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Ask the Experts: Teaching Teenagers to Trust The Bible with Chelsea Kingston Erickson Oct 22, 2026

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In this special episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, Cameron and Anna welcome their friend and co-worker, Rooted's editor-in-chief Chelsea Kingston Erickson. They discuss their passion behind the project they co-edited: God with You: A 52-Week Devotional Through the Whole Bible for Teenagers. Offering teenagers the firm foundation of God's Word is one of the biggest joys and privileges (and challenges) of parenting. The team shares encouraging research and practical help for enjoying God's Word with your kids at home and in church.

Chelsea is Editor-in-Chief for Rooted and previously served as a youth minister in New England churches for 13 years. She and her husband, Steve, live north of Boston with their two young sons. Chelsea holds an M.Div. and a Master of Theology (Th.M.) in Old Testament Studies, both from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She is passionate about teaching teenagers biblical theology and helping them learn to study Scripture for themselves. Chelsea is co-editor of two of Rooted’s books (God with You: A 52-Week Devotional Through the Whole Bible for Teenagers and Longing for Christmas: 25 Promises Fulfilled in Jesus) and the author of The Bible’s Big Story in the Old Testament: Casket Empty Student Edition.

God with You: A 52-Week Devotional Through the Whole Bible for Teenagers edited by Cameron Cole, Chelsea Kingston Erickson, and Anna Meade Harris

'The FYI Report on Gen Alpha & Faith' with Brad M. Griffin of Fuller Youth Institute (Webinar Replay) - Rooted Ministry

Helping Teenagers Develop Healthy Bible Reading Habits - Rooted Ministry

2 Corinthians 13:14

Open Generation Teens and the Bible (Barna)

Hosted by Anna Meade Harris, author of God's Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single-Parent Families and the Churches That Seek to Love Them Well, and Cameron Cole, author of Heavenward: How Eternity Can Change Your Life on Earth and Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy.

Ask the Experts: Resilience in Weary Lands with Tish Harrison Warren Oct 08, 2026

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Cameron and Anna welcome very special Rooted friend Tish Harrison Warren to discuss something parents and teenagers need: resilience. Her newest book, What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience is a balm for the soul of anyone who has had to persevere through seasons of spiritual dryness, a dullness of spirit or soul, or a season when God seems to be silent and inactive (good news: He is neither, but sometimes it can feel that way for years).

Tish Harrison Warren is a writer and an Anglican priest. Her books include the award-winning Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer In the Night. She is a former columnist at the New York Times and Christianity Today. A senior fellow with the Trinity Forum and an assisting priest at Immanuel Anglican Church, Warren lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three children.

Resources:

Podcasts - Rooted Conference: Tish Harrison Warren, "Working, Watching, Weeping"

Rooted Conference: Tish Harrison Warren, "Why Are You Downcast? What the Promises of God Are (and Are Not) in Suffering"

Running On Empty: Finding Rest in Parenting Burnout - Rooted Ministry

Weakness/Burnout Rooted Resources

Helping Kids Value Perseverance - Rooted Ministry

Praying for Perseverance in Our Parenting - Rooted Ministry

What Grows In Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience by Tish Harrison Warren

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Ask the Experts: Talking About God's Great Big Global Church with Tim Challies Sep 24, 2026

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Today we welcome author and blogger Tim Challies to the Rooted Parent podcast! Tim talks with Anna about his lifelong passion for global missions, which has recently led him to write his first children's book: God's Great Big Global Church: Visit 10 Kids and Their Churches All Around the World.

Tim Challies is a blogger, pastor, and author. His blog, challies.com, is one of the most widely read Christian blogs in the world. Tim's books include From the Rising of the Sun; Epic: An Around-the-World Journey Through Christian History; and the award-winning Seasons of Sorrow. Tim serves as an elder at Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto.

Resources:

He Is Worthy: Helping Students Discover Meaning in Missions by Joey Turner

How Acts Informs Our Summer Missions by Adam Peterson

Missions: Personal Experiences (podcast)

Missions: Pastoral Wisdom (podcast)

God's Great Big Global Church by Tim Challies

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Ask The Experts: Divorce Was Never the Plan with Vaneetha Rendall Risner Sep 10, 2026

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Tune in for a very special episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, in which Anna discusses divorce with Rooted's executive director, Hannah Dow, and guest author Vaneetha Rendall Risner. Risner has written an important book: This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God through the Heartache of Divorce. If you have been through a divorce, you will want to hear the renewed hope Vaneetha has found in Christ; if you have not suffered a divorce, you will still want to hear her story so that you can pray and care for both parents and children.

