Youth are navigating some serious spiritual terrain today! The impacts of the pandemic are only making it more challenging. My post, Urgent Need for Discipling Leadership, talks about some alarming data that has emerged from quantitative and qualitative research done...
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Food: Nourishment for Our Bodies or Our Hearts?
I was guiding a small group through a narrow mountain valley on a cold, foggy, wet morning high up on the Tibetan Plateau in western China. In the distance, we saw a woman waving her arms in front of her nomadic yurt. Initially thinking something was wrong, we hastily...
You are Needed Now More Than Ever! An Invitation from Ashley Denton
You play a vital role to our world as a Christian outdoor leader. You are a guide to people who desperately need direction and plans for their life. Read my last post “Can Outdoor Leaders Change the World” for some more perspective on why I believe this is true. 2020...
Take Ownership: 5 Tips for Offering Feedback on Blog Posts & Social Media
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17) If you've ever attempted to serve or help other people by writing a blog post, you know that it takes a lot of effort to create a quality post. I would love to see more readers taking...
How Christian Community is Found in the Aspen Trees
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain – Henry David Thoreau Nature is packed full of complex systems that work together to sustain life. Regardless of how zoomed in or...