Our partners at Benedictine College have launched a service learning department to integrate classroom lessons into real-life experience through service to the poor. Brilliant! They asked us for our thoughts on this and our recent mission to the Peruvian Andes, and the story is now live. Check it out! https://www.benedictine.edu/academics/service-learning/newsletter/2017/12-08/importance
Recently we had the pleasure of leading a trip along the Appalachian Trail. We started at Springer Mountain, the place where thru-hike dreams are most often launched, Unlike the thru-hikers, we were only on the trail for a few days, on our way to Camp Hidden Lake and the Life Teen Encounter Atlanta retreat. All […]
Bear and Creatio are at it again! Our Missions and Adventures Director was a guest on Bear’s Woznick’s Deep Adventure radio show. Ever wonder what it’s like on the Camino de Santiago? Hear Kevin’s experience walking about 600 miles of it and the role the mysticism of the Camino played in reinvigorating his faith. If […]
Recently our Executive Director was a guest on Bear Woznick’s Deep Adventure Radio Show. They talk about all kinds of things, explore God’s wild side, the creation and evolution of trails, and other topics you won’t want to miss. Big thanks to Bear for the thought-provoking interview! If you’re a regular podcast listener, Adam’s episode […]
It’s been over two years since I decided to put ALL my faith in God and trust that everything was going to work out. I left the life I knew and stepped into the unknown, beginning a life of travel and wanting to make a difference in some way that served God. I had just […]
I took my place under a coconut tree and pulled my knees to my chest, watching my boss paddle out against the surf. Salsa Brava is known as the biggest break in all of Costa Rica and only experienced surfers like the man before me would attempt to brave the hell it churns up. The […]
“To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures of nature, art or history. To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves in order to encounter God where he has revealed himself, where his grace has shone with particular splendor and produced rich fruits of […]
We are all on a pilgrimage. Knowing we are on a journey, knowing we are made for something greater, knowing there is a destination – this is the root of hope. Walking the Camino de Santiago last summer brought light to the words of a talk I recently heard: hope is the virtue of a […]
Laudato si’ and climate change Climate change is, not surprisingly, the most controversial and politically charged issue in Laudato si’. It has been a source of heated debate and confusion especially in the American context. In this essay I will outline everything the encyclical Laudato si’ says on climate change and then compare and […]
The release of the encyclical Laudato Si by Pope Francis has stirred much political debate, news clips and sound bites making all kinds of claims about what it does and does not say or what the Pope does and does not support. Yet, most of the comments seem to be disconnected from what he actually […]