<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts."<div> - Wendell Berry</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Barry Spector <<a href="mailto:barry@madnessatthegates.com">barry@madnessatthegates.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> March 5, 2019 at 9:54:28 PM GMT+1<br><b>To:</b> Barry Spector <<a href="mailto:barry@madnessatthegates.com">barry@madnessatthegates.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Redwood Men's Conference</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div 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24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><font size="5" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class=""><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">The
Next Step — Finding Wholeness in a Broken World</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">
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<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">May 24-27, Memorial Day Weekend, </strong><strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Mendocino
Woodlands Camp</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Welcome to our 29<span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">th</span> annual conference!</strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
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days we hear the word “broken” everywhere – <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">broken hearts, broken promises, broken treaties, broken vows </span>and<span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class=""> broken
rules.</span> We know what it means to be <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">breaking up, breaking down </span>or <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">breaking
out.</span> We commonly lament that the political system, or democracy itself, even the environment is broken and beyond repair. In this wealthy nation many are too broke to afford a roof over their heads. We ask each man, young, middle and older aged:</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">How are you broken?<br class="">
How do you hide your brokenness?<br class="">
How has your brokenness helped you? <img class="m_-5493109692440591240m_7588602541210708859m_5510349765966015561m_8782637991160482981gmail-m_-8553403615169412540alignright m_-5493109692440591240m_7588602541210708859m_5510349765966015561m_8782637991160482981gmail-m_-8553403615169412540wp-image-4281 m_-5493109692440591240m_7588602541210708859m_5510349765966015561m_8782637991160482981gmail-CToWUd" src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wsKCx3pre7nhcK7MH4fCPMUWlM8F8xmNwxdMc1XV5-RXjKxx7fJ_MYnsu0aVRvxxqfUC5XNgPoiXONmrSJwAuLDpBsOBFfoRyXEuqWeUi8G9pBhscJla4CJRl6ebZsBT=s0-d-e1-ft#https://madnessatthegates.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/cubist.jpeg?w=143&h=208" alt="Cubist" width="163" height="238" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:4px 0px 12px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline;float:right"><br class="">
How have you broken through?</span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
Each generation is challenged to confront, perhaps facilitate, the breakdown of old systems that no longer serve, to find or create something new and more relevant. In doing so, we speak of <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">breaking
through; <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">breaking the curse; breaking the spell; </span></span>and <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">breaking
the silence.</span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">There’s a crack in everything; that’s how the light
gets in.</span> – Leonard Cohen</span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
Men are now called to acknowledge that “going it alone” no longer works and that our narratives of heroic isolation have led directly to our broken condition. Indigenous wisdom offers some comfort in realizing that we’ve been here before. Consider the Ojibwey
chant:</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class=""><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Grandfathers, Grandmothers: look at our brokenness</span>.</span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
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Such an appeal is not only an urge to be seen and held but also a sign of our willingness, as Greg Kimura says, to: <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">Sit with the pain in your heart.
Hold it there like a sacred wine in a golden cup.</span></p>
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<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Conference Leaders</strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Gregory Guss:</strong> LCSW, Psychotherapist and Community Organizer</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Jay <span class="m_-5493109692440591240m_7588602541210708859m_5510349765966015561m_8782637991160482981gmail-il">Jackson</span>:</strong> mountain biker, solar guru, drummer, artist, father.</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Conrad Larkin:</strong> LCSW, Psychotherapist for Elders and their families</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Hari Meyers:</strong> Author, Teacher, Storyteller, and Literary-Mentor</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Richard Naegle:</strong> Therapist, teacher, leader of the Noah Project</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Gordon Pugh:</strong> Craftsman, Improv Artist and Life Coach</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
<strong style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Barry Spector:</strong> Author of <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic" class="">Madness
at the Gates of the City: The Myth of American Innocence </span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;font-size:16px" class="">
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