Apr 25, 2012 | Abandonment, Discipleship, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Solitude, Spiritual Formation, Wilderness Bible Studies
Abandonment. Is it good or bad? Or both? Abandonment can be good or bad. It can be courageous or despicable. It can be right or wrong. Abandonment is a bad thing if we abandon someone in his or her time of need, or if we abandon a project before completing it. Yet on...
Apr 25, 2012 | Awareness, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Solitude, Teachable Moments, Wilderness Bible Studies
Each of our hearts is an open book to Christ. And because His aim is to restore our hearts to their original design, He continually asks us questions to reveal the true nature of our heart. This is the process of spiritual formation. The question is, do we cooperate...
Apr 17, 2012 | First Aid, Leadership Skills, Outdoor Leadership Training Tips (Blog Series), Spiritual Formation, Teachable Moments, Wilderness Bible Studies
This is a guest post by my friend, Edy Sutherland. You can visit her website and follow her on facebook. Spiritual First Responder Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. (Colossians 4:6) All...
Apr 12, 2012 | Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Spiritual Formation, Teachable Moments, What is Wilderness Ministry?, Wilderness Bible Studies
St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria is a stunning sight. What instantly struck me as I walked into the sanctuary was a sense of awe. The architecture naturally elicits a feeling of reverence for the immensity of God’s holiness. St. Stephens, like...
Apr 9, 2012 | Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Scuba Diving, Spiritual Formation, Wilderness Core Knowledge
The Benefits of Neutral Buoyancy! A Spiritual Formation Analogy from the Sea [Jesus] told [the disciples], “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.” (Luke 10:2) Dangerous...
