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one evening i had a couple boys with me to attend city council meeting, I show up in uniform, the 2 boys that were with me were not, they are working on their citizenship merit badge, the meeting got pretty heated over some issue or other and after the meeting an older woman comes up to me and tells me what a crappy job im doing as sherrif of this county and i should have arrested several people and i should be ashamed to let something like that go on, finally after she unloaded on my for about 5 minutes, i said ma am if you dont like the job im doing then dont vote for me anymore, she said, I

Tent stakes are a simple thing to do, then put a rope ring around a tree and let them tie thier tent stakes out to it, kinda see it work. Just clip some round limbs with your limb shears. Let the bark fly.

Dan, you are right. There is nothing else I can say, if you know what the bible says, and you have studied on these things, Your decision is yours. The only reason that I implied that statement about getting to know who jesus is, was due to the fact that he is a stark contrast to AtG, and Lugh. While I can respect anyones opinion, I am not trying to imply that you don't have an understanding of who Jesus is and what his message is, I am simply trying to say that it is your choice to do whatever you wish with that information you have. I can't say you are right or wrong. It is wrong to try to t

I don't assume that you are not a chrisitan because you don't know. I am only saying that if you want to compare Jesus to Alexander the great, or Lugh the celtic sun god or whomever, at least find out what the guy was about. These are 3 very different people and things, what really gets me is how Jesus was a Lamb his time here, but at the very meniton of his name people get so defensive. The whole point was, find out who the real Jesus is, don't base it on what you hear, or see from TV, or some sunday morning church goer. No one wants to be told they are not as great a person as they think the

If your relationship with Jesus is the same as Alexander the great, that is entirely your choice. However to know who Alexander the Great is you probably read about him in a book, or saw a movie based on his life. Have you given Jesus the same courtesy?

I can sympathize, I have a similar situation, I was not a scout as a child so I really like being a scouter, I am however a hunter and fisherman, and all around outdoorsman. I am also ex military so I get scouting in a big way. I have struggled through this past year with me, my wife and the cc. I can see some light at the end of the tunnel though. I have picked up a couple dedicated asm in the last few months. Life does get better with more help. After I took over the SM position we had about 6 active boys, one patrol, and 4 that were already 17-18 yrs old. 1 had just completed his eagle, the

This is a very interesting post, alot of good points have been brought up, so I will toss my pennies in. I am a chrisitan scoutmaster, all the scouts that come in to the troop know this, not by my words so much as by the way I deal with them on a regular basis. I am duty bound by the great commission to let everyone know that Jesus was their sacrifice, so that they can recieve the gift his blood provided freely. I cannot make that decision for them, nor can I force them. All I can do is tell them that I am not worthy to be in gods presence, even now as a confessed christian. However I have jes

Tin can breakfast is a favorite, one tin can paper removed pad of butter in first then slice of canadian bacon one egg one slice of cheese(singles are perfect). one can biscuit( i like the hungry jack) cover with tin foil over the open end of the can. Place in coals away from flame, or you will burn one side. 20 minutes and it is perfect. Not great for backpacking as you will have to tote the can around.

Thanks moxie man, good to know, I will keep that in mind.

Just picked up a copy today, flipped through and was somewhat impressed, like the artwork, also liked the little addendum booklet that comes with. My son who is a Star liked it, he is teaching camp cooking this weekend and read the cooking section, his comments were this is a good getting started guide, but not so much for the older scouts, but overall he liked it. Had to tell him he has to finish in the book he started, according to the council. but he will get one anyway just to have. Doesn't matter what I think, only matters what the boys think about it.