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Self Care is Not Being Selfish

November 6, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

It was a normal run of the mill board meeting, something I had done repeatedly over the past number of years.  However, as we neared the end of my agenda, one of my board members, noted he was attending a seminar and part of the topic was self-care.  After listening to my list of activities… | Read More

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The Sousaphone of God’s Unchanging Love

August 29, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

I came across and article in Christianity Today Pastor’s newsletter, where the author described his time in the High School marching band.  Because he was a tuba player, he also had to learn to play the Sousaphone.  I too spent time in the marching band, however, I played a trombone, so walking or sitting, it… | Read More

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God Wants You all to Himself

June 23, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

By now you know that New Trails is located in a remote area of the Black Hills of South Dakota.  I have also given some rationale as to why this is important and vital to what we do.  However, I recently read a blog from a man who has served as a mentor to me,… | Read More

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The Easiest Job in the World!

June 14, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

Eugene Peterson in his book, Working the Angles, states “Being the kind of pastor that satisfies a congregation is one of the easiest jobs on the face of the earth….”  Let me let that hang for a minute before I add the context.  Being a pastor who satisfies a congregation is one of the easiest… | Read More

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Avoiding Marriage Madness 

May 3, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

It seems that every March we encounter a phenomenon known as March Madness.  We arrange our brackets, hoping we have picked the perfect set of teams to predict the Final Four in college basketball.  If you are a basketball fan, you know well the agony of a “busted bracket”.  This year I heard that the… | Read More

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Of Old Sayings and New Thinking….

April 25, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

There is an old saying about ministers and professors, “Those who can do, and those who can’t teach.”   I suppose this could be said about any profession.  With any saying like this one there is an element of truth, as well as some overstatement.  As I have moved into that stage of my life and… | Read More

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A Desk is a Dangerous Place from which to watch the world…

March 14, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.” –John Le Carre I wonder if you have ever given that much thought?  I haven’t, until today.  Most of my life in pastoral ministry has been spent behind a desk, behind a phone, in a class room, or behind a pulpit!  However, there… | Read More

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A New Trail of Vitality

February 8, 2019/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

As we begin our second year of serving at New Trails it has prompted some thinking and possible revisioning of why we exist and what we do.  When I began to dream about this ministry, the statistics about a high rate of ministry drop outs was filling my focus.  As time has gone on I… | Read More

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Living with Death

November 26, 2018/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

That is some title isn’t it!  But read on, you never know where this will end. By now you know that I have some eclectic reading habits. I read ‘junk novels’ for pleasure. I read a variety of religious journals and articles. I read about Fire Fighter related concerns and then I dabble in leadership… | Read More

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Thinking About the Wilderness

November 5, 2018/in General /by Rod Veldhuizen

My Father-in-Law loaned me a book a week or so ago with an interesting title, The Book of Mysteries, by Jonathan Cahn.  Cahn writes the book based on Jewish wisdom literature and uses the motif of a student and teacher to convey his message.  I have seen a lot of these and generally don’t do… | Read More

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Custer, SD  57730
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New Trails offers three, five or ten day sabbaticals that are customized to your needs, are designed to help you reconnect with God who has called you to service and can assist you in recovering that joy. As a long term ministry couple, we know firsthand the joys and challenges of full time service, and combined with our wilderness locations we provide the place, space and direction to assist you in creating the space to recover your passion for ministry.
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