This week's post is from Joel Vermillion, Director of Wilderness Ministry Institute. I love winter. I love snow and skiing, and so many of the unique attributes of God’s creation we can experience in winter. Sometimes it is overlooked as a context for ministry, or...
"God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamor." - Charles Stanley THE PACE OF URBAN LIFE CAN DULL OUR ATTENTIVENESS TO GOD'S VOICE There is no question that urbanization is on the rise. Highways are more congested, city skylines are...
“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never...
A common theme on my blog is the value of church-based outdoor ministry. This video really affirms church-based outdoor ministry as pastors share 4 perspectives on the power of wilderness experiences. I hope these testimonies encourage you as an outdoor leader to keep...
My recent trip to the San Juan Islands north of Seattle causes me to consider how to resist the rising tide of excuses in my life. How do we apply the adage “just do it” to our journey as a follower of Jesus? Outdoor recreation helps us break the habit of making excuses.
