I'm away in Sherman Texas this week, attending our annual youth camp. Our church works with a group of, what we might call progressive Baptists in Texas to put on a camp for our 7th to 12th graders. On nice feature of this camp is that the pastors of these churches are strongly encouraged to attend. This is our church's second year to be a part of the group.

Last year I agreed to be in charge of the camp newspaper, a job no one wanted after the person who had done it for years left the group. Though no one else wants to do this, it fits my personality and talents. I love it. This is my second year as camp newspaper editor.

I have 9 reporters working with me. I made them press credentials. They fan out across the campus and write silly and funny things. I have a satirical piece in each issue and fill in whenever someone doesn't show up with their story by deadline, which happens pretty often.

If you want to keep up with me this week, I've put our camp newsletter online at SoulMusicCamp.com. Our theme for the week is "Soul Music," and Kyle Matthews is leading us. There is a brief blog at SoulMusicCamp.com with links to each day's edition. You'll probably recognize my slightly off-beat sense of humor and a heavy influence from The Onion.

I won't be writing this week, obviously. I miss that. But our kids are worth it.

I do have a new piece out at The High Calling. I'll link to it tomorrow.

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