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...
After many months of putting things on hold, summer holds some much-anticipated chances to get back to our passions. I want to share 2 professional development opportunities available for outdoor and youth leaders that I believe will be valuable training to broaden...
Over the years as Wilderness Ministry Institute has worked with churches and individuals interested in developing wilderness ministries in their own communities, we’ve discovered that a lot of leaders are asking a lot of the same questions. In this series How to...
FULL SPECTRUM YOUTH MINISTRY? WHAT IS THAT? We're going to be talking about it a lot this year. What is "Full Spectrum Youth Ministry" and what does it have to do with outdoor ministry? On a recent trip to Finland, I had the opportunity to come alongside some Finnish...
In my last post Your Soul Longs for a Higher Quality Life. Wilderness Experiences Offer a Path to Higher Standards, I talk about how wilderness experiences offer a taste of what our souls really long for. In this post, we will look at the role church-based wilderness...
