Dec 31, 2012 | Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, Rapid Decision Making, Spiritual Formation
Characteristics of Successful Leaders We all can recognize a really good leader, but what characteristics set great leaders apart from good leaders can be difficult to identify sometimes. It can be even harder to identify good leadership characteristics in ourselves...
Nov 26, 2012 | Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Snowboarding, Spiritual Formation, Wilderness Bible Studies
As we all await the first deluge of winter powder on the slopes, Edy Sutherland’s post is a great appetizer for some of the deeper lessons in purity we can learn from those champagne powder milk runs that await. Psalm 51:7 Cleanse me with hyssop (truth), and I...
Nov 15, 2012 | Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Spiritual Formation, Technology, Wilderness Education, Youth Ministry
This week as I’m preparing for a training tour in Estonia, Romania, Italy, and France, my good friend Joel Vermillion, a Missions and Adventure Pastor at Meadow Springs Church near Portland, Oregon, offers an insightful and practical post on a concern that many...
Nov 14, 2012 | Adventure Pastors Blog Series, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Men's Ministry, Spiritual Formation
My friend Steve White recently published a book about how God saved his relationship with his son and daughter. He writes about how God used time in the wilderness to show him that all his life he had been a workaholic. His wounds made him aloof to the needs of his...
Oct 24, 2012 | Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Spiritual Formation, Wilderness Bible Studies
This week I’m catching up from a recent speaking engagement in Ecuador. My friend Edy Sutherland hits it out of the park with this reflection comparing the thrill of a high ropes course as compared to the rejuvenating aspects of authentic wilderness experiences....
