Soultime Men’s Group — Headed There Now

This time on Texada Island, home to Bob and the yurt he built. Will be looking for whales from the ferry ride. And the whales and other creatures that show up in this gathering that has so moved many a heart.

I write about Soultime this way in my upcoming book, The Gifts of Circle (Fall 2024).

I’m grateful to a group of men with whom I’ve been meeting in Men’s Group for over 15 years. That’s in-person weekend retreats twice per year as able. That’s also 90-minute Zoom calls every other week, again as able. We explore together what it means to be men. We share stories. We listen. We ask questions. We create ritual. We create beauty together.

Circle is our primary container. It holds us in journeys big and small. We know how to pass a talking piece together. We know how to get past the joker that men so often employ to bond, yet that so often also blocks a craved authenticity.

We are a small, small pocket of men in a big, big pattern of meaning-making. That seeks to heal toxic wounds so often found in masculinity. We are a small, small pocket of men in big, big celebration. For who we are as men. For who we are as men with strong feminine capacity. For how we learn together about all of it.

Circle — with all of its invitations to listen and to share — has had profound influence on us as men. Freeing influence. Circle has given us structure to hold us as we connect through dreams, stories, losses, finds.

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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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