Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry Quotes

“Hope trusts in the promises of God. Hope seeks the action of God that brings forth a new reality. Optimism stands in the current reality, wishing to make the best of each individual experience. But hope stands knee deep in the history of this reality by yearning for the action of God to bring forth a new reality in which everything in this reality is reconciled and redeemed.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“Friendship means we are obligated to one another, but obligated in a way that doesn't destroy our freedom.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“The resurrection is the promise that death will not prevail, that nothingness does not have the last word. God promises to overcome it with life... We can trust that God will overcome death because Jesus is the resurrection, because on the third day Jesus rose again, as the first of many.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“Ministry is about joining God where God can be found.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“Apathy sets in when our passion for the future is miscarried.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“Paul connects faith and hope. Rather than saying young people have faith if they believe without doubt, it might be better to say they have faith if, up against doubt, fear, and struggle, they hope.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“Sabbath is a period of 'trying on' God's promised completion, trying on God's future. Sabbath is not rest for a privileged few while all others serve them – that's tourism. Sabbath is the inviting of all creation to be still and imagine the coming of God.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“Youth ministry is not about getting things accomplished - only the act of God can bring about the transformation we seek. Youth ministry is about participating deeply in young people's lives as we await, together in suffering & joy, the coming of God.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“A mission trip in youth ministry is not about bringing the resurrection; It is about witnessing to the resurrection.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“The point of the mission trip is to invite young people to act in ways that witness to the promise of God's action, which will make all things new.”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry

“If the beneficiaries of globalization are tourists who can travel as they choose, then the losers of globalization are the ones forced to wander: those who move in the shadows, those whose moving is unwanted, and those who work low-paying jobs in service to tourists (such as janitors at airports or hotel housekeepers.)”
― Andrew Root, Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry