Check Yourself! Or Just Your Priorities
Last weekend, the Royal Rangers went on a special campout hosted by the Frontiersman Camping Fellowship (FCF). This is an elite group of Rangers and only sixth grade and up are allowed to join after they learn essential skills, such as starting fires with one match or flint and steel, tying several types of knots, and proper shelter building. This is all fun for the boys, but the underlying reason for FCF is what makes it so great. FCF’s mission is to keep boys for Christ. Unlike other Ranger outings, this group is focused on the discipleship of young men and provides a rite of passage that is so desperately needed in our culture. We had 8 boys and 2 dads go through step one of their “initiation” last weekend. It was fun and the boys had a great time, but I saw something special. On the first night, I saw one dad playing with his son. Many times we get so caught up in life, work, family, church that we forget why we are doing all of these things. We forget the litt