Jake Sorenson of Sacred Playgrounds joins Don Johnson on this podcast.  They talk about the importance of camp in the life of the church and how camp really does raise up committed leaders. This is an important conversation for a LOM leaders.   ..read more

Today we welcome on the Podcast Rev. Kimberly Vaughn.  Rev Vaughn has been appointed to be the next director of the ELCA Faith Formation Team, part of the Christian Community and Leadership Home Area. Her official title is  Sr. Director, Christian Community & Leadership Mission.  This is the position that was held by Mark Burkhardt. This is the part of the churchwide structure that we in LOM collaborate with most frequently.   Here's some of Kimberly's background - Rev. Vaughn served as a pastor of congregations in Michigan, Ohio and Texas before joining the New Jersey ..read more

Ross Murray is the Senior Director of Education & Training at The GLAAD Media Institute, which provides activist, spokesperson, and media engagement training and education for LGBTQ and allied community members, the media industry and advocacy organizations desiring to deepen their media impact. Ross uses the best practices perfected by GLAAD to train a new generation of advocates in order to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people, as well as other marginalized communities. Ross is also a founder and director of The Naming Project, a faith-based camp for LGBTQ youth and their allies. The N ..read more

The podcast is with Kathryn Schaefer, program director, Cross Roads (NJ), and Jena Vander Broek, program director at Luther Crest (MN). These two camps have been collaborating on a project called the Bold Transformational Faith Initiative which was the winner of the 2020 LOM Innovative Program Award.  https://mybtf.org ..read more

Today's episode is with Drew Benson, staff psychologist at LeaderWise. Mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Taking care for ourselves and those we work with. Practical ideas and tools that will help you at any time and especially during these days of pandemic. Resources: https://leaderwise.org Sanvello App ..read more

An interview with LOM LTE Committee members Dana Isaacson, program director, EWALU (IA), Anthony Briggs, executive director, Cross Roads (NJ), and chairperson Gretchen Bachman, operations director, Voyageurs (MN). all the news about the virtual educational opportunities being planned in lieu of the in-person LTE for November that had to be cancelled because of COVID-19 ..read more

Don Johnson talks with Daniel Kirschbaum, director of retreat ministries at Rainbow Trail (CO) and serving as the chairperson of the 2020 LOM Auction.    ..read more

Today Don Johnson talks with Nicole VanderDoes, program coordinator for Total Inclusion! An introduction of Nicole to the LOM network and an overview of Total Inclusion! in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic.   ..read more

Don Johnson talks with leaders of four LOM camps discussing the alternatives and virtual experiences they developed in the wake of cancelling summer camp in 2020 ..read more

Some LOM Camps that did have some traditional overnight summer camps for children in 2020. - How they were able to pull it off, what special arrangements did they have to make, how did it work out for them?  Interviewed  in this podcast: Brent Seaks, Badlands (ND); Jesse Weiss, Amnicon (WI); Clark Baldwin and Dana Isaacson, Ewalu (IA); Tom Bley and Ben Carlson, Shalom (IA); Dave Jarvis and Cam Redenniter, Rainbow Trail (CO ..read more