The Family Camp Blog
April Fun
Posted by Tina on Apr 01 2011I love how April starts off with a day focused on fun and not taking ourselves too seriously. It’s like a little preview of those carefree summer days to come. Plus, I’m a fan of a good, old-fashioned (not mean-spirited) prank. My small group Bible study has a tradition of pranking. It all began with [...]
Read more...Family Camp Really Rocks!
Posted by Tina on Mar 29 2011Have you heard about the new Family Camp site? If not, hang onto your hats . . . because, as in the words of our Director, it ROCKS! As we’ve been talking about renewal this month, this is a perfect time to talk about the physical renewal of Family Camp. Keep reading for an update [...]
Read more...Renewing your body
Posted by Tina on Mar 25 2011We’ve been talking about renewal some this month, which includes of course our bodies! Here’s a fun little video about just that to kick off your weekend with a smile. Enjoy!
Read more...Guest Post: Renewal
Posted by Tina on Mar 22 2011Springtime and Lent seem to be an appropriate time of year to reflect on renewal. High Calling Blogger Jeanne Damoff spent some time thinking about the topic and has graciously agreed to share her thoughts here. ******************************************************** This is the year of rest. Or so I named it and am seeking to live it. But [...]
Read more...Teaching Empathy
Posted by Tina on Mar 16 2011News and images from Japan flood into our homes, and while many of us recognize that this could be an amazing teachable moment with our children, it’s a little overwhelming to know where to start processing ourselves, much less with our families. Particularly as the heartache for the Japanese is so fresh. Here are a [...]
Read more...The Joy of Repentance
Posted by Tina on Mar 09 2011As we enter into this season of Lent, and as we ponder the topic of renewal this month, I thought it would be fitting to think about repentance on this Ash Wednesday. I wrote this post around this time last year, and yet the conviction to remember the character of my King hit me again [...]
Read more...The Five Love Languages
Posted by Tina on Mar 03 2011For many of you, this resource is not new. But every time I review the information in Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages, I find something new that I can apply in my relationships – with my spouse, my children, my family, and my friends. As I seek to know others, I realize how invaluable [...]
Read more...Loving Others
Posted by Tina on Feb 28 2011And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as he loved himself. -1 Samuel 18:1 David and Jonathan. What a beautiful, yet complicated relationship! Here we see in 1 Samuel, that from [...]
Read more...Warm Hearts
Posted by Tina on Feb 21 2011What an amazing weekend with families from the Good Samaritan Center and SAMM Ministries! Even though the evenings dropped down to 15 degrees, the days warmed to almost 70. And, like the weather, as the weekend progressed, families that may have seemed frozen began to warm up with sharing and laughter. Parents and children played [...]
Read more...Guest Post: How to {Make} Love
Posted by Tina on Feb 17 2011Guest Post (and photos) by Ann Voskamp I‘m sitting there on the side of a windblown road, waiting for the Farmer to bring me a jug of gas. We’ve knocked on a door. Asked if we could patch through a call to home. Yes, Levi says, when he picks up the phone. Yes, I think [...]
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