Why we do what we do: Teaching

Raise your hand if you hate Math class.  Sure math was fun in elementary school when you learned about addition with the help of M & M’s or fractions with little pizza diagrams, but now that you are in high school, math sucks.  At least it did for me.  I dreaded having to sit through class, work on problem after problem, all while trying understand the foreign language coming out of my teacher’s mouth.  I think I hated math so much because I just didn’t understand it. 

Why we do what we do: Worship

Here is a post from last year but I think it is worth the reminder of why we do what we do.

I have struggled to write this post over the past few weeks.  Not because I don’t have much to say on the subject of worship at camp, but because I don’t feel as though my words capture the importance of worship at camp.

Why We Do What We Do: Challenges

Senior Teen Week has come a long way since I attended as a camper 12 years ago.  Not that things were bad back then, they were just different.  One example would be that when I attended my senior year of high school there was no Young Teen or Senior Teen week, both weeks were combined.  Imagine if you can 8 graders through college freshman all the same camp!  Another example would be the schedule.  Built into the schedule were your generic afternoon sports games and a lot of free time.  Now I am all about free time, but sitting around camp for hours on end with little structure is only entertaining for so long.  So when Jordan and I took over as director we provided a little more structure in the form of Challenges.

Why we do what we do: Teaching

Raise your hand if you hate Math class.  Sure math was fun in elementary school when you learned about addition with the help of M & M’s or fractions with little pizza diagrams, but now that you are in high school, math sucks.  At least it did for me.  I dreaded having to sit through class, work on problem after problem, all while trying understand the foreign language coming out of my teacher’s mouth.  I think I hated math so much because I just didn’t understand it. 

Why we do what we do: Worship

I have struggled to write this post over the past few weeks.  Not because I don’t have much to say on the subject of worship at camp, but because I don’t feel as though my words capture the importance of worship at camp.