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How to Share the Gospel Using God’s Creation
May 15, 2022
Guest blogger, Claire Lemp shares excellent strategies for question 7 of the How to Start a Wilderness Ministry: Top 20 Questions: How do I effectively share the Gospel using the outdoors? There’s no more natural place to talk about Jesus than the outdoors. Outdoor leaders have the ideal setup for facilitating gospel conversations. The wilderness is […]
5 Reasons Wilderness Can Help Heal the Impacts of the Pandemic
March 30, 2022
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 on the State of Youth and Religion. Read that post now if you have not […]
2 Training Opportunities to Take Advantage of this Summer
May 26, 2021
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 your leadership. Please join me at Yellowstone Theological Institute for one or both […]
How to Find the Best Guides for Wilderness Ministry
March 29, 2021
As we continue this series on How to Start a Wilderness Ministry: Top 20 Questions, Paul Wingfield from WMI gives some excellent insight to our 4th question: How do I find staff and/or guides for wilderness ministry? At this point, as you have been reflecting on your first steps toward starting your wilderness ministry and sharing […]
First Steps to Take for a Successful Wilderness Ministry
March 5, 2021
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 Start a Wilderness Ministry: Top 20 Questions, we want to take a few […]
How Warm Hospitality Reflects the Gospel of Jesus
February 25, 2021
Hospitality is a Source of Warmth Trekking in a cold winter storm can help us understand a powerful way to share the Gospel with others. Before any words are spoken, we can provide warmth with hospitality. Enjoy these thoughts on the power of hospitality from my recent cold, snowy trek in the Medicine Bow Mountains […]
Jesus Our North Star and Our Southern Cross | A Christmas Devotion
December 16, 2020
This Advent season try gazing up at a clear night sky for a few minutes to let the pin-pricked veil of darkness above lead you to awe and worship of Jesus. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies […]
Tips for Effective Winter Wilderness Ministry | Day Trips
December 10, 2020
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 we think mainly in terms of ski-retreats. While renting a […]
Food: Nourishment for Our Bodies or Our Hearts?
November 25, 2020
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 made our way through her family […]
No More Lukewarm Day 5 – How to Be a Good Steward of the Personal Transformation You Experience in the Wilderness | Revelation 3:14-22
September 25, 2020
All In with Jesus Even When It’s Uncomfortable: Day 3 (2 Corinthians 11:16-33)
September 11, 2020
Hopefully, before you read this devotional you’ve had a chance to immerse yourself in the Gospel from the previous post – “Day 2: All In with Jesus: Diving into the Unchanging Gospel,” I hope your ‘all-in dive’ has helped you experience some of the exhilarating freshness of the feeling of closeness and intimacy with Jesus […]
“All In with Jesus” DAY 2: Diving Into the Unchanging Gospel (Revelation 3:16)
September 3, 2020
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO BE ALL IN FOR GOD’S MISSION? The sun rises on day 2 of our adventure in Scripture to discover what it means to be “All in” with Jesus. In our first study, we looked at “What’s Holding You Back?” The unintended consequence of tentatively dipping your toes in the […]
I Want to be “All In with Jesus”, but How? Day 1: What’s Holding You Back?
August 28, 2020
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to dive into an alpine lake or wade in deep to a mountain stream, you know the difference between being all in versus dipping your toes in some water. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF DIPPING YOUR TOES IS THAT IT MAY KEEP YOU FROM DIVING IN Diving or wading into […]
Using Mountain Top Experiences to Instill Urgency in World Missions | Matthew 25:1-13
August 14, 2020
Recently I was talking with a college student friend about their life and felt the nudge from Jesus to share the Gospel with him. He listened really well and I could tell he was understanding the message pretty well. In just a moment I’ll tell you how he responded. As the sun was setting on […]
Trail Talk: Hike with Jesus to Higher Places
July 20, 2020
I just returned from an expedition in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness area. After trekking through a valley full of mosquitos, we reached an elevation where we could feel the breeze and were relieved of the pesky bugs. I shared this trail talk and want to use it now to encourage you in your walk with Jesus. […]
Sage Leaf Trail Talk: The Crushing, Beautiful Reality of Jesus in Isaiah 53
May 31, 2020
Have you ever felt crushed? I bet you have in some way. Emotionally we are crushed by grief, loss, and loneliness. Physically we feel crushed by injuries, sickness, or chronic pain we can’t do anything to change. Intellectually we feel crushed by limitations, failures, or comparison. Spiritually we feel crushed at times by wondering where God is in our circumstances. In all of these human experiences, we have a kind and loving Savior who can identify with our aching pain.
Understand this Connection to Develop Rapid Decision Making Skills
April 6, 2020
Thanks for checking out my new webcasts on outdoor leadership! In my last post Leaders are Rapid Decision Makers | 1 Samuel 17, I discuss how David is a model of the courageous and skilled leadership that our world needs today. His time in the wilderness was a key context for him becoming the type of […]
Leaders are Rapid Decision Makers | 1 Samuel 17
March 27, 2020
Welcome to my first webcast for outdoorleaders.com! I am excited to share some ideas and encouragement with you though video. The video quality on my first couple videos isn’t the best but have fixed it for future recordings. Enjoy! ADAPTATION AS A LEADERSHIP SKILL Crisis is disorienting. Disorientation can quickly lead to trouble without leadership. […]
Which Wilderness Ministry Should I Start? Business, Non-Profit, Church-Based?
February 5, 2020
In our series on how to start a wilderness ministry. One of the key questions we must look at first is whether to start your ministry in a church or set up a separate non-profit. I would like to help walk you through this consideration because it is very important and there are many things […]
How to Start a Wilderness Ministry: Top 20 Questions
January 24, 2020
HOW DO I START & SUSTAIN A WILDERNESS MINISTRY IN MY CHURCH OR CITY? Do you love Jesus and time in the outdoors? Although we often can’t explain why, many people experience closeness with God by spending time in nature. Wilderness experiences rejuvenate us and maybe you are one of those people who wants to […]
