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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\n2020 has been a year unlike any other for Christian summer camps. Here\u2019s how CT captured the situation in a recent report:\nLike most businesses and ministries across the country, Christian camps felt the economic halt right away. Church retreats and events were called off in March, April, and May due to bans on mass gatherings across the states. Before long, camps were forced to grapple with the unimaginable: no summer camp.By May\u2019s end, more than 100 Christian camps had announced cancellations. Most of the rest made dramatic changes to summer programming. Summer camp can represent half of a camp\u2019s annual revenue or more, so skipping it for a year comes as a massive financial blow.\nMany Christian camps did cancel their summers. Some canceled and then reversed course. Some held programming all summer.\xa0\nThis has been a very difficult summer. We've got camps that have been open continuously, even through WWI and WWII, closed down for the first time this summer,\u201d said Jacob Sorenson,\xa0the director of Sacred Playgrounds, a ministry offering research and training to camps and congregations.\xa0\u201cIt's been a very difficult time for the industry as a whole, including secular camps.\u201d\nOne added challenge for Christian summer camps has been politics.\xa0\n\u201cChristian camps are again caught in this political environment where the ones that have a constituency that tends to be conservative have been under a lot of pressure to open up,\u201d said Sorenson, who researches camping ministry and who contributed to the previously mentioned CT article.\xa0\u201cWhile the ones that have a constituency that tends to be more progressive or Democratic-leaning have been under pressure to close down. And it\u2019s made it very difficult for camp directors to make a good decision for the health of their camp communities.\u201d\nSorenson joined global media manager Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss the financial footprint of summer camp, what to know about how long a\xa0\u201ccamp high\u201d really lasts,\xa0how many camps are using technology in ways never seen before, and who summer camps serve well and who they leave out.\xa0\nTake Quick to Listen\u2019s survey!\nWhat is Quick to Listen? Read more\nRate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on Twitter\nFollow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen\nMusic by Sweeps\nQuick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder\nThe transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices