Trail To Adventure

Sometime in our lives we will come face to face with a bear. That bear might come in the form of a serious illness, a broken relationship, a financial struggle or maybe even a real bear. Whatever it is that you come up against, You can call on God to see you through. Today, we'll hear the remainder of Jim Vansteenhouse's story of being attacked and nearly killed by a giant grizzly. Jim tells how G...

Every one of us will someday come up against something in life that is too big for us to get past. For some it might be a relationship issue, a financial issue, or a medical issue.  Whatever it is that stands in front of you and stops you in your tracks, you can't overcome it on your own. On today's program, we will hear about someone who came up against something that not only stopped him, but ne...

I have had several people tell me in the last few years that giving is the real to key to living. If you want a blessed life, the best way to do that is to be willing to give whenever you have the opportunity.   Today's guest has an amazing history of giving to others. As a teacher, he taught thousands of young men and women to not only do woodworking and building but he taught them biblical truth...

In the Bible it tells us not to stop gathering with other believers in Jesus Christ. Now I know we generally read this concerning gathering in our churches, but often as we gather outside of church with men and women who have a faith in Jesus Christ, we grow closer to Him and others as well. On today's program we will meet a man who saw a need for men and women to get out and get together during C...

We all go through seasons in life. There are some who have drastic swings in the seasons they go through, and others seem to gently slide from one season to another.  God has a plan in each and every season and transition we go through. Even before we turned our lives over to Him, He's already placing things in our lives to direct us to where He will use us later in life.

Our world has done its best to destroy authentic manhood and strong fatherhood. It might have started about when TVs first came into homes. When Jackie Gleason played Ralph Kramden on the Honeymooners, we saw husbands and fathers become buffoons instead of strong men and it has spiraled right up until today. In our country today, there are 15 million households without a full-time father caring fo...

There is an amazing beauty of a traditional bow being drawn back and releasing an arrow at a target. There is a great lesson in the shooting of bow and arrows.  It can be a photo of God often pulling us back and putting pressure on us before releasing us toward the target that He has in store for us.  Being drawn back can be painful at times, but when we've been released, it is freeing and excitin...

There is something about the sight of an arrow released from a bow and watching it arc through the air on its path to a target. Most everyone who has shot arrows from a bow has been drawn in by the beauty and art of archery.   For many hunters, it is the challenge of archery that draws them in. Our host shot his first bow at about 5 years old and he has never lost the joy of the sight of an arrow...

The history of archery goes back to the beginning of time. It was first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis, when it mentioned that Ishmael became an archer. With that first mention of archery, 6000 years ago, the story began.   Today we will learn about the history of modern day bowhunting in North America.  From one man with a passion to shoot bows came a worldwide hunting craze today. Archery gea...

We live in a world today that is far from wise. The lack of wisdom is very evident.  The gibberish we hear passing for wisdom to some contains no real wisdom. On today's program, we will meet and visit with a man who has changed the world in many ways. He's a man who didn't have a lot of use for normal school type of learning, but God gave him a desire to create. Then one day he began praying for...

There aren't any of us who hasn't made a bad decision from time to time in our life.  Some of us can look back and see that there were stretches where we made a long series of bad decisions that caused us to freefall into a deep pit. Many people have never found their way out of the depth of a pit, often living their entire lives there. Others didn't live through the effects of the freefall. Then...

Every family has it's struggles and problems. Some of more than others,  but there are occasionally those families who seem to deal with far more than their share. But through the struggles of life, God can help us get through them in better shape with better attitudes. On today's program, we will meet a family that has gone through what they call "The Peaceful storm." A storm is a good descriptio...

Many fishermen live their entire lives searching for one trophy that never gets caught. Hunters are the same and there are even things outside of fishing and hunting that drive people to strive for that one special goal.   Sometimes God uses those special things in our lives to draw us closer to Him. On today's show, we will meet a young fireman who had a dream of one day catching a very special f...

Every one of us has a need for finances in our lives. It is all but impossible to make it through without some sort of available finances.   On today's program, we will learn a lot about the ways God supplies for our needs and sometimes for our wants as well. We'll talk to someone who has spent most of his life helping others to learn biblical financial management. We'll hear stories of some amazi...

As a radio program and podcast, we spend our lives as story tellers. The best time of the day while fishing and hunting is often the time spent around the table, fireplace or campfire telling stories. Many strong, long-term friendships are formed at these times and places.   Country people, we believe, are the best story tellers on earth. On today's program, we will spend the morning with two youn...

There is a special relationship between a father and a son. Often it's a bond that will carry far beyond the death of either one or the other. In our lives, we truly don't know how much of an impact we have on our children or others that we have come in contact with. We need to realize that people that we see and talk to on a daily basis are watching us closely to see if our words match our deeds....

Throughout life, all of us take falls.  Some are painless, some cause skinned knees, some break bones, some permanently cripple us and the worst can cause death.  While we all fall often, 1 out of 3 who  hunt from a tree stand will fall at some point in our hunting career.  For years, most of us climbed into trees without a thought of safety. We climbed and sat at the edge of disaster and did noth...

Someone once said, "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." Jonathan Ive, a senior vice president of Apple Incorporated, modified the line of thinking in his famous quote, "good is the enemy of great." The quote was used as the first sentence of the first chapter of the New York Times best-selling book "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. Today's guest exemplifies all of these thought...

At times, we all wonder what God is up to in our lives. He attempts to show us and somehow we can't see what it is He wants us to see. When we keep our hearts open to His leading, we can be led and it will change our lives. On today's program, we will hear how God moved, through a life of abundance, a young man who had lost his way from the path that God laid out for him. Then one day, God gave hi...

Our nation has taken manhood and diminished it like it's a bad thing. The media has made strong men look like fools to take away the role of men in families, communities, and even churches. On last week's program, we met Ray Howell. Ray was abandoned by his father at 5 years old and then his grandfather took over his father figure role, just to pass away when Ray was just entering his teen years....

Many professional athletes can only dream of retiring at the top of their game.  A few have been able to do that but when they do go out, it is because they have reached an age where it is no longer possible to compete at the level they have in the past.  Most of us would stay at the top as long as we possibly could. We claw and scratch to do all we can to not lose our place at the top. But there...

There are special places and times in our lives that mean a lot to us. We cherish memories spent with others throughout our personal or married life that will always bring us back to where God did something special. One such place, nestled into Northwest Ontario Canada on the  banks of Populus Lake… is called Rushing Wind Resort. This week we will meet a couple that first came to Rushing Wind Reso...

So many times in our lives we put restraints on ourselves for adulthood. For the male of our species, it is possibly the hardest to live up to what others think should be truly a man.   Having been raised in a Northern Michigan rural area, our host walked through trails to adventure that he felt showed him to be a man. The first time a boy catches a large fish or shoots a buck and brings it home t...

High country elk camps and the sounds of bugling bull elk draw 1000's of hunters to the mountains each fall. People are different when they're in the mountains.  They drop their guard and relax more than most any place on earth. Relationships grow in amazing ways when we allow God to move in our lives. God has used the mountains in the life of today's guest as well as the lives of those he has sha...

Every one of us has a calling in life. For many of us, our calling is self-directed and, if we allow, many are God given. Callings can change from year to year as we move into new places in life. On today's program, we will meet with a man who has been called to reach out to disciple men. He loves the outdoors and enjoys spending  time with others on the water and in the woods… especially in those...