Apr10
Finding Purpose and Faith at Boys Ranch
Finding Purpose and Faith at Boys Ranch A close-knit community is what 17-year-old Deg found at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. The high school senior shares his remarkable journey from New York to the Texas Panhandle. Three ...
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Dec08
Seeing God’s Gift in the Everyday
By Mike Wilhelm, Senior Chaplain What does Christmas mean to you? To many, Christmas is a time of merchandise. To others, it is a time for gathering with family and friends. For those estranged from family ...
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Aug18
The Greatest Adventures Hold the Greatest Surprises
By Mike Wilhelm, Senior Chaplain I can’t imagine a greater adventure than leaving home. Dozens of kids do it every year to come to Boys Ranch. Leaving home for new opportunities is often exciting, but it ...
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Jan06
Prayer ride offers peace, belonging
The teenage girl contemplated deeply before she took a felt-tip pen and printed some words on the oblong stone. In her quick handwriting, she wrote, ‘help my family be better.’ With that, she gently placed it ...
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Dec19
Christmas Cantata offers message of hope in 2019
Inside the warmth of the perfectly lit chapel at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch about 40 youth and their adult mentors treated more than 400 guests to a moving Christmas cantata. “Hope: His Name is Jesus,” powerfully ...
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Dec13
‘Hope is Born’ at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch
The familiar story of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, as detailed in Luke Chapter 2 and the book of Matthew, takes on special meaning each year for the boys and girls who plan, script and choreograph the ...
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