Jun 4, 2014 | Outdoor Leadership Training Tips (Blog Series), Program Management, Resources
Due to the breakdown of family and the disconnectedness of urban communities, the distractions of technology, and the signs of eroding trust in our youth culture, people in the coming years will respond more and more to small group approaches to ministry. The time is...
Jan 18, 2013 | Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Program Management, What is Wilderness Ministry?
This year SROM (Solid Rock Outdoor Ministry) in Laramie, Wyoming is celebrating 30 years of wilderness ministry! I can only imagine the thousands of lives that have been transformed through their wilderness programs and their 40 Day/40 Night courses. If you’d...
Jan 7, 2013 | Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Outdoor Leadership Training Tips (Blog Series), Program Management, Teachable Moments
Guest blogger Ken Cox and I worked on this post together to reflect on his wilderness experiences in Crested Butte, CO.I remember one of my non-outdoorsy friends telling me they didn’t understand why anyone would want to hike because you can see just about...
Nov 15, 2012 | International, Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Mission, Youth Ministry
Several weeks ago I blogged about an exceptionally missional outdoor adventures ministry that has just cropped up in Trujillo, Peru. The post was titled, 4 Lessons from Sandboarding with Inca Thakhi in Peru. Well amazingly, I was able to meet with Joca a few weeks ago...
Sep 20, 2012 | Adventure Therapy, Business Lessons from the Wilderness, Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Program Management, Recruiting Participants or Guides
British Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton placed this recruiting advertisement in London newspapers in 1900 in preparation for the National Antarctic Expedition: INDIVIDUALS WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete...
