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Posts

• Making Space at Family Camp
• Echoes to Express Foundation’s Values
• LLYC Celebrates 50 Years
• Meet New Echo Valley Director Tom Bowyer
• Foundation Camp Never Sleeps
• Adventures in Education
• Preserving the Lodge’s Heart and Soul
• Spring/Summer 2016 News
• LLYC Campers and Parents Say So
• Recap: Summer 2016
• Song of Myself, 6
  [A child said, What is the grass?]
• We Strive to Serve You in Every Season of Life
• Cassi Salazar: A Profile in Canyon Leadership
• Where Does LLYC Dig Up Its Great Staff?
• The Great Outdoors Giveaway
• Join the Outdoor School Volunteer Roster!
• What Family Camp Is For
• Blue Hole: Keeping Camp Cool Since 1954
• Rebuilding Retreats at Laity Lodge's Cedar Brake
• #StoneOakSoWhite?
• Adventure for All
• New Bike Trails
• Spring 2017 News
• The Regular World Isn’t Easy
• LAITY LODGE: Material Considerations
• How to Feed a Canyon
• A Half-ton of Inflatable Summer Fun
• San Antonio family finds hope, help at Headwaters
• Mayoral candidates talk gentrification, food deserts at forum
• Annual Cesar Chavez march hopes to unite people and politics
• Blueprint Ministries helps repair people's roofs, psyche
• What Texas can learn from Utah
• Updated: Promise Zone officials await word from HUD
• What are San Antonio's vulnerable communities? City aims to find out
• The poverty film that put San Antonio on the map
• Pastor aims to bridge community resources and needs
• Asked and answered: The poverty question that sparked controversy in the mayor's race
• The Inequality Parade
• How the smallest part of San Antonio's bond takes on housing
• Pinching pennies: barely making it in San Antonio
• New condos and restaurants near AT&T Center?
• Faces of San Antonio: Rev. Michael Jolla
• “We need something to boost us up"
• Ivy Taylor: 'I believe we can create safe, stable mixed-income neighborhoods throughout the city'
• Ron Nirenberg: 'It doesn't matter who you are or what part of town you live in ... you should have a city that works for you'
• The opposite of poverty is not wealth. It's justice
• This week, tell San Antonio how to spend neighborhood dollars
• Why San Antonio has both high employment and high poverty
• Eleven Weeks Hungry: Coach Pop, San Antonio Food Bank Issue Call for Support
• Inequality is complicated. Let’s talk about it.
• Are startups the answer to inequality?
• How Airbnb could hurt affordable housing—and how it could help
• A spiritual home in the spine of the West Side
• Faces of San Antonio: Is poverty trauma?
• Neighborhoods are the focus of new city department
• The future of the West Side rests in small hands
• Students invite public into their stories of inequality
• Builders say affordable developments get housing waiver 'scraps'
• SAY Sí artists are equal to the task of depicting inequality
• Local churches step up to face foster care crisis
• Listening In: How Johnny Williams, AT&T Center janitor, 'toughed it out'
• A changed perspective: San Antonio's more than downtown
• Dignowity Hill residents, homeless centers to discuss vagrancy issues at roundtable
• Dignowity Hill residents show support for homeless services
• East Side residents unite against violence
• Listening In: Dee Dee Sedgwick on the home repair ministry that's fixing roofs and lives
• Filling the void: Southside's only bookstore
• Old-school activism: The story of Jack Elder
• Exploring Ways to Break the Stigma of Mental Health
• Caring for this Place
• Canyon Freedom
• One. Wild. Summer.
• High Ropes Facilitators Keep Campers In Good Hands
• After Camp
• This Treasure, Earthen Vessels
• Helping Pastors Help People With Mental Illness
• March for single-payer healthcare draws 100 downtown
• Listening In: How a trip to the grocery store changed Chris Carrillo’s life
• East Meadows residents talk life after Wheatley Courts
• Why so many San Antonio children spend summer hungry
• Going to where the hunger is
• How and where you can weigh in on $2.7B city budget
• Checking white church privilege
• Mayor Nirenberg announces housing taskforce
• Waiting for the flood
• City Council looks to fund immigrant legal services
• Three Ways to Overcome Inequality
• Can San Antonio get its housing in order?
