Posted on August 7, 2023
In a record-breaking year for votes, Gordon College is excited to announce its signature outdoor program, La Vida, won the Reader's Choice and Editor's Choice awards for Best of North Shore (BONS) 2023 Best Kids' Outdoors Program by Northshore Magazine.
Posted on March 3, 2021
From 1996 until present day, a group of independent researchers have put outdoor orientation programs (OOPs), aimed at helping first-year students transition to college, to the test. En masse, they interviewed 36 trip leaders and 1,581 participants to see not only if they had changed, but to determine how.
Posted on February 26, 2021
In celebration of La Vida’s 50th anniversary, La Vida Director of Education and Program Development Nate Hausman unveiled two of La Vida’s iconic secret recipes—GORP and Freako Butter.
Posted on February 24, 2021
For Dr. Navid Mahooti, the physical challenges of a La Vida expedition reveal the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Now he promotes tenets of those lessons to patients, helping them live “better, fuller lives.”
Posted on February 22, 2021
Habits Monika Pfistner ’13 formed through La Vida beckon her outdoors beckon to find originality in her wood and floral design business and to be present in God's creation.
Posted on February 19, 2021
Former Discovery facilitator of 25 years, Liz (Heeren Hurley) Williams ’84, shares how “commitment moves”—opportunities to prayerfully go out on a limb—remain a way for God to use her life to serve others.
Posted on February 17, 2021
From campfires to the office, Jim Beville ’99 seeks to create an environment of warmth. Read of La Vida encouraged him to redefine what success looks like.
Posted on February 15, 2021
50 Years of La Vida: The rugged, grassroots efforts that teetered on the brink of failure, and came back to transform thousands of lives.
Posted on January 28, 2021
College during pandemic provides an opportunity to transform a different kind of semester into a brave new adventure, and Gordon has plenty planned for students this spring.
Posted on December 19, 2020
La Vida's final Advent devotional meditates on Galatians 6:4–6 and the importance of allowing God to guide our impact in the world.
Posted on December 12, 2020
Week three of La Vida's Advent devotional series considers the question posed by Nathanael in John 1: “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”
Posted on December 5, 2020
The role the wise men play in the Christmas story requires presence and focus: they noticed the star and followed it to Jesus. They took the time to pause, look up and notice. And what they noticed led them on a journey that required immense focus and determination.