Ability Might Not Count for Much Most of us have been interviewed for a job, and before we landed that interview we sent in a resume that carefully listed all our abilities and the situations they were called on to be used.  We sat in front of our interview ready to launce into our personal [...]

With A Big Heart and Mad Archery Skills Jonah Hunter Opens Royal Ranger Outposts In Africa Jonah, an Adventure Ranger is South Dakota, is an ordinary young man who has been used by God in an extraordinary way.  Jonah’s testimony is one of faithfulness.  Jonah heard God speak to his heart, stepped out in faith, [...]

I Know You’re Not Measuring This We take role, we count dues, we record merits earned, but what are the things that should be measured so that your Outpost accomplishes is wildly important goals?  The key is to divide what you measure into two categories:  lag measures, and lead measures.  Lag measure tells you if [...]

Ranger Sales Pitches That Work Are we really selling something?  I thought this was a ministry?  Sometimes these kinds of conversations seem counter Christian to us.  That somehow, it’s not legitimate for us to leverage modern marketing tools to engage and energize our audience.  We all have a platform that we speak from and so [...]

Get That Gets You “Ready For Anything? The gear that we suggest here is not gear that we found browsing the internet or gear that we thinks is neat and looks like a good price.  The only gear that will ever make it to this page is gear that we use and love.  some of [...]

Are You Speaking Their Language? Jacqueline tells the story of how Unicef spent a fortune creating posters to promote the idea of child vaccination to the mothers of Rwanda. “The posters were gorgeous—photographs with women and children with simple messages written in Kinyarwandan (the local language), about the importance of vaccinating every child. They were [...]

Maximum Man – Maximum Change A book that is required for all commander is Maximized Manhood by Dr. Edwin Louis Cole.  It should be on the lists of every man and by the way that’s any male over the age of 18.  It’s a book that I’ve gone through twice and will probably read every […]

One Small Step for Gary, One Giant Leap Toward Servant Leadership Once a year the largest district Ranger event comes around, Pow Wow, and every year a new Camp Boss steps forward to assemble a winning team of boys to lead and adults to facilitate.  Sometimes it’s a seasoned Ranger Commander and other times it […]

The Greatest Trip You’ll Ever Take I recently saw a report that said, most people spend more time planning a two-week vacation than they spend in a lifetime planning their trip to Heaven.  Have you ever given it much thought?  What’s the journey to heaven all about?  After all, aren’t we all just tourist passing […]

Advancement Trail For Newbies “A quick walk threw of the newest changes” Begin With The End In Mind – The GMA The Gold Medal Of Achievement The highest and most prestigious Ranger award. GMA Highest award in two Outposts GMA with Merit Highest award in three Outposts GMA with Honors Highest award in all four […]