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Embracing 2019
Dear Friends,
Throughout the fall, I have been working with my colleagues at Leading with Spirit on new initiatives to support the important work of people in Waldorf schools, especially those that work in administration and on boards. At the same time, we have been laying the groundwork for our 2019 Summer Intensives. Once again we are offering the opportunity to spend a week with colleagues, to explore deeper questions of collaboration, school organization, and leadership, to share case studies, to move and play together, and to practice inner work is a true gift and can be deeply renewing, both personally and professionally.
One participant stated, “I have multiple degrees and have done lots of training over the years. This one week was the most transformative of them all.”
We continue to be grateful that we can share this work, inspired by the insights of Rudolf Steiner and shaped by many who have taken up the task of helping human beings progress on their path towards meeting the challenges of our times and realizing their highest potential.
The new summer courses focus on the art of community building, community sustaining, and community transforming.
Here is a brief picture of the programs (Hawthorne Valley) (Whidbey Island), and lots more details can be found at www.leading with spirit.org.
If you are interested in this new work or would like to keep in touch with Leading with Spirit activities throughout the year, please contact Michael at mhsoule@gmail.com or 206-245-0100.
Many thanks to my colleagues at Leading with Spirit,
Lisa Mahar, Keene
Marti Stewart, Minneapolis
Mara White, Boston
Sian Owen-Cruise, Ann Arbor
Chris Schaefer, Great Barrington
Keep in touch,
Michael Soule
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This article about the balance between power, wisdom, and love is especially relevant in this season and at this time in the world. While Steiner's terminology is fairly esoteric (he gives names to spiritual beings behind the impulses of love, power, and wisdom), the essential ideas illuminate how in this age we are given the task to find a path of love to overcome the tendency towards over-relying on either power or wisdom. We need both power and wisdom in our lives, but in their highest regard, they need to be tempered and guided by our capacity for love if we are to be in true service to the world and our fellow human beings. Enjoy.
| Notes on Rudolf Steiner's Lecture - Love and It's Meaning in the World
The older we grow, the more we begin to love the wisdom revealed by life. Love is the “moral” sun of the world. Life without love would be both dull and a danger for humanity. Without sense-born love, nothing material comes into the world; without spiritual love, nothing spiritual. Creative forces unfold through love. We owe our existence to deeds of love wrought in the past. As well as love there are two other powers in the world: might and wisdom. To these two, the concepts of magnitude and enhancement are applicable, but not to love. The all-embracing attribute of the spirit is not omnipotence, not omniscience, but love. Spirit is supreme love, not supreme might, not supreme wisdom. Wisdom and might unfold in the world, but love is a unique impulse developed by humanity. In our lives, we learn to accept and to understand love only when we begin to love out of ourselves. Real love cannot be understood by wisdom alone - one must experience it by acting from it. Without a lack of love, we cannot know what love is. As we grow and develop and seek self-understanding, real love becomes possible. The light of the sun that gives brightness to our days and gives substance and sustenance to the world can begin to be reflected back through our loving deeds. To read Steiner's lecture, go here. |
IN FOCUS: Newsletter: Renewing Governance
Check out our other newsletters on Collaboration, Mentoring, Communications, (and 10 others) along with over 200 articles focusing on Leadership, Collaboration and Waldorf School Administration in our resources section.
Renewing GovernanceJuly 9, 2015 - 7:44 amRenewing Governance More and more organizations are seeking to find new governance structures and practices that support a balance between individual creativity and organizational harmony and effectiveness. This was the case 100 years ago when the first Waldorf School was founded. In the past 100 years, we have had the benefit of a great deal […]
Understanding Governance by Michael SouleJuly 9, 2015 - 6:48 amUnderstanding Governance by Michael Soule Every organization struggles with the question of how to establish and maintain good governance. Even the definition of governance can be a challenge. Just like the descriptors “environmental” or “sustainable” can mean different things, so too can the term “governance”. Nevertheless, we as leaders must constantly strive to understand […]
Governance Models, An Essay by Nathan Garber with Reflections by Michael SouleJuly 9, 2015 - 5:07 amReflections on Nathan Garber’s Article on Governance Models The article below by Nathan Garber is a good review and summary of the basic typical models of governance in organizations and the role that boards play in the different models. In Waldorf schools, there are many variations of governance models with most following a variation on […]
Self Administration and Governance in Waldorf Schools, Chris SchaeferJuly 9, 2015 - 4:09 amIII Self-Administration and Governance in Waldorf Schools Seek the real practical life but seek it in a way that does not blind you to the spirit working in it. Seek the spirit but do not seek it out of spiritual egoism, from spiritual greed, but look for it because you want to apply […]
Personal Reflections on Waldorf School Governance and Effective Practices, Lynn KernJuly 9, 2015 - 3:33 amPersonal Reflections on Governance: The Eleven Keys to Success Lynn Kern The research into School Governance is one of the most widely anticipated topics in the long history of the Effective Practices research project. Schools have been struggling with the questions of how best to organize themselves and manage their affairs so […]