Reaching Men for Jesus Christ

Well, if you're on the East Coast today, chances are that you are enjoying some fantastic spring weather. It's gorgeous here in Maryland.

Though, don't be fooled by this picture, that isn't MD, but on top of a mountain in NC. A awesome spot called Linville Gorge.

What does this have to do with living for Jesus Christ?

Well, something I've enjoyed for much of my life is going with guys on backpacking trips to the mountains. In recent years, once God grabbed a hold of my life and set me free in His Son, I've enjoyed the trips even more.

Almost like if you're at a famous museum and you're looking at a masterpiece, and you announce to the group, "I know the artist who created this personally."

Well we know the incredible God whose creative, divine mind thought all of this up!

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One thing I believe God is teaching me is to "create space" where He can act and bring His love and truth and freedom. So, if I'm at the grocery store and I mutter a "hello" and that's it as far as my interaction with the clerk, well, God won't have as much "space" to work with.

The outdoors have always been a "space" where God seems to work. Especially among guy friends that I go with. Good conversations, shared meals, fellowship, mutual enjoying of beauty and great weather, and praying - all seem to create "space" where He works.

Well, two friends and fellow brothers in Jesus Christ, who've started a full-time Catholic men's apostolate called the King's Men, are creating such a "space" this June. It's going to be a gigantic outdoor experiential weekend for men, called Into the Wild. It looks pretty awesome.

So, check it out. It's happening, June 4-7, in the wilderness of PA. The weekend will focus on growing as men and experiencing the outdoors, etc. There will be opportunity for mass, etc. But it isn't exclusively for Catholics/Christians - which I think is a good thing to create space for God to work.