Vaneetha Rendall Risner is the author of several books, including This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God Through the Heartache of Divorce. She and her husband, Joel, live in Raleigh, where she shares on her website about Christ’s unwavering presence in suffering. Two grown daughters call her mom. Her story includes childhood bullying, losing an infant son, developing post-polio syndrome, and going through an unwanted divorce. You can find her at vaneetha.com.

Resources:

Ask Alice: Helping Children and Families Process and Navigate Divorce

Ask Alice: Interview With Melody Lovvorn on Parenting Children Through a Divorce

The Sufficiency of God for the Single Parent by Anna Meade Harris

The Weight of Single Parenthood and the Weight of (Christ’s) Glory by Isaiah Marshall

Caring for Single Parent Families at Christmas by Hannah Dow

The Loneliness of Parenting Alone by Anna Meade Harris

This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God Through the Heartache of Divorce by Vaneetha Rendall Risner

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The Good News That We Will Be Glorified in Heaven Aug 27, 2026

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In this final episode of the Good Good News season, Cameron and Anna talk about one of their very topics; the glorification we will experience in heaven with Jesus. Keeping heaven in our sights while we're on this earth helps us have a wiser perspective on what matters- and what does not matter- in this life. And of course the very best thing about heaven is being with Jesus forever!

How the Doctrine of Glorification Can Encourage and Equip Teenagers by Mike Jones

Student Series: Worth More Than Your Weight in Gold: C.S. Lewis on Glorification by Mac Harris

Six Resources on Heaven (Rooted Roundup)

How Heaven Impacts Our Parenting (podcast)

Heavenward: How Eternity Impacts Your Life on Earth by Cameron Cole

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The Good News That the Holy Spirit Sanctifies Us Aug 13, 2026

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For some of us, the concept of sanctification carries a sense of burden or dread, as if responsibility for change lies with us. In this episode, Cameron and Anna dive into the Scripture for reminders that our sanctification is God's job, not ours. We are sanctified through the truth, in our relationship with Jesus, by the Spirit. Now that's good news!

1 John 3:2; Colossians 2:6-7; Titus 2:11-13; John 15:4-5; Philippians 2:12-13; 2 Thessalonians 2:13

The Daily Office Podcast with Andrew Russell

Your Sanctification is Not Your Job by Emily Zell

Sanctification By Sibling: Seven Encouragements for the Parents Who Love Them by Anna Meade Harris

Why Don’t Christians Practice What They Preach? (Tough Questions Teenagers Ask) by Ben Birdsong

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The Good News That We Are Reconciled to God - And to Each Other Jul 23, 2026

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Perhaps the most painful consequence of the Fall lies in broken relationships with God, with each other, with ourselves, and with creation. One of the incredible benefits of the gospel is that Jesus has made reconciliation possible! In this episode, Cameron and Anna explore this here-and-now, concrete benefit of the gospel of reconciliation–a gift we can experience in our relationships even now.

Rooted 2016: Michael Horton on Reconciliation

Rooted 2016: Cameron Cole on Reconciliation with the Father

Rooted 2016: Liz Edrington on Reconciliation with the Self

Colossians 1:19-23

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

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The Good News That We Are United With Christ Jul 09, 2026

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Being a parent can be isolating in any number of ways. In this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron and Anna discuss the enormous comfort believers derive from the continuous presence of Christ, who will never leave us or forsake us.

Resources:
How Union with Christ Makes Salvation Click For Students by Joshua Madl

J-Curve and Being In Harvard or In Christ by Chelsea Kingston Erickson

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The Good News That God Adopts Us into His Family Jun 25, 2026

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In this episode, Cameron and Anna discuss the riches of the doctrine of adoption. If parents can begin to grasp the reality that we are in fact God's adopted children, we can disciple our own children out of the perfect parenting of our heavenly Father, rather than the imperfect parenting of our earthly parents. Taking hold of the riches of our adoption- our status, our belonging, and our secure belovedness in God's family- all this is a true game-changer for parents who long to love their children well.

From Fear to Father: How Understanding Our Adoption Frees Parents from Anxiety by Melissa Powell

Rooted In and Through Adoption by Liz Edrington

1 John 3:1

John 1:11-13

Romans 8:15-21

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The Good News That We Have the Righteousness of Christ Jun 11, 2026

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If Christian parents can begin to live out the truth that they have the righteousness of Christ and no longer have anything to prove, they will be free to love their children even more. In this episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, Cameron and Anna unpack the doctrine of justification. Of all the glorious benefits of our salvation (Psalm 103:2), justification is one of our favorites.

The Seculosity of Parenting by Kristen Hatton

Three Ways We Can Rest as Parents Who Are Justified by Connie Leung Nelson

Inside Out 2 (a secular film with great insight into the adolescent psyche)

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