Welcome to the 5 Week Refocus Challenge! For the next 5 weeks, we embark on a return journey together, to refocus on intentionality, worship, and God-honoring celebration! If you are new, start here. When we accept a challenge like this to better our lives, we often assume our current position is negative, weak, lost. If you have…
Embracing the Power of “RE-“
The prefix “re-” has been popping up all over my life this month. I am re-designing my blog. I am re-organizing my schedule. I have been re-arranging the frames on my living room wall. I am creating some photobooks to re-member what a crazy wonderful year we have had since the twins came. I keep getting…
Welcome to Campfire Grace!
I am honored your journey has lead you here. Posts are still making their way over from my former blog (beckyrosty.wordpress.com), and will be here for your reading delight soon. Till then, feel free to read about Campfire Grace, and leave a comment sharing how God has encouraged you recently with a sit-down-session of grace. Click…
How to Survive as a Camp Counselor (Tip 5): Stay Healthy!
In my opinion, camp is one of the greatest salutes to summer ever imagined. Camping is certainly in the top 5 as well. However, there is something about a group of teenagers gathering for a week away from parents, internet, and daily expectations that sets a soul free. Whoever thought of this concept of “Summer…
How to Survive as a Camp Counselor (tips 3 & 4): Take a Break & Be Authentic
Welcome to Campfire Grace, where we explore the freedom God has for us in on-going relationship with Him. This month, we have been unpacking survival tips for camp counselors and other summer ministry positions. For tips 1 and 2, click here. Many of you have already begun your first week of training. That excitement…
Camp Counselor Survival Tips
Congratulations! You have been accepted as a camp counselor for Best-Camp-Ever USA! You probably grew up attending this camp. A life-long summer dream come true, you can’t wait to slip your Keens on and start bonding with the rest of staff. This was my perspective, at least, when I began training as a CIT (Counselor…
Book Review: Leviticus
What a journey! When I started studying Leviticus in January, I did not expect it would take me 4 months to unpack and apply it to my life. (To join me study of Leviticus, start here.) The following is what I learned along the way, and how the book impacted my life. Main Idea: In Leviticus, God is…
Leviticus 27: Final Guidelines for Vows
Chapter 27 is a type of tagline after the conclusion found in chapter 26. God features these guidelines for personal vows and offerings after the conclusion as a reminder that these offerings are not given from command, but of the people’s free will. What does this tell me about God: God expresses his value for freewill offerings. God…
Leviticus 26: Conclusion Warning
This concluding chapter of Leviticus wraps up the great expectations of the Holy God with a warning. Blessings will abound to a nation that keeps the covenant. However, correction and a curse lies in wait for the years the people rebel. What does this tell me about God: God’s conditional favor was a gift for the Israelites. We are…
Leviticus 25: Sabbath and Jubilee
Leviticus 25 introduces two unique concepts that remain significant (and still unique) for our world today: rest and redemption. What does this tell me about God: God is both systematic and extraordinary. God commanded the sabbath year to be observed every 7 years, allowing the land and the people to rest from work and production. God…