Mighty Oaks Blog
What Makes Mighty Oaks So Effective
By Chad Robichaux, Did you know that more than 20 veterans a day commit suicide and the combat veteran divorce rate is over 80%? There is no question that our great country has fallen short of providing adequate services to our veterans as they transition back into...
Forged In Battle
By Tara Kugel This week a group women gathered together at Skyrose Ranch for the Mighty Oaks Women’s Legacy Program. Once everyone arrived at the ranch, it was immediately evident that friendships were blossoming. Although the elements were less than agreeable when...
How to Practice the Presence of God
It feels as though He’s right next to us, speaking to us, letting us know that He’s there and He’s at work. This is wonderful. However, this seems to suggest that there’s something about the church sanctuary that allows the Holy Spirit’s power to increase—as though...
Pressing Forward
By, Branden Kunath 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one...
Be Obedient
By Gabe DeLaRosa From the moment we started receiving guys on March 6, 2023 at the Bull Run Warrior Retreat in Haymarket, Virginia, the Warriors arriving had very little understanding of what it meant to be obedient. As the week unfolded with the classes they received...
The Journey of A New Team Leader
By, Pete Lawrence Ephesians 4:22-24 NET “You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and to put on the new man who has been...
Relationship Brings Hope
Last week was the first Women's Legacy Program of 2023. It was also the most interesting weather we have had during a Women's Program at SkyRose Ranch. We experienced heavy rain, winds, and even a beautiful blanket of snow. As the storms came, we rearrange where...
Reconnecting with God
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, we still managed to hold two Legacy Programs: a Men’s Legacy Program for First Responders and a Women’s Legacy Program, both at our California location at SkyRose Ranch in San Miguel. Despite the challenges...
The Journey or The Destination?
By Kenneth Wolff Are you the type of person who enjoys the journey, or are you the type of person who wants to get to the destination? I was asked this recently and had to reflect for a moment on how to answer this question. During this past week at SkyRose Ranch in...
We Are Responsible
By, Glenn Rosenbaum “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us!” (1 John 1:8) As the team and I come closer to the end of the week during our Men’s Legacy Program in Junction Texas, I am reminded of this truth in 1 John 1:8 being...
Into the Storm
By Roy Jaquez Sunday, the staff arrived as a major storm was already moving through, yet not at its height. But then Monday came, and with it the myriad of unexpected events, at least from our perspective. Severe winds and driving rain caused flooding and structural...
Back in Alignment with Christ
By, Jason Geis The middle of December brought a group of men who didn’t know one another but had all gotten off azimuth with their walk in Jesus or had never been on that path in the first place. Serving as a Team Leader, I have seen many times through this journey,...
