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AwakeningSoul Returns to Kanuga
AwakeningSoul is a spiritual conference that invites participants to connect and deepen their relationship with the Divine and each other through music, creative arts, the natural world, and inspirational presentations.  This year, leaders include author, speaker, activist, and theologian Brian McLaren; actor, audiobook narrator, and playwright Lee Osorio; and special guest, Dr. Catherine Meeks. Dr....
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Friends and Family Gather to Honor Andrew Baker
In June, my family had the opportunity to go on a mini-pilgrimage of sorts to Kanuga. A place where I, as well as Andrew, are very familiar. A place synonymous with our upbringing and truly our spiritual home and thin place. I’ve long thought of Kanuga as being akin to an older sibling, as did...
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Flat Stanley Visits Kanuga: A Gotbeter Family Story by LaClaire Atkins
One of my favorite things about working at Kanuga is getting to know so many wonderful people. I first came to know Brittan Gotbeter and her family when I was the Baker building assistant director in 2008. Her son, Thomas (now 17), was a three-year-old in our summer guest period program that year. Brittan and...
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Kanuga Staff Day in the Garden
It takes a lot of love and attention for Kanuga’s Foster Education Garden to yield fresh and ample produce for the summer harvest. Staff planted this month, but a lot of groundwork was required first, much of it completed by Kanuga volunteers during two service weekends. In early November, these volunteers “put the garden to...
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