Listen; My Camp Arcadia Experience by Alayna Kersten
Listen Have you ever just sat and listened to the world around you? Listened to the birds chirping outside on a hot afternoon? Listened to the cars go by on a busy street? Listened to kids as they play tag in a park? There’s something beautiful about sound. The sound everyone thinks of when they […]
Free to Rest
From “Sustainable,” a series of Camp Arcadia lectures, Summer 2016 If you’ve grown up around Christianity then you’re familiar with the word “sabbath.” It refers both to the day of rest we see God taking at the conclusion of his creative work in the book of Genesis as well as to the command he gives […]
“X-mas” and “Christmas” by Bill Cwirla
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (ESV) I’ve decided to use both “Xmas” and “Christmas” this year but not interchangeably. “Xmas” will refer to the “holidays” – that most wonderful time of the […]
An Advent Reflection; Unexpected Grace by Jess McCallum, Program Director
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior; and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25: 4-5 Shoveling accumulated snow is not my favorite task. I’d worked late, it was going to be dark, and while I […]
Summer Staff 2017; Who will they be?
There is nothing better than a Chief shake or a bag of popcorn in the Trading Post. When that snack comes with a smile from one of our summer staff, it seems to taste even better! Serving with a smile whether in the Trading Post, the Dining Room or anywhere else at Camp is just […]