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ECHOES

December 2025

Foster Care Takes a Village

The First Supper
Laity Lodge Family Camp’s opening meal—simple, safe, and shared— turns a long day of travel into the beginning of community, new friendships, and rest.
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The Hupomone Challenge
Inspired by legacy wisdom and modern endurance events, LLYC is teaching young leaders how to suffer well through a new athletic challenge.
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Foster Care Takes a Village
A question posed by a Laity Lodge Family Camp retreat speaker tugged at Rebecca Welch long after Roundup ended: “What aren’t you doing because you’re comfortable?”
December 2025 Bekah McNeel
This Place Feels Like Home
He was a sharp kid—talking about limestone and how water shapes a canyon. I hadn’t prompted him to talk about God, not directly. He just brought it up: “This place feels like home.”
December 2025 David Rogers
Moments from the Lodge
Three Laity Lodge guests provide glimpses into memorable moments where God met them in beauty, vulnerability, and connection.
December 2025 Beth Avila
Repairing What Politics Can’t Fix
David Brooks on Trust, Morality, and Our Search for Meaning.
June 2025 David Brooks
Blessing of the Kindling
How do you start your day? Try this little poem.
December 2025 Marcus Goodyear
The Food Brought the Kids, The Kids Brought the Parents
How Foundation Camp helped a tiny Texas church cater to generations.
October 2025 Bekah McNeel
The Weight of the Work
Sandra Morales’ story shows why soul care matters for nonprofit leaders.
October 2025 Beth Avila
Who Belongs in Your Circle?
Executive Director, Patton Dodd, explores the theology of Know Your Neighbor, the youngest program at the H. E. Butt Foundation.
October 2025 Patton Dodd
Laity 2020 Fall-159
Loneliness Is Killing Us
We’re lonelier than ever. But studies show how churches can help.
March 2025 A. M. Clark
Faith in the Ruins
A Laity Lodge retreat makes space to talk about things that all of us need to talk about.
August 2022 Hilary Commer
It Pays to Trust Families: Escaping the Cycle of Living Month-to-Month
UpTogether’s unique cash and community approach aims to stabilize families for good.
August 2024 Katie Best-Richmond
Grace & Grit: An Interview with Three-Time Grammy Winner Ashley Cleveland
Ashley Cleveland discusses addiction, recovery, and the power of story.
June 2025 Camille Hall-Ortega
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Join the H. E. Butt Foundation’s Marcus Goodyear and Camille Hall-Ortega as they explore topics such as faith, community, and wholeness.
Patton Dodd
The Father You Get: Fathers, Faith, and the Loneliness Crisis
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David Brooks
Repairing What Politics Can’t Fix
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Ashley Cleveland
Grace and Grit
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Howard Butt Reflects on Faith and Beauty
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A Garden in the City
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It Has Always Felt Sacred
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The Canyon’s Witnesses
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More Outdoors
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The Neighborhood is Her Canvas
From The President
This Place Feels Like Home
December 2025 David Rogers
Echoes is the quarterly magazine of the H. E. Butt Foundation.

We share stories of people who engage with our Canyon programs: Laity Lodge Family Camp, Laity Lodge Youth Camp, the adult retreat center at Laity Lodge, H. E. Butt Foundation Outdoor School, and H. E. Butt Foundation Camp. Outside the Canyon, our storytelling is framed by Community Initiatives in Real County and San Antonio Initiatives where we serve vulnerable families and children. The H. E. Butt Foundation works to cultivate wholeness in people and institutions for the transformation of communities.

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