Jake Sorenson is the founder and director of Sacred Playgrounds, a ministry offering research and training to camps and connected communities. He has a doctorate in practical theology from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., an Master of Divinity from Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary, and more than 20 years of experience in camping ministry and congregational youth ministry. He has participated in and directed numerous research projects, including the Effective Camp Project and the Rhythms of Faith Project, and is the author of Sacred Playgrounds. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife Anna (a Lutheran pastor) and their two boys.