Andrew Root on What is Youth Ministry For?
In this episode, Andy Root explores how narrative and joy spark the imagination and provide a framework to minister in Christ and for young people in deeply formative ways.
In this episode, Andy Root explores how narrative and joy spark the imagination and provide a framework to minister in Christ and for young people in deeply formative ways.
What a Year It Has Been We’re back from summer break with a new batch of episodes and it’s….been….quite the year. There’s a lot going on with the global COVID pandemic, political turmoil, issues of equality and justice, and more. And so to kick things off, Andy talks about the perspective thinkers like Taylor and…
Reframing Evangelism: Following Jesus into Sorrow with Andy Root Part 2 The New Evangelism Message That’s Changing Everything. What if reframing evangelism isn’t about getting more people in church, but about learning to meet Jesus in the midst of sorrow? In part two of our conversation with @LutherSeminary professor Andy Root @andrewroot5890, we explore a…
Andrew Root on The Pastor in a Secular Age In this episode, Andrew Root considers what ministry and the role of pastors, in particular, look like in what Charles Taylor called a “secular age” – an age where belief is an option. The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential ingredients of book and research…
Despair & Consolation – A Conversation with Andy Root In this conversation, fellow theologian and sports commentator Andy Root returns to the show to talk about his latest book Evangelism in an Age of Despair—the title of a book that, for an Ellulian like me who is looking for hope in a world filled with…
Sacred Waiting in the Secular Age with Andy Root n this episode of The Biggest Table, host Andrew Camp discusses with Andy Root, a professor of Youth and Family Ministry, the intersection of faith, hospitality, and our secular age. Root elaborates on his six-volume series, ‘Ministry in a Secular Age,’ emphasizing the challenges and opportunities…
Finding Faith in a Secular Age (with Andrew Root) As Dave Schmelzer and Vince Brackett talked about in a recent episode, faith looks very different than it did a few hundred years back–and even than it did sixty years back. Professor Andrew Root–who was Vince’s enthusiastic teacher on the subject–walks us into some of the ins and…