Stephen Ashton

Troop Adventures

OH-0222 Loyalsock Trail Thru-Hike

Averaging more than 10 miles a day and making climbs of 11,000 feet, boys and men from Trail Life Troop-0222 Amherst, OH earned Trail Names like MANimal, Machine, Bear, Mighty, Bravo, Moose, Gazelle, and Rocky as they spent 5 days backpacking the 59-mile Loyalsock Trail in Pennsylvania.
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Stephen Ashton

History

William Wilberforce: COURAGE

“If you love someone who is ruining his or her life because of faulty thinking, and you don't do anything about it because you are afraid of what others might think, it would seem that rather than being loving, you are in fact being heartless.” - William Wilberforce
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Stephen Ashton

Troop Adventures

A Nine Day Cycling Adventure

16 Trailmen from Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia accepted the challenge and assembled at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, PA to make the 335 mile bike journey to Washington DC on the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal Towpath. Months of planning, training, and long day rides were about to be ...
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Press Release

In The News Parenting

Trail Life USA Believes In Biblical Foundation Boys Need to Become Men

A recent Pew Research Center study revealed a troubling truth about the state of the faith of Americans — from 2009 to 2019 the percentage of Americans who described themselves as Christians was down 12% while the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their religious ...
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Stephen Ashton

History

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Truth

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Stephen Ashton

In The News Parenting Let Boys be Boys

Struggling Boy Finds Hope, Purpose, and Self-Worth through Trail Life Mentors

Trail Life mentors inspire young boy not only to find the will to live, but to help others around him In a society where the lines between masculine and feminine are constantly blurred, brash boyish bluster and boisterousness is losing its place. Feeling unappreciated, too boys are losing their identity. Traditional ...
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Staff

In The News Service

Trail Life USA believes in the fundamental value of all humanity, including the unborn

‘All of humanity are created in God’s image and are worthy of respect, compassion and care’ GREENVILLE, S.C.— When Trail Life USA (TrailLifeUSA.com), the largest Christ-centered, boy-focused scout-type organization in the country, was founded in 2013, it was built on traditional Christian values. Trail Life’s “Six ...
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Press Release

In The News

Trail Life USA Offers Boys Hope and Purpose Despite Pandemic Aftereffects

'Mishandling of the opportunity to communicate optimism and to be creative in meeting the challenge is causing these aftershocks that have particularly set boys back. Trail Life provides boys with a safe space to build character, develop leadership, and enjoy boyhood in the great outdoors’
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Stephen Ashton

Masculinity History

3 Pillars of Biblical Masculinity

"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Quoted from and inspired by James Isaac Vance's Book from 1899, Royal Manhood. "In state and church, in public and private, in work for men and work for God, the call is for men of strength: ...
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