Kenneth A. Camp's Blog

Depending on your worldview, that question can elicit different thoughts and even emotions.  In my experience, the average person relinquishes control of their life to chance.  I think a person tends to do this because they don’t want to make hard choices. They would rather someone or something else determine the outcome of things.  When […]

When we start or launch a business, we have lots of ideas. We see all the possibilities, so we jump into action mode. But when we neglect certain areas of our business, we wake up one day and realize that the business we have isn’t the business we wanted to have. How does that happen? It happens when […]

A downfall for many business owners is falling into the trap of trying to predict the outcome of their business decisions.  Not sure you do this? Ok, answer this question, “What was your best and worst business decision you made last year?” I am guessing that you answered that question based on the results you […]

Often the pushback to sending short-term mission teams to certain parts of the world is that they can do more harm than good. If the objective is to reach people who have never heard the Good News, a group of lightly trained, selfie-taking short-term missionaries, even with good intentions, truly can cause long term damage […]

Dave felt God's challenge to at least look into the idea of international adoption. He easily could have responded by thinking he was too busy, it wasn't what he and his wife had planned, he had already had his hands full with three young children, etc.  I began the Dad to Dad series (thank you Amy […]

Has anyone ever told you that you are too strict as a parent? Or is it the other extreme, and you notice the looks in your direction when you let your kid swing from the roof-high tree branch? Sure, you know what you ought to do as a parent. You need to give your child both […]

Youthful offenders, as Chris Haskins refers to these young people, need someone to be the hands and feet of Christ to them in a moment of brokenness. However, many times no one is there to fill that void except someone who uses them in the name of community which only deepens and continues the cycle […]

Odds are you have been on a short term mission trip, or at the very least, you have been sent a fundraising letter. Either way you probably have wondered if the trip actually met the intended purpose. I always feel this tension whether I am preparing for a trip myself or considering to financially support […]

One of the hardest things to do for a foster parent, for anyone for that matter, is to stay in the moment. God uses all kinds of circumstances and experiences to teach me this discipline, and yet I still struggle with it. When I wrote my first book, Adopting the Father's Heart, I knew I needed […]

I am an adoptive dad of a son that came to us through foster care. CPS placed him in our home when he was eight-months-old. We adopted our son when he was almost two-years-old. He is now eight-years-old and full of opinions, creativity, attitude, and intelligence. Sometimes I look at him overjoyed that he is […]