Mountaineering Grant Approved for La Vida Staff Alumni to Explore Nááts’įhch’oh National Park
By Joel Cox, Assistant Director of Outdoor Education For years, I read about other people going on expeditions and climbing mountains in faraway locations. Books, podcasts, YouTube videos—you name it, I’ve spent the hours invested in each story. While their stories...
The Nature Hack
Evening rolls in and the sky’s orange hue beams through my dining room window. I scramble for my phone and bolt out the door. I drive to the beach, hoping to get the perfect shot for Instagram. As I post my sunset picture, I inevitably lost the rest of the evening....
A Devotional by Katherine Obenschain
SCRIPTURE Mark 4: 18-20 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like the seed sown on good soil, hear...
Quarantine: A Poem by Adrienne Mauney
Why should we hold fast to a hope above if our foundation here is not shaken? And what comfort is it to cling to a promise seek the anchor of our soul if life’s ship is on smooth waters? There seems no yearning for steady security if nothing is causing imbalance. And...
Confidence in a Season of Unknown
You’ve been hiking all day. You’re tired, hungry and the sun is setting. You don’t know how much longer it will be until you arrive at your campsite. You and your co-Sherpa look at the map by headlamp. “Are we north of South Fork or south of North Fork?” you think to...
Staff Highlight: Melody Chan
Whether it’s running around at camp with middle schoolers or cataloging flowers, Melody Chan has a love and curiosity for people and the outdoors. Working for Adventure Camp was a natural fit for her as a biology and secondary education major at Gordon College. Being...