Since my kids were young, they have attended Arrowhead Bible Camp each summer.  I remember dropping them off on Sunday afternoon and waiting 5 whole days to hear about their week on Friday morning.  They looked a little dirtier, a few scratches here and there, mosquito bites and maybe some sunburn.  In the elementary years, camp was fun and a safe place to make new friends who shared faith in Christ.  In high school, they each participated in a 2 week discipleship camp, which Katie now helps lead.  Those two weeks were fundamental for my kids as they learned theology, spiritual disciplines and their role in ministry.  And now, this summer all 3 of them had a chance to serve at camp and I can see how valuable it is for them to experience this type of ministry and service. Just last week, I finally the chance to spend a week at camp for the first time, as the speaker.  What a great experience!  About 80 students gathered in the chapel each day to hear a message after they got pumped up b

Recently, my husband and I have found ourselves digging deeper into theology, spending our free time watching sermons, listening to reformed pastors, researching everything from cultural shifts to biblical holiness.  It started with questions about why we hear stories of people leaving their faith, decontructing faith and why people live duplicitous lives of hypocrisy.  Why does it seem hard to find people who are pursuing holiness and how is the political environment of 2022 impacting the church.  We've dug into information from David Jeremiah's Where Do We Go From Here ,   to messages from Noelle Mering on Progressive Ideology, Amar Tsarfati on the end times, to the American Gospel documentaries.    All of this research has spurred us on to deep conversations about the church, the world, and our future.  The Bible stands in deep contrast to the ideologies and philosophies of our world today. I'm not saying anything surprising when I admit I think our world is a mess righ