Invitations of the Heart

I’m drafting description for a workshop I’m creating and hosting in the Fall. To write a description is to write an invitation. My best invitations come from the heart and from the hearts of those I’m working with.

I notice that there are some key points of context and some key points of encouragement that are showing up in many of my descriptions and invitations these days. I’ve added extra line breaks below for emphasis here.

Human beings everywhere seek more meaningful connection and learning together.
With colleagues. With communities. With friends. With family.
We seek purposeful, life-giving, and simple ways to be wise together.
And kind together. And inspired. And helpful. And authentic.
In the causes of our hearts and the causes of our times.

Yet, there is much in contemporary society that stifles such desires.
So many of us are pressed for time.
And pressed with skewed bias.
And pressed with life complexities.
And pressed with other distractions and distortions.

In this interactive online workshop, we will lean in to each other.
For story. For breath. For belonging. For wonder.
We will dwell together in the oldest of communal ways — being curious together.

For inspiration. And encouragement of the heart. And I suppose, sharing a bit more of what lives in my heart these days, that connects to being with groups.

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Gifts of Circle - Question Cardsasd
Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."

Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.

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In My Nature
is a collection of 10 poems. From A Note of Beginning: "This collection of poems arises from the many conversations I've been having about nature. Nature as guide. Nature as wild. Nature as organized. I remain a human being that so appreciates a curious nature in people. That so appreciates questions that pick fruit from inner being, that gather insights and intuitions to a basket, and then brings the to table to be enjoyed and shared over the next week."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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Most Mornings is a collection of 37 poems. I loved writing them. From the introduction: "This collection of poems comes from some of my sense-making that so often happens in the morning, nurtured by overnight sleep. The poems sample practices. They sample learnings. They sample insights and discoveries. They sample dilemmas and concerns."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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