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A Letter From Kelsie Wessels

A letter from our director, Kelsie Wessels.

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Summer 2022 Top Photos

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Intentional Space and New Rhythms

  Mark Charbonneau has been a speaker for Laity Lodge Family Camp several times. He’s ...

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Ways to Volunteer

HEY AUSTIN FAMILIES! As part of our ongoing partnership with Austin Voices for Education & ...

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The Season of Almost

  I love the season of Advent. And this year I need it more than ever, this time set aside ...

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Alone Together

  EDITOR'S NOTE: This month, we asked Daniel Makins, one of our regularly featured ...

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The Discomfort of Love

Recently my family embarked on a summer road trip, loading up the car to go to Illinois to see my wife’s family.

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Raising Boys & Girls: Online Seminar

David Thomas and Sissy Goff present Raising Boys and Girls, a nationally acclaimed interactive seminar designed for adults to gain a deeper understanding of the unique developmental phases of the kids we raise.

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An Invitation and A Response

The last few months we have heard stories from you, stories about how your families have shifted, stretched, and re-imagined life during the past few months.

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Lean Into Family Time with Jonny May and LLFC

Our friend Jonny May and his family made a great video in which he describes how they are bringing the intentionality they experience at LLFC to bear on their lives during these uncertain times.

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4 Ways to Move from Crisis to Growth

Katie Ashby, a licensed therapist practicing in Houston, Texas, shares four ways we can grow together during this time.

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LLFC…A place to gather and consider the tough questions of life.

When I was in my mid-twenties, my mentor often told me, “Wherever you are, be all there.”

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Running in God’s Presence

When I was in my mid-twenties, my mentor often told me, “Wherever you are, be all there.”

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A Safe Place

Find time as a family to consider and ask the important questions, voice uncertainties, and wonder together about the profound claims found in scripture.

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She Volunteered to be a Baby Holder

YoungLives partner weekend calls Foundation employee to "be involved, be consistent, be committed."

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An Interrupting Glimmer of Holiness

In her book Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, Lauren Winner writes, “Some days I am not ...

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Be Still and Remember Your Significance

Too often in our busy, results-oriented culture, our significance is synonymous with what we ...

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Small Things Matter

Recently I was with a group of very talented friends whom we partner with in our work at Laity ...

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Light in the Darkness

  Eugene Peterson once spoke at Laity Lodge about Christ coming as the light of the ...

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Highly Capable Kids in Kerrville, Texas

Sitting at the tables at which their children might have eaten six hours prior, parents talk in pairs, trios, and foursomes throughout the Starkey Elementary cafeteria. Art projects of fictional characters line the windows—Minnie Mouse, the Lorax, Harry Potter, and others—watching over the parents.

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The Messy Kingdom of God

It’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving. This stretch of the year from Thanksgiving through ...

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Jonny May Returns to Camp

He was, he says, “an idiot high schooler sent to work on LLYC Program Crew” in 1997 after ...

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Creating Space by Carrying the Mat

At Laity Lodge Family Camp we talk a lot about creating space, so  families might encounter God ...

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Delights and Dragons

This summer at LLFC we enjoyed the contributions of some great speakers as they shared each morning ...

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Where Are You?

It’s difficult to say exactly why time in the Frio Canyon is so significant. I’m not alone in ...

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Beauty in the Tough Things

Spending time at Family Camp means seeing familiar faces--people with whom I’ve built friendship ...

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Grief and Hope

Around our house this time of year can feel a little overwhelming. While longing for the slower, ...

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Is there Room for Doubt?

Recently, I met with my son’s small group of middle school boys and we talked about Matthew ...

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LLFC is Launching a New Registration System

Laity Lodge Family Camp has launched a new registration system. We have spent the past year working ...

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The Power of Epiphany

After 20 years of experiencing different church and denominational traditions my family is ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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What Can We Learn from Jesus’ Encounters with People Just Like Us?

Last summer at Laity Lodge Family Camp, we enjoyed the privilege of welcoming our dear friend, ...

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What Does Liturgy Have to Do with Our Families?

I grew up a pastor’s son in a main line, traditional style church setting. My church observed the ...

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New Beginnings

I spent roughly nine years on Young Life staff. They were nine of the most fun and difficult years ...

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Giving Thanks for the Small Things

The nine years that I spent living in the Midwest taught me to love the fall—the beauty of the ...

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Making Space at Family Camp: Family Camp Offers Shelter in the Storm

Last fall, a woman called ahead of a weekend retreat with Laity Lodge Family Camp to say that ...

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