Kristen, Author at KristenJoyWilks.com

Campfire Saturday

August 28, 2021 Kristen

The Masks We Wear

Perhaps this is part of why we as a people both hate masks and yet can be so quick to create masks for ourselves.

Boy Quotes

August 14, 2021 Kristen

Boy Quotes

Brennan–“The difference between glasses and no glasses [for me] is like the difference between regular yogurt and probiotic yogurt.”

Campfire Saturday

August 7, 2021 Kristen

Image of God: you’ve got gray hair!

But you know what? It was a perfect illustration of how our value doesn’t come from our age or our hair color. We are God’s image bearers and are priceless to him. When the speaker asked if anyone knew Philippians 4:8 that same camper took a deep deep breath and shouted out the scripture word for word. Weather we are precocious or quiet, we are so very precious in God’s sight.

Campfire Saturday

July 24, 2021 Kristen

The Boogie Man Boogie

How did a weird tangent during cabin discussion about the omnipresence of God lead to a scary story about the boogie man, morph into lots of dancing, briefly shine as a fairly accurate reflection of the speaker’s theme for the week, and then result in the camp’s winning skit?

Campfire Saturday

July 10, 2021 Kristen

Atomic God Bomb: The Still Small Voice

We saw God work with incredible power this week. The power of an improbable coincidence followed by another improbable coincidence that was followed by five more, the power of the Spirit’s gentle nudge, the power of the cup of water given in Jesus name, the power of the still small voice.

Campfire Saturday

June 28, 2021 Kristen

Staff Training 2021

As I sat in my writing chair doing cabin assignments, I heard the sound of an acoustic guitar on the hillside above our house.

Campfire Saturday

June 19, 2021 Kristen

Five Ways to Prepare Your Child for Camp

Are your kids about to zoom off to summer camp but you’re not sure if they’re ready for a week away from home? Well, here are five things you can do to get them geared up and ready to go!