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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
My family has fully bought into the Spider-Man storyline. You can find us arguing about which Spider-Man movie is the best or which actor plays Peter the best. While the house may be divided on Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, or Tom Holland, we all rally around Peter...
EDMOND, I see you!!
Edmond, Oklahoma, alumni: Do you know your neighbors? I was looking through all of our 2026 Kampers who were at Kamp this summer, and we had 1,849 Kampers who have a parent who was also a Kamper or on staff. That is so much fun. But what I found even more...
“By Wisdom A House Is Built…”
How is your foundation? Today, one of my co-workers asked me to take a quick walk to process things. We left the director’s building offices and headed down through the gates of K1. To be honest, it had been a while since I strolled down Cabin Row....
Non-Sponsored Reviews
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...
Life Lessons From The Top
I just had the most amazing opportunity to hike Stoos Ridge in Switzerland. It is a hike I have seen all over social media and the internet; a beautiful ridge hike overlooking blue lakes and the Alps as far as the eye can see. It was high on my bucket list and a...
Legacy
Legacy is something that I have been thinking a lot about this summer. With my dad retiring at the end of the month, the thought of legacy has been heavy on my heart. It seems to have weighed heavily on many hearts this summer as well. I have noticed Kamp...
“First Flight”
I have had such a great summer! As many of you know, I have had the wonderful “job” of leading the wave runner tours at K-Kauai. Of course, I had to put job in quotation marks because how on earth could riding wave runners on beautiful Lake Taneycomo ever be...
Awe. Wonder. Breathlessness.
In February, I had the opportunity to take several Kanakuk couples to Iceland for a long Valentine’s Weekend. The trip was EPIC, and I am so thankful for the new friendships that formed while we traveled and adventured together! I’m sure I’ll be writing about...
Why Kids Need Summer Camp More Than Ever
After working with kids at Kanakuk for the past 30 years, I’ve had the unique opportunity to watch thousands of children grow in confidence —often in just a matter of days. What happens at Kanakuk is more than just fun and games. It’s formative. It’s impactful. And in...