Something From Nothing

He (Jesus)  replied, “...Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20  Last week I was in the coach house assembling some shelves to move toiletries and...

Horses, lead shanks and New Year’s resolutions – testing what we believe.

It was a showstopper - a horse, firing backward off a trailer, snapping the lead shank and prancing,tail flagging, on a tour of the show grounds. Her owner had dutifully checked that she was tied… andthen went around to un-fasten the tail bar….You never know the strength of a shank when it’s hanging on the...

A Gift from Dad

My Christmas gift request list as a kid was always sports related, as in hockey equipment or a baseball glove. No electric trains, model airplanes or complicated games for me. I was a jock from very young. I really did want a bicycle though. For a couple of years I earned money from the jobs...

Homesickness and…Kidsickness?

“The kids were rolling their eyes. The parents were dabbing theirs. Homesickness loomed…for the parents. If the younger folk were worried about being separated from their parents and pets (and iPad and IPhone), the older generation looked positively stricken by a combination of love and anxiety." OurKids-“Why Send Kids to Camp” “Are you all packed...

The Teen Ranch Staff Family

Teen Ranch is a Christian camp which exists to promote and assist in the development of youth through a well-balanced physical, practical and non-denominational spiritual program and to communicate the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We enjoy a rich heritage of committed staff that God has used in His work here. Since 1967, people...