by Emrys | Sep 22, 2017 | Above Tree Line, September 2017
Behind the Scenes What most people—campers, parents, visitors—see in Sonlight is what brings people back to 120 acres of near-wilderness north of Pagosa Springs every year. They see great worship, teaching, hospitality, fun (and messy) games, fresh air, great food...
by Mary | Sep 14, 2017 | Alumni, September 2017
Thanks to Judith and Kirk Becker, Sharon and Burl Nossaman for the gift of the bench It Takes a Village All of what we call Sonlight is what it is because of the village of people who have poured in to it. Jim Sutton, a local banker, was curious about who we were and...
by Mary | Sep 12, 2017 | September 2017
Continue in What You Have Learned It’s on the sign as you walk towards the parking lot as you leave camp. All those cool things you felt at camp, the friends, the food and the things that touched your heart. So how to take it all home? Write a letter to a...
by Emrys | Sep 1, 2017 | Above Tree Line, September 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion James 1: 19-21 “Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.” I have a friend who is, shall we say, very well seasoned. He taught at the middle school and high school level for 20 years. He is a recovering...
by Mary | Aug 30, 2017 | August 2017
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a...
by Emrys | Aug 28, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Daily Devotion–Luke 2:39-52 A great deal of Christian piety boils Jesus down to a single ingredient. Jesus came to be a sacrifice for our sins. While God’s forgiveness of us is essential, all the gospel writers indicate that Jesus’ life for us is...