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By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged
Kelsey Lundgaard’s love for America’s national parks — and for God — developed at an early age.
Every summer, she and her family traveled to places such as Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington and Zion National Park in Utah.
“It’s really what brings our family together as a whole, just because of the special place that a park can be,” said Lundgaard, 22, who graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, this spring with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
“Getting to be in God’s creation, and getting to see the mighty ways of just his miraculous beauty of what he creates, and then getting to enjoy it with your family,” she added, “it’s really the best of both worlds.”
As a Samford student, Lundgaard spent a summer working — and ministering — at Yellowstone National Park, which lies primarily in Wyoming but extends into Montana and Idaho.
She did so through a 75-year-old interdenominational ministry called A Christian Ministry in the National Parks, known to many by its acronym, ACMNP. According to its website, the ministry “equips team members to share Christ’s love through work, worship, and service in the national parks.”
This column appears in the online magazine Religion Unplugged.
Photo provided by ACMNP
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