Nov 1, 2012 | Decision Making, Leadership Skills, Outdoor Leadership Training Tips (Blog Series), Rapid Decision Making, Wilderness Education
Do you ever struggle with making decisions? Do you tend to be indecisive in making a choice? If you are leading people in any way (whether in your family, circle of friends, church, business, etc.), you are going to at some point suffer from “analysis...
Nov 1, 2012 | Business Lessons from the Wilderness, Leadership Development, Outdoor Jobs, Program Management
People need time away from distractions so they can rest their soul and think clearly. Jesus invested in his disciples this way by retreating regularly with them in the outdoors. My earlier post, IF THE LEADERSHIP BUBBLE POPS? THIS GENERATION NEEDS OUTDOOR MINISTRY,...
Oct 31, 2012 | Mission, Outdoor Leadership Training Tips (Blog Series), Teachable Moments, Wilderness Bible Studies
Seasons come and go and holidays pass us by but today I am reminded to never take the harvest time for granted. One of humanity’s Achilles heels is pride, and harvest time is a great reminder of this. If there were no harvest, we would not be able to eat. God is...
Oct 30, 2012 | Business Lessons from the Wilderness, Leadership Development, Outdoor Jobs, Program Management
In my earlier post, 3 Perspectives On Christian Outdoor Leadership Jobs, we argued that the time is ripe for outdoor ministries to start popping up in local churches because it meets profound needs that are relevant to our culture today. We also asserted that one of...
Oct 22, 2012 | Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, International, Mission, Missions, Mountaineering
Yesterday I attempted a 16,000’ foot peak in Cotopaxi National Park in Ecuador with about 20 youth leaders from all over Latin America. Twenty of us started out in the darkness at 3:45 a.m. By the time we reached 15,002’ there were about 12 of us left on the climb....
