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Posted on November 28, 2020

Advent Meditations from La Vida, Part One: The Hopeful Answer of Immanuel

The first devotional in a series of Advent meditations by the La Vida Center for Outdoor Education and Leadership reflects on the inherent truth of God's promise in the name, ”Immanuel.”

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Posted on July 14, 2020

La Vida Alumni Receive Grant to Explore New National Park

As soon as the Canadian border opens, former La Vida sherpas (and participants) Joel Cox ’16, Taylor Bradford ’19, Blake Denman ’18 and Izzy Johnson ’18 will be hiking Canada’s Nááts’įhch’oh National Park (NNP).

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Posted on March 31, 2020

How to do Solitude Well

As many of us try to navigate our new housebound “normal,” Joel Cox ’16 shares what we can learn from the habits of Jesus and from La Vida's "solo" experiences.

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Posted on February 16, 2020

When Opposites Attract

TIMEUS MULINGE ’23 | Major: art (design studio concentration) | Hometown: Mombasa, Kenya | Aspiring architect, introverted creative, newfound outdoorsman.

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Posted on June 24, 2019

Sharing the Wealth: Gordon Opens Campus to Summer Groups

Despite most students being away, Gordon is no ghost town over the summer—40 different organizations and groups from all over the country and world enjoy the picturesque surroundings make use of the campus’s otherwise vacant facilities.

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Posted on May 30, 2019

Remembering La Vida’s Rich Obenschain

Gordon College is heartbroken over the passing of Richard (Rich) Obenschain, founder of the La Vida Center for Outdoor Education and Leadership at Gordon College, on May 22, 2019.

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Posted on May 3, 2019

Black Fly Story Hour: The Tales that Rectify

This year, as part of the second annual Black Fly event, five storytellers had the chance to tell a five-minute story and win a free Sea to Summit double hammock.

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Posted on March 9, 2017

La Vida’s Abby Stroven Captures the North Shore in a Coloring Book

La Vida Adventure Pursuits Director Abby Stroven has found a way to meld together two of her greatest interests. Since being released in October, her local coloring book has become one of Green Frog Publishing’s best-sellers.

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La Vida in China

Posted on October 10, 2016

La Vida Goes to China

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Posted on September 20, 2016

A New Home for Compass

Gordon College’s La Vida Center for Outdoor Education and Leadership has recently adopted a new program that takes high school students on three consecutive expeditions—through the wilderness, theology and ministry.

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Posted on July 7, 2016

Harvard Kicks Off Leadership Conference with La Vida’s Challenge Course

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Posted on June 20, 2016

Meet Canoe 1

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