A Nature Lover’s Career–A Decades Long Journey! Part 3 of 6

A Nature Lover’s Career–A Decade Long Journey! Part III of IV By the summer of ’96, I had built quite and extensive resume of my job experiences. Unfortunately, due to circumstances outside my control I wasn’t able to score one of the highly coveted full time positions at “The Dunes”.

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What Does Leadership Look Like?

What Does Leadership Look Like? There is a big push in many social, political, and business circles promoting the idea of leadership and qualities related to leadership. This list of qualities is long; here are just a few of the more common ones: Vision: Leaders have a clear vision and

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How Do I Become The Man God Wants Me To Be? Provider

How Do I Become The Man God Wants Me To Be? “Provider” In my last blog I used Jerry Boykin’s (Strong & Courageous) definition of what God wants a man to be– Provider Instructor Defender Battle Buddy Chaplain This month let’s look at provider.  WHAT DOES GOD EXPECT OF A

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You Don’t Need to Live in the Gym!

You Don’t Need to Live In The Gym! What’s your purpose? What make you happy? What brings you fulfillment? Your ultimate goal should be to do more of that-better. Obsessing about working out more than you need to, obsessing about every single workout, or every bit of food should not

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HOW DO I BECOME THE MAN GOD WANTS ME TO BE?

HOW DO I BECOME THE MAN GOD WANTS ME TO BE?Part I Have you ever wondered what kind of man God wants you to be and how he intends you to get there?  Life in the 21st century seems confusing with so many opportunities and activities. I want to live

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Karner Blue Butterfly

A Nature Lover’s Career-A Decades Long Journey! Part 2 of 6

Picture Credit from Rafi Wilkinson from trailrunproject.com A Nature Lover’s Career-A Decades Long Journey! Part 2 By the summer of 1993, I was thrilled to score the opportunity of a lifetime to work for the National Park Service at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Chesterton Indiana as a Seasonal Biological Science Technician.

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Getting Unstuck

Getting Unstuck As followers of Jesus, we have been given promises of certainty as we live our lives on earth. Yet, it would be disingenuous to suggest that our lives are not without adversity. In particular, many of us have experienced times in our life where we feel “stuck.” How

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What does BaseCamp USA do for campers?

What does BaseCamp USA do for campers? BaseCamp plays a significant role in the spiritual and personal development of Christian young men from a biblical standpoint. We provide a unique and immersive enviroment that fosters growth in faith, character, leadership, and relationships, aligning with the principles and teaching found in

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Image of the outdoors from the viewpoint of a camper lying in a tent. Image shows three sets of legs and the nature beyond.

A Nature’s Lover Career-A Decades Long Journey Part 1 of 6

A Nature Lover’s Career-A Decades Long Journey!Part 1 Reflecting back on the past 30 years I’ve dedicated myself to a career in great outdoors, I want to share the journey that has gotten me to the place I’m at today, as the Land Manager of BaseCamp USA. The career path

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