Category Archives: Outdoor Education

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The Job of the Christian Camp

From Dean Ohlman on February 17, 2012

One early sign of spring for many of us parents and grandparents is the arrival of Christian camp applications for the coming summer months.   I’m a camp lover.  After my godly father, church, and Sunday school, the most significant … Continue reading »

What Are Camps For?

From Dean Ohlman on November 3, 2010

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so … Continue reading »

Children and Nature

From Dean Ohlman on April 28, 2010

These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may … Continue reading »

Children and Nature

From Dean Ohlman on October 7, 2009

Fall is the ideal time to teach children about nature—and about nature’s Creator.  While Christian schools can be straight-forward about referencing the Creator, most secular schools cannot.  Home-schoolers, parents, grandparents, and other care givers might want to use the following … Continue reading »

Doing Creation Care

From Dean Ohlman on August 25, 2009

Nate Simons and I have a lot in common: our love of God’s creation, our interest in learning everything we can about the biology and geology of our region, our fascination with ecology (how everything works together in relationship to … Continue reading »