Apr 12, 2012 | Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Spiritual Formation, Teachable Moments, What is Wilderness Ministry?, Wilderness Bible Studies
St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria is a stunning sight. What instantly struck me as I walked into the sanctuary was a sense of awe. The architecture naturally elicits a feeling of reverence for the immensity of God’s holiness. St. Stephens, like...
Apr 11, 2012 | Backpacking, Gear, Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Program Management, Rock Climbing
Closing the Deal | Getting People Signed up for your Trip One of the greatest challenges for an outdoor ministry is to “close the deal.” It’s one thing to get a group excited about the possibility of a wilderness adventure. But quite another thing to...
Apr 7, 2012 | Community, Leadership Skills, Outdoor Leadership Training Tips (Blog Series), Rock Climbing
Simon the Cyrene possibly had one of the greatest privileges a person has ever had—to momentarily carry Jesus’ burden as He climbed the hill to lay down willingly on the cross. A part of maturing as a disciple of Jesus is to realize that carrying others’ burdens is a...
Mar 26, 2012 | Awareness, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, International, Jesus' Teaching in the Outdoors (Wilderness Bible Studies Blog Series), Wilderness Core Knowledge
Better than Bob the Art Guy? I remember as a kid watching Bob “Pinky” Ross, the art guy on PBS paint his “happy little trees” and make beautiful landscape scenes out of oil paints and a bunch of funky shaped brushes. This guy was awesome. Not...
Mar 24, 2012 | Community, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, International, Trials
Living with Aftershocks | What Wilderness Experiences & New Zealand’s Recent Earthquakes Have in Common Last week my wife Becky and I spent time with some of our close friends and ministry partners in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since September 2010, the city...
