Days That Creation Slowed Me Down!
By Mike Yakawich These incidents really happened. How I interpret them are mine. Wham! A Golden Eagle slammed suddenly into my front van window...
Breaking New Ground
This story is a repost. You can find the original post on Growing Good Families. One of my favorite things about spring is that it is the planting...
Learning to Take the Harder Path
By Keoni Takarada This inspirational story comes from a 12-year-old boy who had a memorable experience after going camping for the first time. I...
In the Mountains: Another Level of Consciousness
By M. S. Connecting to God takes conscious choice and effort. M.S. takes to nature to renew and remember his personal connection to God. The hikes...
On Raising Plants and People
By T.K. My mother always liked to have plants and flowers in the house. When I got to college, my mother would always want to give me a plant to...
Wrong Side of the Mountain: Check Your Map
Check-in with God every day. Make sure your goals are in line with His vision for you. Otherwise, you could end up at the wrong destination. I was...
Day Moon
By H.T. Two little girls took a walk after school. One looked up and exclaimed, “Look! The day moon is following me!” “Day moon” is what they call...
Studying God’s Loving Design: Caterpillars
If you do a Google search for “caterpillar to moth”, there are nearly 150,000 videos. And there are almost half a million videos of caterpillars...
The Higher You Go, the Harder the Winds Blow: Be Ready
The following is a reflection on lessons from the natural world when a young boy and his brothers went on a hike to a local mountain. There is a...
One Step at a Time
By H.A. The summit looked so far as it played peek-a-boo through the morning mist. It always does at the start of the journey. But H.A. was...
God’s Love in Nature
At the beginning of the year, I drill my kids with one lesson: God Loves You Infinitely. I use all angles and examples to teach this. Look at...
Starting with God: Lessons from My Snowshoe Hike
I went snowshoeing with my sister on the weekend to start the New Year. It was cold, it was long, but it was wonderful. Here are five things we...
Stop Floating, Start Swimming
The following is a reflection from a college student. He concludes that life is more fulfilling when we stop going with the flow and commit to...
Spending Quality Time with My Parents
By Takae Goto It is a tradition in our family to observe birthdays with a short morning prayer before celebrating with food and friends. It’s an...
The God of Creation and Me
Clear skies during the Northwestern Autumn are few and far between. Last night, the thunderstorms in the morning had cleared just long enough for my...
Bringing Lessons Home from the Mountain Top
Photo by Takae Goto Family Peace Association youth leadership programs usually include a segment held in the great outdoors, an adventure hike, or...
A Story of Thanksgiving in Nature
I bet that if people spent a little time each day, just a minute staring at the stars at night or looking out across forests, mountains,...
Unplug: Lessons From Nature
Nature is one of the greatest classrooms life has to offer. College students from across the United States would learn many lessons in just a short...
Facing Your True Self in Nature
College students and young adults from across the United States traveled to the wilderness of Montana to participate in an outdoor workshop in...
What Is Your God-given Destiny?
The 12-14 year-old Core Values Academy class in Seattle, Washington spent the 2017 academic year exploring their identity and destiny. In May, the...