• What inequality is all about
• Can a community service center save a community?
• New East Meadows report finds a development in search of a community
• Mayor’s housing task force will be open to the public
• Incomes continue to rise, but Texans of color still seeing a gap
• Council passes 'equity' budget, but not without heated discussion
• What Nicaragua taught me about San Antonio
• First open housing task force meeting set
• How the De Novo Foundation helped change one man's life
• Housing task force faces daunting task
• Distressed Communities Index — Spatial Inequality
• The Rise of Residential Segregation by Income
• Overall Economic Segregation Index
• Peace in the barrio
• What is economic segregation, and why does it matter?
• Sinclair San Antonio, Folo Media partner for TV special on S.A.'s inequality crisis
• Why it’s hard to talk about race
• The Asylum Station
• What does affordable housing mean to you?
• Despite financial struggles, Mark's Outing nourishes the community
• Cop offers mentorship at new West Side boxing gym
• Why Americans have no right to an education
• What is your congregation doing for San Antonio's most vulnerable?
• Expert: 85 percent of 1.1 million new San Antonians will be Latino
• Explaining the complex Alazan Courts proposal
• Dressed to empower
• How San Antonio segregated its schools
• Addressing the Opportunity Gap
• Parent University Comes to Camp
• Foundation Campers, Families Affected by Hurricane Harvey
• Winter 2017 News
• Don't Worry. Crew Will Get It.
• The Declarative
• Undeterred
• Hello, Great Outdoors
• With Childlike Wonder
• Is San Antonio ready to take on sugary drinks?
• Should schools do more than teach?
• How San Antonio left Edgewood to fend for itself
• How Texas curtailed traditional welfare without ending poverty
• San Antonio bodies, ZIP code by ZIP code
• Calling all faith communities
• ICYMI: This was all about racism
• Making free speech free
• What's wrong with housing in S.A. — and how to fix it
• Will Wheatley be a missed opportunity for SAISD?
• Nirenberg benches housing incentives policy, for now
• Folo to partner with Texas Tribune on deep-dive reporting projects
• Buying power: When selling is giving in the holiday season
• For school boards short on savvy, corruption comes knocking
• San Antonio’s Muslim-led, free healthcare clinic
• Former gang members nourish the barrio they once harmed
• Reflecting on 2017: What it's been like to report on San Antonio's inequality
• Fighting the urge to segregate San Antonio's schools
• Why this couple chose low-income living
• Am I the reason schools are segregated?
• Will an Obama-era policy move more low-income renters north?
