The following message comes to you from Andy Root – author of Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry, Relationships Unfiltered, and…well, too many books to mention here. He has a message for all of you in the youth ministry field and I wanted him to get a chance to share it with you all here at Pomomusings. So, here is the message from Andy:

Hello Youth Ministry friends, I’m sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled blog reading, but I have broken transmission to offer you an opportunity.

I wanted to get before you the chance to get a free copy of my book Relationships Unfiltered. As the new school year approaches and you think about volunteer leader meetings and trainings I would like to suggest you take a look at Relationships Unfiltered. It’s written just for this setting with discussion questions and chapters filled with illustrations and stories–but also promises to get you and your team thinking theologically about your core practice this coming school year: forming relationships with young people.

Here’s what I can do: If you’ll email me (aroot@luthersem.edu) I’ll send you a free copy of the book so you can look it over and decide if it would be of help to you and your volunteers. If you’re interested in using it you can then go to Zondervan.com or Zondervan.com/ministry and type in the code 980752 in the “source code” box. Starting August 1 this will give you a 40% discount on as many books as you’d like.

And I’ll also offer this, if you do use the book with your team, I’m willing to do a select number of Skype or iChat conversations with you and your team after getting through the book.

This is a great opportunity to speak with a youth ministry theologian and get a great deal on some books – so I hope you’ll consider taking advantage of it.

Patheos is running a “Future of Religion“ series this summer that includes essays by people of a wide range of diverse faith traditions. I’m honored to have been asked to write an article for the “Future of Mainline Protestantism” section of this series. Here is the full list of contributors writing about the future of the mainline church: Sam AlexanderJim BurkloRev. Jerry. D. CampbellPhilip ClaytonAdam Walker CleavelandMonica A. ColemanJames Calvin DavisKenda Creasy DeanBruce G. EpperlyGreg GarrettAnne HowardJames J. KangJ. Ryan ParkerBrian McLarenDavid LaMotteAnthony B. PinnRobert John RussellJosef Sorett, and Peter Wallace.

Because of my involvement with Presbymergent, and my belief that Presbymergent has the ability to help the PC(USA) forge a new way forward, I highlighted Presbymergent in my essay, “Presbymergent: A Reforming Spirit from the Inside.

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