February 11th, 2010
Everyone needs to almost die.
By the way, this is my report on my Solo Sabbatical in Yosemite) Everyone has been asking me about my time in Yosemite alone at the end of January/beginning of February – so here it is. I blogged a thank you to my pastor in Illinois on why I was doing [...]
February 8th, 2010
By Brent Peak, Summiteer 2009
I suppose it’s time to start sharing what I experienced at the Yosemite Summit last year. The point of the Summit was for us children’s pastors (8 of us, plus our leader, Karl Bastian) to resign from our jobs for a week and reconnect with God. I knew I needed this, [...]
February 25th, 2009
The Happiest Place on Earth?
or
Disneyland or Yosemite?
As I was reflecting on Yosemite today I got to thinking how much better Yosemite is than even a Disney theme park:
It’s enough to make you reconsider just what is the happiest place on earth.
(original source)
February 16th, 2009
Know what might be the best thing for your ministry right now?
A new resource?
A new program?
A new book?
A new curriculum?
A new conference?
A new idea?
A new volunteer?
A new senior pastor? :0)
This may surprise you – but the best thing for your ministry right now may be to get as far away from it as possible – [...]
January 31st, 2009
I can’t shake it. I can’t help it. I can’t stop thinking about Yosemite.
It is the most amazingly spectacular place in all of the United States of America (if not the world) and I will be there in just four months again joined by at least three other children’s pastors who will bask in the [...]
November 21st, 2008
There is just something powerful about hiking. about exploring. about going where few have gone before. And while Yosemite may be a place visited by many, many more never bother to take the time to plan to get away, and even fewer leave the valley to hike to more remote trails that offer the most [...]
June 19th, 2008
I saw an awesome poster today that showed a guy climbing a mountain and above it was just the word “GOAL.” Below the picture is defined the word as “decide what you want to do, and then do it.”
My first reaction was that this was over simplifying the concept of goals, but the more I [...]
May 26th, 2008
I’ve got lots of pictures to post and stories to tell about the very first Yosemite Summit, but for those of you who like to read the last chapter of books first – I’ll start by telling you about a very cool thing that happened at the very end of the trip.
I’d been to Yosemite [...]
May 15th, 2008
It’s hard to believe, but I am packin’ by bags for Yosemite Summit!
It’s quite a puzzle, trying to balance “trim down and take the minimum” with “be sure you don’t forget!” The front room looks like Base Camp for a trek up Mt. Everest! (I’m sad to leave so much climbing equipment behind, but we [...]
April 30th, 2008
A while back I found the articles linked below on pastors.com and they were exactly what I needed at the time. I have since shared them with many men and I offer them here, not as something I think you might need, but as something I NEEDED that you just might too.
I recommend you read [...]