The Luke 15 Factor

Something crazy happens in Luke 15 – something which I believe is critical for middle school students to understand and for us to embrace. We got to experience it this past summer during our first trip to BigStuf Summer Camps (www.bigstuf.com) So the whole week they preached Jesus – which was awesome. And they set us […]

Middle School Missions Is Greater At Home

So recently I blogged on how my mindset shifted from taking a weeklong missions trip to attending a weeklong summer camp. I am sure there were those who were like “Dude – thats unbiblical to go against having students taking care of the poor and widows and orphans.” And I’m like “totally – I’m all […]

When Summer Camp Trumps Missions Trip

Yesterday I posted on my mindset shift of taking middle schoolers to summer camp rather than simply going on a missions trip. I grew up going on missions trips, hardly ever going to camp. I used to tell myself it was selfish to go to camp, that going on a missions trip was good because […]

When Summer Camp Trumps Missions Trip

Until recently, I would have never gone to a summer camp with students. I was all about missions trips. But after processing numerous summers of weeklong trips to impoverished communities with a team of middle school students – its not so much I think those don’t belong. But I question the health of such trips […]