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Choosing Joy Amidst Challenge
Oct 19, 2021 | Adirondack Expeditions, Solo, Spiritual Formation
Imagine yourself doing a three mile run, interspersed with “20 obstacles–including crawling through mud under barbed wire, climbing ropes, climbing over walls,... a balance beam, going through big mud puddles, ... a 14 foot high platform ...to jump into a puddle!”...
Pushing the Bike Industry with a Brand New Passion
Mar 31, 2021 | Adirondack Expeditions, Commitment Move, Staff Stories
“You know what? God, I have no idea, just give me some brand new passion.” This simple prayer started it all. In a recent interview, Izzy Johnson, Gordon College class of 2018 and Adirondack Sherpa Alumni, reflected on how God has directed her life post-grad. “In...
Listening Through Stillness–Being Shaped by Spiritual Disciplines from Solo
Feb 24, 2021 | Be Here Now, College Expeditions, COVID-19, Solo, Spiritual Formation
“I definitely am so extraverted and I love people and I get my energy from people,” shared Mikayla Weaver, ‘23, in an interview with La Vida. “but I’m also really empathetic so sometimes I know that I need a break from people to process my own emotions and to separate...
Walking With Presence
Dec 14, 2020 | Advent 2020, Devotionals
“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that.” Galatians 6:4–5 (MSG) It’s 6 a.m. and still dark. The floorboards creak beneath my feet as I sit up and turn off the alarm. I wander downstairs to make...
Can Anything Good Come from Nazareth or the Year 2020?
Dec 10, 2020 | Advent 2020, Devotionals
The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the...
Sacred Moments
Dec 3, 2020 | Advent 2020, Devotionals
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’... On...