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Christen McKey

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https://www.virginiaisforcampers.com/

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Children's, Poetry, Christian

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January 2023

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A sweet-and-salty trail mix of passion for camping, the outdoors, and writing, blended with a tragedy-turned-redemption story, has led Christen (Chris) McKey to this path. Her journey began as a single mom of babies, new to Virginia and adamant about regularly taking them camping. Along the way, she remarried a fellow outdoor lover, set a goal to visit and camp every state park in Virginia, created a website, started writing a book about her hard story, and published a children’s book about camping (The Joyful Camper).

After many years in communication at Noble Warriors, a non-profit Christian ministry that serves churches and equips men as they lead their families, she currently works part-time as a writer and copy editor for the Virginia ...more

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The Joyful Camper: A Poem

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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1

by Beth Brower (Goodreads Author)

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The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More

by Jefferson Fisher (Goodreads Author)

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The Storied Life: Christian Writing as Art and Worship

by Jared C. Wilson (Goodreads Author)

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A worshipful reminder of how God uses the beauty—and the groaning—in his created world to communicate with us. Seth Lewis keeps his message deeply rooted in scripture while encouraging us to interpret and respond as we observe the world around us. I ...more
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