People Are...
New study boldly claims there is a “direct association between celebrity worship and poorer performance on cognitive tests.”
Canadian Law Send Parents To Jail For...
The activists themselves have weaponized their arguments
Dad’s Letter To His Daughter About...
Tom Stein on the Seven L’s of Husband-Hunting
Is My Kid Addicted To Technology?
When thinking about our kids and technology, it might be more helpful to think of it in terms of cost and benefits
Super Bowl AD Filtering Questions
Does marketing work? You bet! If it didn’t work, then why are companies willing to fork out $6.5 million for a 30-second…
How To Partner With Parents…Without...
How will you partner with me as a parent and help me when you’re still young and know nothing about parenting yourself
Belong: Living Hope For Teenagers In...
Part of being a teenager is sorting out identity and belonging. Students are looking for something—a belief, style, talent, their intelligence, or…
An Uncool Calling To Youth Ministry
Skillet frontman John Copper addresses the continual trend of cool and hip pastors that acts more like rockstars than pastors…
The Church Can Welcome Kids Ways Special...
Most parents are not going to ask for help at church, largely due to shame. But giving even one hour of reprieve…
Unlock The Power Of Family Habits In...
I would strongly urge parents at the turn of the year: Make habits, not resolutions. Here’s why
Barna: Growing Together Report
Discover how God can use discipleship to nurture a resilient faith in you and the people you love
Girl Attempts Suicide After Secret...
School officials usurping the rights of parents because school officials believe they are better equipped to raise children than are the child’s…
Leftist Goal Deconstruction Of The...
“From the more than 62 million babies lost to abortion since 1973, to the current fad of glamorizing transgenderism in our schools,…
The magic word that churches have for...
If today’s Youth Workers were yesterday’s youth, then we clearly have our work cut out for us nurturing young people who can…
What It Means To Be Made In God’s...
The struggle started for me in junior high, too, as my body changed and a mouth full of braces marred my smile
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