Friday, December 20, 2013

Outdoor Ministries: Present Challenges and Future Outlook

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Christian camps across the country are facing tremendous challenges. I continue talking with camps that face serious financial problems, ha...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Living in God's Time: Advent at Camp

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The Lutheran Outdoor Ministries summer camp curriculum for 2014 is titled “Living in God’s Time.” Camps will be guiding the campers and s...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

A Different Type of Camp

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This past week, I took part in a different type of camp, one that played an even greater role in my childhood than Christian summer camp. I...
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Articulating our Theology of Outdoor Ministries

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I spent the past week at an outdoor ministry conference in Lake Tahoe with a group of Presbyterian ( PCCCA ) and Lutheran ( LOM ) camp peo...
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Theology of the Cross and Camp: What a Mess!

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Let’s get something straight: “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” is not in the Bible. (All the camp directors give a collective sigh of ...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Encountering the Other: Vocational Discernment at Camp

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Like the adults who teach them, few young people live with a conviction that God is calling them. They live compartmentalized lives in wh...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Camp Guy Amidst the Academy

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This past weekend, I attended my very first academic conference. I was nervous not only because I did not quite know what to expect from a g...