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Gratitude Changes Everything
I want to continue with gratitude as we approach Thanksgiving this week. (Unlike the previous one, I promise this one will be short and sweet.) Last week, I talked (extensively) about what gratitude can do for us. Still, this week, I want to explore the...
Practicing Gratitude
I want to explore thankfulness and gratitude as we enter this Thanksgiving season. In the Bible, we are told to be thankful or grateful more than 150 times—and that doesn’t even count the nearly 200 times “praise the Lord” is written or the 85 times we are told...
Kanakuk Expeditions
We are so excited for the new adventure of KANAKUK EXPEDITIONS! If you don’t know, we have started taking small group trips with our current and past Kamp families, and it has been epic!! As someone who loves to travel and loves to plan travel even more, this venture...
Kanakuk Podcast
The Kanakuk podcast is a great way to stay connected to Kanakuk and to our alumni! We have produced more than 100 episodes on topics ranging from parenting to leadership and everything in between. In the past year, we have been focusing on alumni stories...
The Alumni Questionnaire
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 just a...
Winter Storms in Texas
Snow covering Texas. Who would have ever thought? I have lived in the mountains of Colorado for the past 12 years and I would see news reports about those poor Texans and their one to three inches of snow and it would seem so dramatic to me. I hate to...
Alumni Spotlight: Scott Brickell
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...
Mother’s Day
My mom is wonderfully amazing! She really is! I know that today, many of us will be celebrating our moms, and I know that many of us will be using phrases like “the best” and that’s fine. We can all think that our mom is the best if we want to. So I’m going to use...
Staff Spotlight: Trish Barnes
Trish is one of my favorite people of all time! I feel so blessed that my relationship with her has gotten to be so multifaceted as she has filled so many roles in my life as I have grown up. I got to know her as “Coach” in high school because I played volleyball for...