by La Vida | Oct 14, 2020 | Adirondack Expeditions, Commitment Move, Compass
The new Compass cohort stood swallowed in the middle of a towering high-ropes course. Ty Spencer ‘24 was among the group with wide eyes and thoughts racing: “There’s absolutely no way I’m getting on one of these.” But up he went, and as he kept going, he “got more and...
by La Vida | Jun 2, 2020 | Compass
Questions for Reflection in light of COVID Sometimes it literally takes a pandemic for me to slow down and reflect. No shame in that, right? (Right?) Over the past months in quarantine, I’ve found myself asking a few key questions. I offer these as a guide to...
by La Vida | Jun 2, 2020 | Compass
Written by Jena Jekums, Compass Assistant + Writer Each new generation is shaped by certain events in history, trends, and the generation(s) that raises them. Accordingly, each generation has challenges that differ slightly, or even drastically, then their preceding...
by Amber.Hausman | Apr 18, 2020 | Compass, COVID-19, Staff Stories
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...
by Amber.Hausman | Dec 13, 2018 | Adirondack Expeditions, College Expeditions, Compass, Solo
By: Taylor Bradford ’19 “The silence of the forest, the peace of the early morning wind moving the branches of the trees, the solitude and isolation of the house of God: these are good because it is in silence, and not in commotion, in solitude and not in...
by Amber.Hausman | Dec 10, 2018 | Compass
A Glimpse of the Compass ministry in Reykjavik By: Bryn Clark It is a beautiful, warm summer’s day in Reykjavik. In Elliðaárdalur, a park in the east part of the city, laughter can be heard over the babbling river running through the park’s center. Rounding a bend...