• San Antonio's generosity, ZIP code by ZIP code
• How one artist drew his way out of homelessness
• The two sides of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• When the dust settles on MLK Jr. Drive
• Like San Pedro Creek, these apartments are being renovated — and residents are worried
• SAISD takes another step deeper into charter school waters
• San Antonio is on pace to fill its affordable housing gap ... by 2294
• Lending a hand where it's needed most: Why one couple left Stone Oak for the East Side
• Caught between a car and a slow pace
• All stressed out and nowhere to go
• An announcement from Folo
• New Work in San Antonio
• 2017 Financial Report
• A Call for Your Laity Lodge Photos
• Living Into Our Mission 2017
• LLYC Legend and Family Historian Dan Roloff Retires
• LLYC 2017
  Year-in-review
• Laity Lodge Renovation
• Outdoor 2017
  Year-in-review
• We are Working to Change our Little Corner of the World
• LLFC 2017
  Year-in-Review
• Foundation Camp, 2017
• Property Planning & Stewardship
• Healthy Real County
• Foundation’s Peer-Learning Pilot Marks First Year
• Creativity Brings Us Closer to our Creator
• Echo Valley 2020
• Old School Flour Bluff
• Rebooting Creativity Week
• Summer Images: A poem by John Clare
• Summer Guest Musicians
• How Dwight Lacy Left an Impression
• Foundation Announces Janice Flynn as CFO
• Summer 2018 News
• Soul + Food
• The Pioneer of Texas Outdoor Education
• Lectio Divina 101
• LLYC Summer 2018
• The Importance of Character
• Garven Store on the Original Opening Day
• There’s a Fire on the Mountain
• The Wrench of Grace
• A Foundation for the Future
• Adults-Only Foundation Camp
• A Week in the Life of Outdoor School
• After that Life-Changing Summer
• Artists in Residence
• William Macedo
• Give Boldly & With Joy
• Winter 2018 News Briefs
• Encouraging People to Build Strong Relationships with Each Other and with God
• Living Into Our Mission 2018
• Where the River Turns to Roads
• Laity Lodge Family Camp 2018
• Foundation Camp 2018
• Laity Lodge 2018
• Laity Lodge Youth Camp 2018
• Outdoor School 2018
• What We’re Funding
• How You Can Join Us
• Winter 2019 News Briefs
• I Liked What I Saw
• Somos Familia
• Foundation Receives Land Steward Award
• Out of the Valley and into the Canyon
• Creating a Sense of Calm
• Just for Kids
• Setting the Table for Everyone to Share
• An Outdoor Education Anniversary
• Summer 2019 News Briefs
• The Two Sides of Privilege
• From Pharr to Foundation Camp
• LLYC Outbound 2019
• Fall 2019
  News Briefs
• The Rewilding of Laity Lodge
• All In
• Let the Retreat Guest Understand
• Happier & Healthier Students
• Cultivate friendships, transform communities
• “It was the joy of generosity”
• Can Churches Help with Mental Health?
• Neighbors Beyond Your Neighborhood
• Family Camp Counselors Get Counseled
• Foundation Completes Kerrville Campus Renovation
• Transformative Justice … and Accordions
• What Birds Are Telling Us About the Environment
• The Climb of Their Lives
• Running Together to Heal Together
• How this Laity Lodge Family Grew and Grew and Grew
• Calling Us to Know Our Neighbors
• Binding Together for a Better Community
• What We Learned When We Asked About Your Community
• Talking to the Living Legend of LLYC
• Sound and Soul at Laity Lodge
• Folo past and present
• How People Are Using Social Media to Help Their Neighbors
• Plugging into the Canyon
• A Lifetime of Laity Lodge
• Cool, Clear Water
• A Place for Neighbors
• We'll Get Through This Together
• If Nothing Had Ever Gone Wrong
• 2019 Annual Report
• Community Coming Together
• Listen: Fighting Pandemic Paralysis
• Thousands of San Antonio Families to Have Cash in Hand
• Driving off the benefits cliff
• In Response to Protests Around the Nation
• H. E. Butt Foundation to Build an Outpost in the Alamo City
• When We Meet Again
• "Tomorrow's A Good Day"
• Introducing Alex Bailey
• Take Up and Read
• How An Epidemic Helped Create Camp
• Choosing Life
• Five Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Poverty
• “We’re Going to be O.K.”
• Answering “Who Is My Neighbor?”
• Community Survey: What We Asked and How You Answered
• Who We Surveyed and Why
• Relationships to Repair the World
• Why We’re Asking Hard Questions
• SA Hope Center
• Restore Education
• Someone Like Mike
• Glenn Echols: Excellence in the Canyon
• How to Retreat When We Can’t Go to Retreats
• Camp Docs Keep Campers Healthy
• The Stars at Night
• Therapy Is a Camp Activity, Too
• The Canyon Comeback
• Returning Carefully to the Canyon
• Building Capacity to Serve San Antonio
• Mental Health Ministers: Not in it Alone
• Listen: Teenagers Let Us Hear Their Pandemic Thoughts
• Rise Recovery
• San Antonio's Roadmap to Justice
• House of Neighborly Service
• The Neighborhood is Her Canvas
• More Outdoors
• The Handiwork of Lavernis Royal at Laity Lodge
• We're Going to Have Camp!
