Some Help For Your Tired Cabin Leaders

Book 3 in the Camp Liverwurst series is now available: Camp Liverwurst & the Fifth Sphere. A little delayed, as I had another book project earlier this year.

What is the Camp Liverwurst series? Not a curriculum, but a resource for cabin leaders, who often find leading cabin Bible discussions difficult. They can read aloud this adventurous novel to their middle-school campers, and discussion questions at the back will help them process all the biblical content. Imagine campers on the edge of their seats instead of swinging from the rafters!

Curious? Contact me with your mailing address and phone number to get a free sample for your camp. The best way to try it out is to read the story to a middle-school kid in your life and see how they respond.

Are middle-school campers too old to have someone read a story to them? Not at all! Educators say that we should read to kids right through their middle-school years to aid their reading skills and comprehension. And any parent can tell you about the special bond created when adults take the time to share an adventurous story with their kids.

Check out the series today! Also available as a compilation of all three novels in one book.

Our Incredible Camp Properties

I have been to many Christian summer camps and am always amazed at the stunning properties that God has provided for us. Sure, a few of our camps are a simple field with an above-ground swimming pool. But many are fabulous waterfront properties worth millions (or at least, with million-dollar views).

One of these is on a small, remote island on the West Coast of British Columbia. When I first visited Copper Island in Barkley Sound, it was owned by a man named Nelson Dunkin, who had lived there with his wife Mina for 19 years and, after her passing, remained for another 11 years. Their dream was to have a community of believers live there and operate a camp for children. When Nelson's health failed, he passed on his vision and his property to a newly formed society that has now run summer camps for First Nations children on the island for the past 35 years.

I decided that Nelson Dunkin's story is worth telling. I first met him in 1978 when I was working for a camp at the north end of the famous West Coast Trail. We would occasionally take campers to his island property to encourage him with our presence and complete a few chores. This past year, I interviewed dozens of people who knew Nelson, and I gathered up their stories, photos, letters and memories into a book.

The Island and i: Nelson Dunkin of Copper Island is now available, either by contacting me or online at Amazon. Proceeds from the book will go to help kids get to camp this summer who otherwise could not go.

Have you ever considered writing up the story of the person(s) through whom God gave you your amazing camp property?