http://yosemitesummit.org a children's pastor's sabbatical - May 17-21, 2009 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:03:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes! The time has come! Registration for Yosemite Summit is NOW OPEN! For details on the event check out the site, and when you are ready to apply, simply visit the registration page. Dear God, Please once again bring just the right eight guys to this event. You know who they are ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/08/11/yosemite-summit-2009-registration-is-now-open/ Just want those who follow this site or subscribe to RSS to be the first to know that registration for Yosemite Summit 2009 will open August 10th and it is first deposit - first go! This event is expected to fill up again, so don't miss out! ONLY EIGHT MEN ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/08/03/yosemite-summit-2009-registraion-opens-soon/ 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 ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/06/19/goals-made-easy/ Don't miss the video at the end, and click any picture for a larger view. It's hard to believe the Yosemite Summit 2008 is over. It's been several weeks, but it still feels like a part of me is still there in the Sierra Nevada. It's been fun sorting through the ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/06/05/yosemite-summit-2008-report/ 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 ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/05/26/a-prayer-bearly-answered/ Hard to believe, but Yosemite Summit has finally arrived! I am currently sitting on the floor at O'Hare International Airport awaiting to board my flight to Sacramento, California! I'm heading out a day early to shop for all the food, my wife was nice enough to plan the extensive shopping ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/05/16/it-is-here/ 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 ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/05/15/packin-my-bags/ 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 ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/04/30/confessions-of-a-driven-pastor/ In Canada this past weekend I discovered that my host, Steve, was a climbing enthusiast who actually has some serious training and experience in rock and ice climbing! I found myself gawking at the pictures he had on display in his office that he had cut from magazines and a ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/04/28/alpinist-and-breathtaking-wallpapers/ 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 ... http://yosemitesummit.org/2008/04/19/the-power-of-getting-away/