by Jamie Jo Johnson | Aug 28, 2026 | Alumni Spotlight, Inspiration
Today, we are surrounded by so much noise, so many opinions, and so many people telling us things for money. Are they true? Who knows? Between AI and paid ads, I don’t know what to believe anymore. But, I do know that reviews of daily items we think we cannot live...
by Jamie Jo Johnson | Mar 17, 2021 | Alumni Spotlight
Jamie Jo here! The Alumni Questionnaire is one of the things that I am most excited about on the new Kanakuk Alumni website. I can’t wait to hear about all of our Alumni’s favorite memories and about their lives since Kanakuk. The questionnaire will serve as...
by Jamie Jo Johnson | Jun 23, 2020 | Alumni Spotlight
Talking with Scott Brickell was a hoot. He is so much fun and so sincere always! I am thankful to be able to call him a friend and know that he and his wife, Stacy, are true friends who can be counted on. I had lunch with him in Franklin this Spring and got to...
by Jamie Jo Johnson | Feb 25, 2020 | Alumni Spotlight, Inspiration
When my daughter Grace made her first trip from our home in California to the Ozark Mountains, I think she was incredibly excited, and a bit curious to see if this place called Kanakuk really existed. For the first 12 years of her life, she often heard some pretty...
by Jamie Jo Johnson | Feb 10, 2020 | Alumni Spotlight
Hello, fellow Kanakuk alumni. It’s Your Enneagram Coach, Beth McCord. I grew up going to K-1 and K-2 from 1982-1990 (3rd term). In fact, I became a Christian in the summer of 1982 when Richard Beach shared the Gospel message during an evening Gospel-talk event at...
by Jamie Jo Johnson | Jan 10, 2020 | Alumni Spotlight
I am excited to feature a Kanakuk alumnus each month here on our Kanakuk Kampfire blog. I think it will be fun for us to read about our friends and reconnect with our cabin mates in the world in which they live via old Kamp memories. I’ve been struggling writing this...
