The Rock Camp & Outreach Center

07/11/2026

07/07/2026

If I say my children matter deeply to me, but if I never create space to listen, pray, laugh, ask thoughtful questions, and speak truth into their lives, I miss the very moments God wants to use.

Discipling our children rarely happens in one dramatic conversation. It requires an intentional investment of time. It grows through repeated investments of time, attention, and love. It happens over dinner, in the car, before bed, during a walk, and sometimes in those unexpected moments when a child finally opens their heart.

You don't need to be perfect to disciple a child. You need humility, presence, and a willingness to put the people God has entrusted to you onto your calendar before the urgent things crowd them out.

For a deeper dive on this topic, check out my article on intentional parenting, with practical ways to create rhythms of conversation, discipline, and spiritual formation at home: https://livingontheedge.org/2021/11/15/intentional-parenting/

06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day!

04/13/2026

It's only by understanding the weight of the gospel that we grasp the depths possible of love. This is why Christ must be the center of your marriage.

Love aside from Christ is elusive; its definition is subjective, self-gratifying, and soft. Christ's example of love is pure and steady, it never changes and it never will change. "...but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

WHILE we were sinners. Note that it doesn't say, "even though we once sinned." This passage is all about Jesus, his love, and his sacrifice.

When we're called to love each other like Christ, we're called to love each other "while" we're still sinners. This is true love. This means we choose love even when we're offended. It means we choose love even when we don't feel it.

May you and your spouse keep Christ at the absolute center of your marriage; and by doing so, may you experience the depths and joys that come from loving and being loved like Christ himself loves.

Stay fierce,
Ryan & Selena Frederick

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12/11/2025

This may strike you as a radical statement—perhaps even as one that overreaches.

Let me explain. Note: the below can definitely apply to women as well!

As a man, a husband, and a father, I've experienced a consistent connection between how well I love my family and how submitted (consumed) I am to the love of God. The further I drift from an active, devoted relationship with my Creator, the further I drift from loving my wife with patience, understanding, compassion, and grace. The same is true for my relationship with our daughters.

In other words, if I'm not consistently disciplined to get into God's word, talk to him, remind myself of the gospel, and center my day, thoughts, and desires on him, I'm more likely to rely on my own strength to love my family well. The problem with that is that I'm actually a pretty weak person... I grow impatient and selfish quicker than I think I will. I need God's help—I need his grace.

Maybe you can relate: it's easy to have a great week with your relationship with God and then try to use that momentum to coast through the next week. But that's not how we're built to live.

One reason for this drift (when it happens, which thankfully is becoming less and less frequent) may be because I take the work and presence of the Holy Spirit for granted. It's amazing—yes, amazing!—how the Holy Spirit supernaturally enables us to love like Christ. It's otherworldly.

May God be our first and ultimate desire! May we constantly rely on his power to love our families with love and truth that are out of this world.

May God fuel our marriages and make them beacons of Christ's hope, joy, peace, and love for our families, our communities, and the far reaches of the world.

Stay fierce,
Ryan