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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
April 19th, 2008
Time and nature, as experienced alone in the wilderness, are like huge hands massaging the soul and the mind, altering perception like a good massage therepist alters the condition of muscles.” – Burke Miller The father of a friend of mine in my men’s group at church had a book published in 2005 titled, “Exploring [...]
March 24th, 2008
As mentioned in the video for the First Things First Kidology online training session, my pastor challenged us to consider what “re-creates” us, and to intentionally PLAN it into our lives. Up until that time I wrongly considered recreation to be equal to play and often said my recreation and my occupation were the same: [...]
January 25th, 2008
Josh, the first Summiteer to to sign up, writes: I was listening to Matthew West’s new album “Something to Say” yesterday and a song really touched me deep in my soul. I think it applies directly to the mission of Yosemite Summit. We are all so very busy everyday and we don’t take time to [...]