Andrew Root (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches on theology of ministry, youth ministry, and culture. He is the author of the acclaimed six-book Ministry in a Secular Age series and one of the leading scholars on youth ministry and practical theology, with more than 20 books on the topics. Root actively speaks worldwide to church groups, university and college communities, youth workers, and other ministry professionals. He also hosts the popular When Church Stops Working podcast.

• Read before Using (Don't Skip!)1. Get 'Em Healthy, Get 'Em HappyThe Surprising Openness to Evangelism2. Sad Times and a Sad (Pathetic) ChurchIs Evangelism's Task to Keep the Church Alive?3. The Architecture of Our Sad TimesMeeting the Positive Genealogists4. Why All the Happiness Is Making Us MiserableMontaigne, Dead French Kings, and Immanent Contentment5. "Not Okay"--Our Sad Times of StressThe Forgetting of Soul6. The Math Savant and the FirePascal and the Promise of Our Sad Souls7. Sisters as PastorsLeaning into Sorrow and the Promises of Consolation8. Goodbyes That SaveGreat Sorrow and Consolation Evangelism9. When Temptation Is GoodAnd God Is Full of SorrowEpilogueIndex

Andrew Root (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches on theology of ministry, youth ministry, and culture. He is the author of the acclaimed six-book Ministry in a Secular Age series and one of the leading scholars on youth ministry and practical theology, with more than 20 books on the topics. Root actively speaks worldwide to church groups, university and college communities, youth workers, and other ministry professionals. He also hosts the popular When Church Stops Working podcast.

• Read before Using (Don't Skip!)1. Get 'Em Healthy, Get 'Em HappyThe Surprising Openness to Evangelism2. Sad Times and a Sad (Pathetic) ChurchIs Evangelism's Task to Keep the Church Alive?3. The Architecture of Our Sad TimesMeeting the Positive Genealogists4. Why All the Happiness Is Making Us MiserableMontaigne, Dead French Kings, and Immanent Contentment5. "Not Okay"--Our Sad Times of StressThe Forgetting of Soul6. The Math Savant and the FirePascal and the Promise of Our Sad Souls7. Sisters as PastorsLeaning into Sorrow and the Promises of Consolation8. Goodbyes That SaveGreat Sorrow and Consolation Evangelism9. When Temptation Is GoodAnd God Is Full of SorrowEpilogueIndex

Andrew Root (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches on theology of ministry, youth ministry, and culture. He is the author of the acclaimed six-book Ministry in a Secular Age series and one of the leading scholars on youth ministry and practical theology, with more than 20 books on the topics. Root actively speaks worldwide to church groups, university and college communities, youth workers, and other ministry professionals. He also hosts the popular When Church Stops Working podcast.

• Read before Using (Don't Skip!)1. Get 'Em Healthy, Get 'Em HappyThe Surprising Openness to Evangelism2. Sad Times and a Sad (Pathetic) ChurchIs Evangelism's Task to Keep the Church Alive?3. The Architecture of Our Sad TimesMeeting the Positive Genealogists4. Why All the Happiness Is Making Us MiserableMontaigne, Dead French Kings, and Immanent Contentment5. "Not Okay"--Our Sad Times of StressThe Forgetting of Soul6. The Math Savant and the FirePascal and the Promise of Our Sad Souls7. Sisters as PastorsLeaning into Sorrow and the Promises of Consolation8. Goodbyes That SaveGreat Sorrow and Consolation Evangelism9. When Temptation Is GoodAnd God Is Full of SorrowEpilogueIndex