The tension

7/15/2025 These National Staff Conferences come around every couple of years, and including travel, take just short of two weeks. And they always seem to cause some inner disruption. Let me explain… Heather and I joined staff mid-career just about fifteen years ago. We were going down one pathway that made a lot of sense and included a good job, good service in the local church, and a new house that would be great for…
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Faithful and Forgotten

7/14/2025 We believe that people have a natural urge to explore – this constant pull to discover what’s around the next bend or over the next rise. At the same time, we crave roots – the utterly familiar where we rest, recover, dream, and plan… in an atmosphere of well-being, acceptance, and grace… where we are known and loved, without requirement or condition, free of stress, worry, and anxiety. Muckleroy Base Camp is about the…
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Thoughts from my future self

7/12/2025 There’s only so many things you can do. You can’t do everything. For starters, do you know where you are? You better take a minute to get your bearings. You’ve been running pretty hard. It’s good to stop every now and then, look around, and think about where you’re going. Volume is important. Quality is more important. There is a place for dabbling and learning a bunch of things. But pretty quickly, you sight…
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