Wilderness Trek Blog
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7 or 8 years ago I was stuck in a rut. I was "stuck" in a job that no longer gave me passion, I was out of sync spiritually with Gods plan for my life and I felt like everything was shrinking, not growing. The funny thing was, I was a full-time minister. It...
What I learned about nature after Columbine.
The only thing I was sure of that evening when I left Columbine after the shooting was that everything had changed. The next 3 days I shut myself into my house and tried to make sense of the suffering I saw. As I binged watched cable news I would find myself screaming...
Nature’s role in spiritual formation
Moving our headquarters to West Texas this year I have had many people in my local community ask me. "Wilderness Trek. What do they do?". My simple and quick answer is, "We provide spiritual formation through outdoor activities like backpacking and climbing." This is...
A new direction?
Sometimes changing direction is hard, other times it is a natural as breathing or waking up in a tent on a sunny day. We have changed a few things about trek lately and it has feels as natural as an old pair of hiking boots. Those of you who have been on a Trek with...
Does Wilderness Trek work?
Make sure and watch this quick video to hear first hand from teens who have been through our program just what they thought.
Next40 Campaign Launch
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Exciting news from our board!
The Board of Directors of Wilderness Trek Christian Camp (“Wilderness Trek” or “WTCC”) is proud to announce today that Paul Talley will be taking over as the new Executive Director of Wilderness Trek. Paul will succeed the retiring Bob Harris who has served...
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A summer of learning
Now that summer 2017 is "in the books" I have had time to reflect on what ended up being a summer of stops and starts. As many of you already know, our Executive Director Bob, had an unexpected health problem 2 days before our summer kicked off. Running an operation...