5 Important Strategies for Identifying Discipleship Leaders
The church is one of the most difficult places to lead people. That might seem like an odd statement, but in the church, we have no leverage. In business, you have a paycheck. In the military you h...
5 Ways to Embrace the Awkward as a Small Group Facilitator
Whoever decided that the word awkward should be spelled that way did an excellent job of building the definition right into the spelling. It’s a feeling most of us try to avoid, but one that helps ...
What Makes Rooted Different From Other Small Group Curriculum?
Almost every church uses curriculum, which makes sense. Curriculum is designed to help people learn, and we are certainly learning in the church. We are learning more and more about God, ourselves,...
Why Preaching Alone Will Never Produce a Discipleship Culture
I dabble in woodworking, and I love camping. No one would ever accuse me of being a master carpenter, and I learned everything I know about camping from Bear Grylls. But I have learned one thing: a...
5 Ways to Build Trust in a New Small Group
My wife and I recently joined a new small group at our church for the first time after leading one for about seven years. I would be lying if I said we weren’t at least a little nervous about joini...
How Rooted Works: A Week-by-Week Breakdown
Choosing a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) for any category of sports is sure to invite opposition and healthy debate. Is it Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant…or what about LeBron? Who was better: Joe Mont...
4 Reasons to Keep Praying Even Though God Doesn’t Change His Mind
“God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes His mind. Does He speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?” (Numbers 23:19). God does not change His mind. The theological term for thi...