• Winter Storm Uri
• The Answer Everyone Wants to Hear
• H. E. Butt Foundation Supports Kerrville Museum
• Inviting San Antonio to Examine Inequity
• The Bumpy Road to a Prosperous West Side
• Under One Sky
• The Geography of San Antonio's Inequality Crisis
• Meet the Children’s Bereavement Center
• Meet Blueprint
  Ministries
• Laity Lodge's 60-Year Journey
• The Purpose of Crew
• Where the Big Red Sage Grows Wild
• The Sacred Work of the SA Fatherhood Campaign
• How this Canyon Ops Director Found New Grounds
• A New Team for Real County
• Happy Birthday, Laity Lodge!
• Fathers Matter: A Conversation with Ramon Vasquez
• Meet Good Samaritan
• Meet the Bexar County Health Collaborative
• Meet NAMI San Antonio
• The Canyon's Witnesses
• Someone Like Virginia
• Putting Mission Into Action
• It Has Always Felt Sacred
• The Unstoppable Goodness
• Meet Girls Inc of SA
• Reflections on "fens of cedar"
• Finding Grace in Hupomone
• Unshakable Faith: A Conversation with Dr. Carey Latimore
• Meet JOVEN
• Spaces Created for You & Me
• Why Camp?
• Howard Butt Reflects on Faith and Beauty
• Loving Your Enemies
• Six for San Antonio
• We Gather. We Learn.
• When daylight comes, comes in the light
• Meet Empower House
• Meet SAY Sí
• And The Rocket's Red Glare
• Kerrville Capacity Building Cohort Gathering
• Hit or Miss
• The Other Side of the Fence Line
• A Foot in Two Worlds
• Same As It Ever Was and Always Changing
• New Normal: Camps Commit to Mental Wellness
• Training the Next Generation
• Thoughts on Edwin Markham's "Outwitted"
• The Legacy of Canyon Summers
• Meet San Antonio's Southside
• A Reflection on "Love's Lantern"
• Summer Camp Love
• When the Water Runs Dry
• Did You Know About this Video Series?
• Lead With Your Strengths
• Faith in the Ruins
• Letting Families Be
• Foundation Opens San Antonio Office
• Summer Roundup With Laity Lodge Youth Camp
• She Pastors Strong
• Bridging Our Differences
• Waiting/Wading
• Expansive Mission: A Reflection from Deborah Rogers
• A Reflection on "Auguries of Innocence"
• Old Friends, New Paintings
• Our Faith Convictions
• Invited to Grow
• Repairing To Be Repaired
• Below the Frio
• Third Thursdays Are For The Storytellers
• Wonders Underfoot
• Reflection on "Linnet's Wings"
• Streetz: The King of Second Chances
• People Before Camp
• Welcome to Laity Lodge Youth Camp
• Flourishing in the Third Third of Life
• Stepping Up
• Reflection on "Epistle the Second"
• Building Stronger Families
• Headwaters
  Turns 10
• Real Friends in Four Corners of San Antonio
• Side By Side
• A Garden in the City
• "I'm Not Going Through This For Me."
• From Outdoor School to Expedition School
• The Universal Prayer
• Inspirational Transformation
• Lulu's Last First Day
• Celebrate Recovery's Unity on the Frio
• Cabin Time Is At The Heart of Camp
• Is this Lady Lodge?
