Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 1:40PM Check out this story on how a 6-month "Experiment" changed this family's life for the better, and how you can implement temporary times of "unplugging" into your family's culture:
What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 9:30AM For those of you who haven't seen the DVD for 2011, it is awesome! The DVDs are included in the 2011 Camp Brochure. The DVD features a 3-minute "Quick Glimpse" and an 8-minute "Feature" on what Summer Camp looks like here at HoneyRock. The videos were all filmed in HD during the summer of 2010 by Meredith Elsen, our official photographer/videographer, a friend of HoneyRock and a very talented artist!
You can watch the videos on our YouTube page or on Facebook. If you'd like a free copy of the brochure & DVD, please email us at info(at)honeyrockcamp.org.
Enjoy!
Monday, January 17, 2011 at 3:11PM 
Over the next few months, HoneyRock will be offering several seminars (in the local Wheaton area) on topics that are pertinent and applicable to every parent in 2011. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities and to invite your friends. Come and hear from experts in the field and gain practical insight, tips, and encouragement as a parent in a culture that is heavily influenced by technology and fear. These seminars are designed to be interactive and each session will include a Q & A time with the presenter. We're excited to hear what the presenters have to say and hope you enjoy them!
Here's the schedule of the upcoming seminars:
"Raising Adventurous Children in a Culture of Fear"
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2011
7:00pm - 8:30pm: Blanchard Alliance Church
Speaker: Rob Ribbe, HoneyRock Director
“Presence In the Age of Absence: The 7 Vices of the Virtual Life and How You Can Joyfully Resist Their Effects from Harming Your Children, Family, and Community”
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
7:00pm - 8:30pm: Wheaton Campus - Blanchard 222
Speaker: Dr. Read Schuchardt, Wheaton College Professor
“Protecting Your Child in the Digital Age”
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011
7:00pm - 8:30pm: Wheaton Campus - Blanchard 339
Speaker: Dr. Bill Struthers, Wheaton College Professor and author of Wired for Intimacy
Monday, January 10, 2011 at 2:58PM 
That's right, I'm a forward thinker and you should be too! Wheaton's spring break courses are getting dangerously close to closing, so don't miss it! If you want to go mountain biking or backpacking in an amazing place with amazing people please let me know for more details. Sign up on campus.
I would love to have you on this trip!
Rick Masters
Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 10:50AM By Guest Blogger, Ingrid Erickson
This January, 44 Wheaton College students are spending a week up at Honey Rock snow shoeing, horseback riding, playing broomball and taking classes. Three classes are being offered during this year’s Winter WIN (Wheaton in the Northwoods): Christian Education (CE) Senior Seminar, Discipleship, and Bible/Theology (BITH) Senior Seminar.
Every morning each class meets from 8:30-12:15 for discussions in smaller, more interactive class settings. After lunch the students are free to enjoy the winter activities of Honey Rock such as winter canoeing, broomball, cross-country skiing, wallyball and much more. Everyone meets back in Chrouser for dinner followed by a time of worship which is led by different groups each night. The evening usually consists of a movie, games and a BITH vs. CE broomball game. WIN provides a relaxed atmosphere where students can learn both academically and experientially while forming closer friendships with professors and other students.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 12:00PM 
This week we launched our HoneyRock winter adventure trips with a ski trip to Alpine Valley, WI. We will be taking students on weekly ski adventures throughout the upcoming semester where they can learn alpine and telemark skiing as well as snowboarding. Honey Rock provides instruction and a great excuse to get off campus and have some much needed fun and fellowship in the outdoors. The ski season ends with our epic trip to Winter Park for five days of skiing instruction, fun and focus on growing in our walks with Christ.
So much or our lives are driven towards a dichotomy of the spiritual and “real life.” I am passionate about students experiencing and making the kingdom a reality in everyday experience. Jesus is in the driver’s seat of our lives from the mundane to epic adventures we find ourselves in as we follow Him. In Mark Chapter 8 Jesus tells his disciples "Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat; I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I'll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for?” (Mark 8:34-37 , The Message paraphrase)
We have had amazing opportunities on these trips to grow in our faith and trust in God as we serve one another. We have also watched as Jesus has led many of us into incredible conversations and actions of love where we are able to love those who do not yet know him. So at the end of the day it is not simply becoming great at skiing, mountain biking, kayaking, backpacking or whatever the adventure entails but something much more, involving learning to listen to Jesus and serving those around us as we follow Him. That is the greatest adventure of a lifetime.
