A licensed, Christ-centered, trauma-aware curriculum for higher education.

Rooted: Spiritual Formation for the Next Generation

Integrates Scripture, theology, psychology, and trauma-informed leadership to form resilient disciples who love God, love themselves rightly, and love their neighbors in practice.

Why Rooted?

College students are asking: Who am I? Why am I here? How do I love others well?

Rooted answers these questions with a biblically grounded, psychologically informed approach to spiritual formation.

Rooted integrates Scripture, theology, psychology, and trauma-informed leadership, equipping students to form a resilient identity in Christ and live out the Great Commandment: Loving God, themselves, and their neighbors.

What Students Will Learn:

  • Explain a biblical theology of identity and the Imago Dei as the foundation for spiritual formation.

  • Practice emotional and relational maturity: empathy, forgiveness, and healthy boundaries.

  • Recognize dysfunctional patterns and apply redemptive, biblical responses.

  • Engage spiritual disciplines (prayer, Sabbath, community, confession) to strengthen mental and spiritual health.

  • Create a personal Rule of Life integrating vocation, faith, and relational love

What We’re Building and Why It’s Different

Rooted was designed for a generation seeking faith that feels real, not just informed by theology, but transformed by it. We’re building more than a Bible course; we’re cultivating a new model of formation that unites Scripture, psychology, and practice into one cohesive path of discipleship.

What makes Rooted different is its whole-person focus. Students don’t just study identity or community, they experience it through reflection, conversation, and lived application. Every element, from trauma-informed language to relational exercises, is crafted to foster safety, authenticity, and spiritual maturity.

Where traditional spiritual formation often centers on knowledge or ritual, Rooted integrates inner healing, emotional literacy, and embodied love so students can live out faith with clarity, compassion, and conviction.

Rooted bridges the gap between learning about God and actually being transformed by Him.

Course Snapshot

  • Format: 16 weeks (adaptable for 8- or 15-week terms)

  • Delivery: In-person, online, or hybrid

  • Assessments:

    - HEAR Process Reflection Paper – biblical communication & reconciliation

    - Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Paper – emotional and spiritual integration

    - Boundaries Paper – healthy relational limits

    - Love in Action Project – practicing biblical love in real life

    - Rule of Life Capstone – personal discipleship plan

  • Credit Value: 3 hours

Rooted in Scripture. Informed by trauma. Designed to transform culture.

Why Universities Choose Rooted

Mission-Aligned: Equips students to embody the Great Commandment.

Turnkey Curriculum: Includes instructor guide, slides, rubrics, and LMS-ready import files (Canvas format).

Trauma-Informed & Biblically Sound: Balances pastoral care and professional boundaries.

Engaged Learning: Reflections, group dialogue, and applied projects foster transformation.

Adaptable: Works for Gen-Ed Bible/Theology, Discipleship, Leadership, or Formation courses.

Curriculum Components

Instructor Kit

Syllabus, lectures, slide decks, assessments, rubrics, and discussion guides.

Student Workbook

Empowered: Tools to Conquer Life's Challenges includes readings, spiritual practices, reflections, and the Rule of Life scaffold

Texts

- The HEAR Process by Deborah Moncrief

- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero

- Boundaries by Henry Cloud & John Townsend

- The Bible (NIV or preferred version)

This Is for the Next Generation of Christian Leadership

Grounded in Scripture, psychology, and spiritual formation

Cultivates emotionally healthy, Christ-centered leadership habits

Trains leaders to create safe, healthy communities

Trains leaders to create safe, healthy communities

Encourages lifelong discipleship and practical love in action

MEET THE FOUNDER & CEO of REstoration resources

Welcome!

Adrienne Binder is an educator and ministry leader whose work integrates theological anthropology, trauma-informed psychology, and spiritual formation. She is the creator of Rooted: The Next Generation Spiritual Formation Curriculum and Restored Foundations, and the visionary behind the Safe Church Project / Sanctuary Certified™, her doctoral dissertation project (completion 2026).

Adrienne is a Trauma Healing Institute–trained facilitator and an Ed.D. candidate in Christian Leadership at Liberty University. Her teaching and curriculum design focus on identity in Christ (Imago Dei), emotional and relational maturity, and practices that translate biblical convictions into sustainable rhythms of discipleship in higher-education contexts.

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