“Stories create community, enable us to see through the eyes of other people, and open us to the claims of others.” – Peter Forbes
We have made the difficult decision that—after 45 years—Sonshine will not be offering a youth cast next year. The reasons are many and I’ll delve into that below. The main thing we are trying to do, however, is this:
1) Celebrate 45 amazing years!
2) See if we can re-envision Sonshine as a performing group in the future (the window that might yet be opened).
Read MoreIt’s been several weeks now but the final notes of “Spark Reprise” are still reverberating in my head. There are simply no words for what those young people accomplished. Their performances were inspiring, powerful, meaningful almost miraculous. But the miracle didn’t occur in July when we performed our show. It happened in February.
Read MoreThis is us—all three elements: Body, Mind and Spirit. All three are of relatively equal
importance. All three must work together. All three must be in balance if we want to live
happy, productive and creative lives. One way to judge a society is to look at how they nurture
all three in the raising of their young. So how are we doing?
Read MoreIt was one of the last times I attended the Ichthus Christian Music Festival and Jon Foreman of
Switchfoot was speaking from the stage. Something hit home when he said, “I think what it’s
really about is community.”
Read MoreSonshine first began sponsoring children through Compassion International in the early 1980s. We started by sponsoring two children, and thus began our “Quarters for Kids” initiative. We decorated a tin coffee can
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