The impact of camp is not program or facility but people . . . long after games and adventure are forgotten, campers will remember their counselors. Lloyd Mattson, The Camp Counselor A Slice of Fresh Bread One of the joys of living in the country is burn...

Last week I was privileged to view the majestic snow capped mountains, towering evergreen trees and rocky hillsides that create the setting for Forest Home. I say, create the setting because Forest Home is much more than a beautiful place. It is a staff...

In the end, achievement can't really answer the big questions - Who am I? What am I really worth? How do I face death? It gives the initial illusion of an answer. There is an initial rush of happiness that leads us to believe we have arrived, been...

The past few days I've been with the staff of Alpine Camp and Conference Center, helping with their staff retreat at Forest Home Christian Camp in Southern California. Alpine is a camp that practices what it preaches. They actually take a few days...

Deep within all of us there is a yearning to be brave. And like all of our deepest, truest and best yearnings, it comes from how we were made. Courage - the power to do the right thing even when it is scary and hard - resonates deeply with the original...

I was privileged to speak at the Mission's Festival at Frisco Bible Church last Sunday, February 21 st . Dr. Wayne Braudrick, the pastor worked with me at Pine Cove Christian Camps in the mid 1980s and we have remained friends for over 25 years. I'm...

One of the signs that an object is functioning as an idol is that fear becomes one of the chief characteristics of life. Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods A Slice of Fresh Bread My wife is a brave woman. Our cat usually sleeps in the garage and each morning...

I had heard about Camp Qwanoes for years; I knew the director, Scott Bayley, read the book, visited the website and seen the literature. I was honored when Scott e-mailed inviting me to visit the camp and put my "two-cents" into the discussion...

We look to sex and romance to give us the transcendence and sense of meaning we used to get from faith in God. Timothy Keller, Counterfeit Gods A Slice of Fresh Bread My wife opened the door to our garage and discovered an opossum helping himself to dinner...

The distance between Tyler, Texas and Seattle, Washington has just about 2,000 reasons to not visit too often. I would not have gone back to my 35-year class reunion except that I was selected to receive a Medallion Award. Beside the Alumni of the Year...

The best minute I spend is the one I invest in people. Ken Blanchard, The One Minute Manager A Slice of Fresh Bread Living 2,000 miles from where I went to school, I had never attended a high school or college reunion until this past weekend when I participated...

Over 300 Christian camping leaders from 10 countries gathered near Kiev, January 21-24 for the 2010 CCI-Ukraine national training conference. The program was wonderfully orchestrated in fine detail to promote the theme: Full Speed Ahead . The nautical...

Dan wasn't the slowest man alive, but he was going to give the guy who was a run for his money. Tim Kimmel, Raising Kids for True Greatness A Slice of Fresh Bread I lost my cell phone a few weeks ago while on an out of town trip. For about a week...

Life without an eternal perspective trades living for longing, exchanges happiness for hurriedness, and gives up rest for restlessness. When this life is all that we've got going for us, we're forced to grab all the gusto we can. As fast as we...

CCI-UK holds their national conference on odd numbered years but on the even years the managers and directors of the CCI-member centers gather for a smaller but equally significant conference. My pastor, Ross Strader and a friend from church, Mark Brookshire...