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LLFC Partners with YoungLives

At Laity Lodge Family Camp, we pray, desire, hope, and plan for our guests to experience wholeness and transformation–from individuals to families. In our final Fall retreat, LLFC partnered with YoungLives to put on a weekend camp experience with this goal for teen moms and their babies. What a beautiful sight to see! What a […]

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The Origin of Advent

For most of us this time of year is spent being very busy with Christmas parties, shopping, decorating, preparing for guests, traveling, studying for exams and countless other holiday rituals. In the midst of these usual rituals we often forget about Advent. The Christian Church Year identifies the season of Advent as taking place from […]

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How Can We Practice Thanksgiving?

Growing up, and still to this day, Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday. In my mind’s eye are captured countless memories gathered around the table, laughing & sharing stories, tossing the football in the backyard with my cousins, or waking up from an unexpected turkey-induced nap surrounded by my sisters – their eyes sleep-filled and minds […]

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After More than Two Decades in Prison, He Finds Hope in God

This fall Cary Hendricks and his new friend Shawn Perez enjoyed a meal around the table at Laity Lodge Family Camp. As the two talked, Shawn opened up about his story—the jaggedness of his past and the source of genuine hope for a future. Shawn, along with his wife April and youngest son Daniel, came […]

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LLFC Partners with San Angelo’s House of Faith

“God created family. He loves family,” says LLFC Sr. Director Cary Hendricks. “And we continually look for ways to go deeper in LLFC’s mission because we recognize the tremendous value of healthy and connected families. One of the most powerful ways we have found to do this is through identifying and partnering alongside organizations with […]

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Discovering a New Sense of Freedom in the Canyon

During one camp session this summer, I ate with a family attending LLFC for the first time. Their two teenage girls loved the fishing, slip n’ slides, and zip lines. Meanwhile the parents were struck by a new sense of freedom. On that hot summer afternoon, they shared how Family Camp helped them experience true […]

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A Heart for Laity Lodge

If I close my eyes, I can hear the sounds of the Canyon. I hear my tires turning onto the caliche road, crunching and spitting dust in the slow and steep descent down into camp. I hear the swish of the Frio River as I drive into it, the creaks and thuds of the car […]

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Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing

Early in my career a friend and mentor taught me a lot about leading and loving people well. He passed away a few years ago, but so much of what he taught me sticks with me today.  For example, he encouraged me to “live in a state of preparedness.”  Lately, I have been thinking of […]

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Can Our Need to Perform Hinder Our Availability?

Time moves so quickly when life is full of activity. We hustle to work. We get kids to school and various practices and rehearsals. Weekends fill quickly with soccer games, basketball tournaments, and so much more. All of these activities are fun and exciting, but I wonder what effect that busyness and the need to […]

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Do You Ever Question your Significance?

Do you ever question how you spend the best hours of each day? Everyone does, perhaps especially young parents with multiple family obligations and busy emerging careers. Some days I feel I spend most of my time doing insignificant tasks while others are making a “real” difference in their work.   My friend and talented […]

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