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Scouting
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The Postcolonial Wood Badge Story
Read more: The Postcolonial Wood Badge StoryAdult Scouting leaders world-wide take part in a training program called Wood Badge. Baden-Powell (B-P), the founder of Scouting, hosted the first Wood Badge course in 1919. Every nation in the World Organization of…
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Typical Troops, Atypical Scouts
Read more: Typical Troops, Atypical ScoutsAbout 1 in 8 kids these days have a “special need” or “invisible disability” or something else that poses a challenge in traditionally structured situations like school or Scouting. In ages past, a Scout leader…
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A Scout’s Required Belief in God
Read more: A Scout’s Required Belief in GodHere’s the bottom line: If the Scout participates in any type of religious organization, whether it speaks of God or not, there’s no problem. If the Scout perceives some power, essence, being, or motive force in…
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Does God scare kids from Scouting?
Read more: Does God scare kids from Scouting?Recently, I spoke to a young adult who avoided attending a funeral. To quote, “The religious stuff creeped me out.” This is a common reaction from people who haven’t confronted choices of faith, or…
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Scouting and Stubenville
Read more: Scouting and StubenvilleI’ve mostly avoided news coverage of Steubenville because such tragedies sicken me on many levels, especially the way everyone involved is smeared with dirt by some news reporter or blogger. Events like this should make us ask, “Why…
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Alert for the Fall Eagle River Camporee
Read more: Alert for the Fall Eagle River CamporeeCenters for Disease Control – Atlanta, GA July 22, 2012; 13:41EDT UPDATE JULY 2012: Small animals manifesting “Zombie like” characteristics are rumored to have been sighted in the Upper Midwest, and appear to be…
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Charter Presentations for Scouting Units
Read more: Charter Presentations for Scouting UnitsThis is an arcane bit of trivia from the Scouting movement. Traditional scouting groups like packs, patrols, crews, posts, and so on, are chartered through a community organization that is already involved in education…
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