Last week I shared a quote from Andrew Root's book "Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry" (RRYM) and added, "for my money [it] is the absolute best youth ministry book out there right now."
Good news: He's got a new book coming out on September 1 titled . It looks to me like Relationships Unfiltered will be two things: 1) a more accessible version of RRYM, which leaned heavily on the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and 2) an answer to the question that all youth ministry leaders want: "How!?" (Root does answer the "how" question in RRYM, but Relationships Unfiltered seems aimed solely at that point).
If you've never read any of Root's material, here's a quick YouTube video of him explaining the "third way" (and if you're hungry for more after that, the ):
Dr. Root has graciously agreed to an interview on this blog, which I'll post as soon as I finish the book and write some questions. If YOU have any questions for him, leave a comment and I'll see what I can do!
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The book doesn't give a lot of new things, but it's interesting. The one minus is that you can't understand a lot of words without thesaurus dictionary. But it's really very very interesting!
The book doesn't give a lot of new things, but it's interesting. The one minus is that you can't understand a lot of words without thesaurus dictionary. But it's really very very interesting!
The book doesn't give a lot of new things, but it's interesting. The one minus is that you can't understand a lot of words without thesaurus dictionary. But it's really very very interesting!
The book doesn't give a lot of new things, but it's interesting. The one minus is that you can't understand a lot of words without thesaurus dictionary. But it's really very very interesting!
The book doesn't give a lot of new things, but it's interesting. The one minus is that you can't understand a lot of words without thesaurus dictionary. But it's really very very interesting!
The book doesn't give a lot of new things, but it's interesting. The one minus is that you can't understand a lot of words without thesaurus dictionary. But it's really very very interesting!
I think he is a talent. Not genius, but a talent!
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