Over a decade ago, while in seminary I began researching children’s spirituality. I read whatever I could and looked at (and tried) lots of things, […]
Short-Term Mission Trips: A Privilege of the Privileged
This summer, for the ninth year in a row, I will take a group of high school students on a mission trip. I know […]
Creating Sacred Space – the making of a garden chapel
Our house gave us an unexpected gift on the first day we moved in. With our new keys in hand, we entered the backyard to […]
A Place To Run Home To: Camp Gravatt
Summer camp was not a norm for me when I was a kid. I was a competitive swimmer, and so my summer consisted of two […]
When your kids don’t love church camp
Do your kids love church camp? What do you do when they don’t? Miriam McKenney shares her experiences with her daughters when some love church camp and some don’t.
Don’t take a vacation from God! Faith Formation is year-round and lifelong.
Every year, the church-going faithful come into Pentecost with their post-Easter glow and then, well…honestly, everyone seems to disappear. The “summer slump.” as my formation […]
Learning who I want to be at Camp McDowell
“You know how God appears in lots of different ways? Like God takes on different shapes and forms, but they all add up to mean God. […]
Shouting and Sharing God’s Love at Summer Camp
Something I’ve learned over the past decade from serving The Diocese of Virginia as the Director of Shrine Mont Camps is that time feels different […]
Loving, Belonging & Connecting at Summer Camp
Editor’s Note: I attended my diocesan camp as a young child, rediscovered God’s presence in my life at that camp as a nineteen-year-old and first felt […]
Our Movie Making Journey Through Lent
I have the good fortune of working with a bright, gifted group of kids who are being raised by loving parents devoted to their Christian […]