Boy Quotes
Holiday Edition Shazam!–Playing a boardgame with his brothers and dad–“Mom, can you come and rub the dog’s armpits so
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Campfire Saturday–Junior High Winter Blast!
But so many times when I talk with people about this amazing thing called camp, this crazy life God has called us to, folks want to simplify the camp experience and break it down to the bare numbers.
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Campfire Saturday–This is Your Brain on Faith!
And yes, of course true friendship involves mashed potato art! In this case, another mashed potato duck.
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It’s Campfire Saturday! –Summer Staff Winter Retreat
At Camas Medows Bible Camp, the day after Christmas isn’t for finding all the stuff you lost underneath that pile
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May the Years Between Us Fall Away as we Worship
However, standing beside his wife, was an older gentleman. He had the look of a lifelong worker. Perhaps a truck driver, mechanic, or one of the many retired orchardists who fill our rural community. Simple clothes, shirt untucked, Gnarled hands raised to heaven as he listened to the clear voices of the girls worshiping on the stage.
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Unwanted, Unexpected, A Whisper, A Gift
Someone dumped a half-grown kitten on the mountain meadow where we live.
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The Tragic Toastmasters Travail
So, I’ve been writing seriously (with the goal of publication) for twenty-two years. I recently received my 10th rejection from
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Boy Quotes
Theo–“I would brush my teeth even more if we watched something with zombies.”
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Battleground!
She gazed up at that ocean of stars and felt so small. Beneath that giant sky, all her problems felt suddenly small, too. Knowing that the God of all those huge and brilliant things had made her and loved her brought an unexpected peace.
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Running From God!
Among this raucous splash of humanity were also children who had no faith background at all. Sometimes they would giggle when a counselor prayed or shout out a wild and perhaps slightly sarcastic, “Amen, brother!” during chapel as they attempted to navigate a strange social situation that was completely foreign to them.
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