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Our neighbor has a collection of signs they put up for special occasions (my favorite is the Michigan football helmet on fall Saturday’s). But this one is now my favorite - and all I can say is Amen and Amen! #frontline #healthcareworkers #united #goodfridaysacrifice (at Green Lake Caledonia, MI) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0Aw03jXBO/?igshid=1wu4hi7p4ahdd

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“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and privacy: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.” C.S. Lewis #cslewis #distracted #surface #meaning https://www.instagram.com/p/B34G3Vsg3Zr/?igshid=u6evna8cqywt

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“I arise each morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world, this makes it difficult to plan the day.” E.B. White #ctw #amen #leadership #springhilldaycamps #wearespringhill19 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1PVvC_AYmg/?igshid=1o09zqqra5o2v

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Happy Birthday to my little Darling. Love you much Christina! KKBS #birthday #celebrate #family (at Detroit, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0L4iJ8AZje/?igshid=1hjvkwb50wd5h

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There are three non-negotiable’s when thinking about a job - the mission of the organization, it’s values and culture, and finally, the people you work with. This photo represents all three, and why I love working for SpringHill. #wearespringhill19 #springhillcamps #leaders #friends #partners (at Springhill Camp) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzO5LhGASdt/?igshid=13hksh87tkoy9

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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” CS Lewis #cslewis #life #reality #compass https://www.instagram.com/p/By9_TOEA4xa/?igshid=li87ltphwjfb

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A SpringHill tradition- Wednesday Night Live. #wearespringhill19 #wednesdaynitelive #summer #bestweek (at Springhill Camp) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByoTNM7geZG/?igshid=109fqsso6xx88

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Having a clear mission for our work and lives is essential. But more than having a mission is living it out, and this team and the leaders they represent lived it out this week. #wearespringhill19 #mission #purpose #lmissioncommunity (at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/BybPF2ogf9D/?igshid=tg8bd6wb3kbt

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Meetings, Priorities, and Not Enough Time in the Day

Meetings, Priorities, and Not Enough Time in the Day

At SpringHill we’re in what we call the “Spring Snarl”. This snarl typically starts around the first of March and goes through the first week of summer camp. It’s our busiest, craziest, most stressful time of the year. Too many meetings, too much to do and not enough time for it all. Below is a note I sent to my Leadership Team addressing this moment, and how we can not only survive the Spring…

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The Leadership Grand Illusion

The Leadership Grand Illusion

I’m an optimist by nature. I believe the best in people, see the possibilities in any situation regardless of how bad, and love stretch goals. These tangible expressions of optimism have defined and benefited my leadership.

Yet, there are downsides to such optimism. One in particular which has inflicted my leadership (thus the organizations I’ve led) is the belief that I can effectively manage a…

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“The most blessed result of prayer would be to rise thinking ‘But I never knew before. I never dreamed...” #cslewis #prayer #amazement #morethancanimagine (at Camp Anjigami) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo-XPKigKpo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n3ju47y1gv2g

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“If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God, it will make no difference what you have chosen instead.” #thomasmore #hardtruth #eternity #whatdoyouchose (at Colorado Springs, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoutRBigt3d/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sfljwpnbuvh0

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25 students from China spending a week at SpringHill. Students from China are a growing part of the SpringHill community. #wearespringhill18 #springhill #china (at SpringHill Camps)

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“Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” Atticus Finch, in To Kill a Mockingbird. #right #justice #conscience #gospel #conviction (at Springhill Camp)

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Building a dwelling place for God, where He will work in and through this community of SpringHill Leaders.#wearespringhill18 #leaders #servantleadership #summer (at SpringHill Camps)

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“To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility.” #Flannery O’Connor #springhillleaders #wearespringhill18 #leaders #leading #humility

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Another team of SpringHill Summer Leaders - Our Day Camp Team - committed to becoming a community where God works in and through them to do then good works He’s has planned for them this summer #wearespringhill18 #summerleaders #bestjobever (at SpringHill Camps)