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A Letter From Kelsie Wessels

A letter from our director, Kelsie Wessels.

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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.

Light in the Darkness

  Eugene Peterson once spoke at Laity Lodge about Christ coming as the light of the world. Coming to bring light into darkness. To push back the darkness. Peterson then asked, “As Christ’s followers, how are each one of us pushing back against the darkness?” My friend Kelsie Wessels calls the season of Advent our […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, Crystal Kirgiss to spend a week with us as the speaker for one of our Family Camp retreats. Crystal won the hearts of all of the families by simply being herself. Yes, Crystal is a fantastic speaker who offers […]

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 changing colors, the crispness of the morning air, the promise of time slowing down with family during the holidays. In just a week Thanksgiving will be upon us. Many of us don’t live in places with […]

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 although her family was still coming, they would be minus one. She would arrive with her kids and brother, but no longer her husband. Their marriage was on the rocks, she said. They were separating. Cary Hendricks, Senior Director […]