During the season of Advent at Holden, Villagers “adopt” different figures from the nativity scene. These nativity figures can range from assemblages of village objects to more representational sculptures. As Advent progresses, the parts of the nativity scene gradually move toward Koinonia, where the entire nativity assembles on Christmas. Following is James Nagel’s description of [...]
Read more...In early November, Jeff Pierce returned to the Village for his 18th year of leading the Village Fire Brigade Training. It was a week filled with classroom instructions and scenarios, concluding with a dramatic and successful end-of-the-week drill involving the entire Village. For this year’s drill, Pierce used his experience and special equipment to create [...]
Read more...This blog was robbed with permission from Brennan and Tara Van Loo’s blog, “Van Loo Ventures.” It was Saturday at lunch when Brennan Van Loo heard the frightful news; a bunny had fallen down a hole. Slightly distressed by this situation and very curious as to what species of rabbit was holed up, he leapt [...]
Read more...Early this autumn, Lori Kershner led the Village in the creation of a mosaic. The image is a reference to Michelangelo’s depiction of the creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a detail of God’s hand almost touching the hand of Adam in the process of formation. “For us,” writes Lori, “this [...]
Read more...Abriendo Caminos fue un evento espectacular en muchos sentidos. No solamente por la gente maravillosa de muchas partes del país que vinieron a participar, sino también por todos los temas interesantes e importantes que fueron presentados al largo de la semana. Los estudios bíblicos estuvieron a cargo de dos pastoras excelentes que vinieron desde El [...]
Read more...“To wake long before seven and feel that you’re in heaven, But wait – No one’s signed up for matins at eight!”                  – Sung to incoming directors by directors past, July 10, 2010 The honor, glory, and splendor of directing Holden Village are tainted by only one small concern: responsibility. This includes (but is not [...]
Read more...It is not everyday that the students of Holden Village to ride the bus to school. True, there are school-buses to spare at 8 a.m. each morning – they’ll be used later to bring arriving Holdenites up the switchbacks from Lucerne – but when all registered attendees live within one-tenth of a mile from the [...]
Read more...The communion linen project started when Wanda Woolsey (who served Holden as head of laundry among other wonderful things) suggested that the existing linens used for communion had seen better days, were mismatched, and in need of replacement. Christie Hawkins – an artist on Holden’s teaching staff – thought Wanda’s suggestion sounded perfect for a [...]
Read more...“The sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings,” says Malachi. Ernst Schwidder first used this passage as inspiration for a Holden logo in 1964. His shield features three characters – a dead branch, a fruited branch, and a sun with boomerang-like rays. Those in the Village this spring became quite familiar with [...]
Read more...The inside scoop on Work Camp from the week’s “official photographer,” Larry Howard.
Read more...So, I’ve been shoveling for quite a few weeks now. First I shoveled the Ark, then I moved on to working on the Chalet 7 Memorial Bypass Highway. Sometimes I had company. Sometimes I worked alone. When I began work on the Ark, I got a lot of funny looks and comments about the futility [...]
May 9, 2012 Teach Me to Rise the Sun So much to wonder, so much to find Understanding incapable, the search restricted blind Trying to achieve higher existence, the harder I try What begins making complete sense can end as a lie There is more to this, but how to discover All humanity helpless, stranger, [...]