"Radical Simplification"

The conference was in the Fall and the world has turned in ways expected and unexpected since then. The poet David Whyte writes contemplatively about the present Winter and living from the center in relation to life's peripheries here "A Fire Inside: Thoughts on the Creativity of Winter."

Circle of Service: "A Hundred Roots Silently Drinking"

The Contemplative Outreach Circle of Service is a two-year, experimental, pilot undertaking intended to explore a contemplative rather than a traditional, corporate Board approach to serving the Spirit-led community that is Contemplative Outreach. The following slides were shown at the business meeting in describing the Circle of Service as it has evolved so far.

People

Josefina Hernandez has provided a nice gallery of photos here http://tinyurl.com/CenterPeople. A few of them are displayed below. Thank you Josefina!