• Coming Home to the Canyon
• Widening Our Circle
• "The Kingdom of God Is Within You”
• A Simple Request
• Know Your Neighbor: Rain or Shine
• Your Favorite Echoes Stories from 2023
• Simplicity, Trust & Childlike Freedom
• Canyon Chronicles
• De Confianza
• Reader Feedback and Letter to the Editor
• Thoughts on “February Twilight”
• Announcing The Congregational Collective
• She Found Her Spirit to Soar
• I Am Unbeatable!
• It's Your House Now
• Communities Need Help. Can Churches Be The Bridge?
• Your Number One Concern: Mental Wellness
• Three Insights from our Community Survey
• We Hear You
• Welcome to the Neighborhood
• Reader Feedback
• Neighbors on the Margins
• What Words Do You Live By?
• A Few Thoughts on the "Prayer of St. Francis"
• A Better Way to Think About Poverty
• America Is Stressed. What Can Camp Do About It?
• It Pays to Trust Families: Escaping the Cycle of Living Month-to-Month
• The Gospel of Wholeness
• A Few Thoughts on "Primer Lesson" by Carl Sandburg
• LLYC Counselors:
  Where Are They Now?
• Senior Trip to Foundation Camp
• Reader Feedback
• Cell Phone Day Spa
• From the Community
• Bridging the Benefits Cliff
• Too Conservative for the Liberals, Too Liberal for the Conservatives
• Let There Be Light
• Dining Table Revolution
• United for Moore
• Deeply Rooted
• 2024 Camp Trends
• Reader Feedback
• What Do We Mean by Faith?
• Would You Move Your Family To The Kill Zone?
• Build Trust and Navigate Change
• The Biography of God
• Introducing The Echoes Podcast
• Finding Community in a Broken World
• Advice for Parents: Just Hold On
• Teachers Aren’t Therapists, But They Can Still Help
• What My Patients are Facing is Beyond Medical Need
• A Place To Call Home
• Loneliness Is Killing Us
• A Reflection on “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
• Confetti Cannons and Contemplation
• Welcome to The Echoes Podcast!
• Does Your ZIP Code Determine Your Life Expectancy?
• The Cure for Loneliness
• Grace and Grit
• Faith and Justice
• The Land of Raisins and Redemption
• What Teenagers Have Always Needed
• She Lost Her Job and Her Home, But This Family Camp Mom Did Not Give Up
• Lines Between Us at Laity Lodge
• Grace & Grit: An Interview with Three-Time Grammy Winner Ashley Cleveland
• Why AI Can't Make Art
• Celebrating Ten Years of Echoes Magazine
• Stories from the Canyon and Beyond
• Every Texan Should Know What Happened at Edgewood
• The Spiritual Power of Storytelling on Screen
• A Reflection on Alice Cary’s Poem, Nobility
• Repairing What Politics Can't Fix
• How Do We Help our Kids Cope with Crisis?
• In Times of Grief, Don’t Let Doubt Win
• The Food Brought the Kids, The Kids Brought the Parents
• The Weight of the Work
• All Creatures Sing
• Held by Camp: A Letter on Faith, Floods, and Resilience
• Who Belongs in Your Circle?
• Hope You’re Well! No, But Really.
• The Hupomone Challenge
• Moments from the Lodge
• The First Supper
• Foster Care Takes a Village
• This Place Feels Like Home
• Blessing of the Kindling
• Join the Hupomone Challenge
• The Father You Get: Fathers, Faith, and the Loneliness Crisis
• Start Now: Practices for Flourishing in the Third Third
• How To Hope Well
• On Childlike Wonder
• The Stories That Form Us
• When the Whole Town Comes to Camp
• Staying Human in the Age of AI
• Are We All Addicts? The Hidden Attachments Shaping Our Lives
• Elton Trueblood & Questions That Open The Soul
• Listening for What Matters  
• Moments From the Lodge
• Moments From the Canyon
• Dinner Conversations That Change You 
• Widening the Circle for Young Leaders 
• Be Kind, Not Quarrelsome 
• A New Issue of Echoes
• What the Church Gets Wrong About Suffering