Christopher Joel Ewing

All of them were campers six years ago. Now we are staff members together who share the same passion (I'm the last on the right)

Location: Cincinnati, KY
Age: 24
School: Lipscomb 2003 Graduate, soon to be UAB Grad student
Major/Minor: History/Journalism
Occupation: Front Desk Agent at the Cincinnatian Hotel

Favorite/funniest childhood memory?
My brother sending our car over the hill and my dad grabbing the bumper trying to save it. Also, Reds game

What is your favorite book and why?
New Seeds Of Contemplation by Thomas Merton. A book of deep spiritual reflection.

What is your favorite way to spend your time?
Going to Reds games and helping out with the youth group at my church

What do you feel most passionate about?
We'll save that one for last

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A professor teaching in NYC

What is your favorite bible story?
The story of raising Lazarus from the dead. It is a good story any time the one who help create the world weeps for his creation.

Would you rather vacation on the beach or in the mountains?
Mountains (please see "A River Runs Through It")

If you had an open ended plane ticket and could go anywhere tomorrow, where would you go?
New York City

What are your fears?
Girls-->Rejection, The Bush Administration (that's right I said it), and camp Oatmeal


Now back to what am I passionate about? One word. SHILOH. This will be my sixth summer as a camp counselor. After six years Shiloh is no longer a job or a vacation. It is a part of me. Like Samuel in the bible I have been called at Shiloh. I have been called to make visible the invisible children of Shiloh that the world presently cannot see. Even most churches are oblivious to the children of Shiloh. The reason is because some churches put more energy and money into futile causes like defending the "sanctity of marriage", even though we live in a country that already has a 50% divorce rate. Some churches are more worried about the war on terrorism than they are about the children of Shiloh. My passion is to let these churches know that there is a psychological and spiritual war going on right now in the South Bronx and the children are losing.

I am going to NYC after I attain the necessary degrees as a professor and I am not leaving until the scales fall from the eyes of the world and the church. When the scales fall, then all will see the suffering and sorrow that I have looked in the eye for the past six years. And like me, when the world and the church see such suffering they will no longer be able ignore it and will be compelled to do something about it. This is my purpose. This is my passion.


Love,
CJE