March 20, 2017
Withholding – Part 1
You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. From The Prophet on Giving, Khalil Gibran We practice, in the Essential Experience Workshop, delivering what we call “withholds.” Many graduates take this […]
December 26, 2016
Election Feelings
I find it hard to write about anything but the election, even now, a bit more than a month since it ended. I still feel, in waves, my sadness, my fear and my anger. My own experience was that, right after the election, we had the workshop. For me, that meant that, whatever I was feeling, I needed to surrender […]
May 16, 2016
David Crump
David Crump died on February 29. I am glad he came to our 25th anniversary event last October. Here is the text of what I said at his memorial services in California and Philadelphia. I first met David the way thousands of others did. He was the guy up in front of what we learned to call the “Arc,” conducting […]