http://www.kansas.com/living/religion/article209219674.html
Pastors encouraged to avoid burnout, ‘reconnect with God’ by hunting, fishing
BY KATHERINE BURGESS
May 03, 2018 11:37 AMAbout two years ago, the Rev. Anthony Trevarton shot his first boar.
Not only did he take away a boar from that hunting trip, but Trevarton said he also felt God’s call to start a new church.
Trevarton was one of a handful of pastors on a hunt organized by Ministry Outdoor Adventures, an organization that stands apart from many pastors’ ministries.
There’s little formal teaching, no conferences.
Instead, lessons are learned and relationships are built while hunting deer, around a campfire or at the organization’s regular clay shoots.
“Just like a church, it’s all about the relationships,” Trevarton said. “That’s the huge difference: I’ve been to tons of conferences and you learn something, but you don’t take a friend home.”
With support from the pastors he met through Ministry Outdoor…
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Exposing the Big Game 
“But we also hope that as you’re looking up at the heavens, focusing on the target, you’re also thinking about the reality that God put you on this earth for a reason.”
First clue: It isn’t to kill God’s creatures. Praying to God for selfish reasons isn’t it either.
I dunno, bonding over killing living beings I just don’t get. Surely there’s another way?
Another nutjob using their religion as a shield.
Stressed out? Go shoot some animals. That’s a great Christian way to calm down.
Amen.
religion demands animal sacrifice…imagine that.