Last week, I learned that I was selected to be on the staff of the Mankind Project NY Metro community’s fall New Warrior Training Adventure (NWTA), scheduled for the weekend of October 4-6 this year. Staffing is a great privilege and for me a great joy as well; this will be my fifth, and my third as a “declared elder” in the community.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with MKP jargon, a declared elder simply means that I am (a) 50 or older and (b) have chosen to embrace an identity as an elder in the community. Elders, in addition to whatever other roles we choose within MKP, are expected to embody balanced King energy, the energy of blessing and discernment, wise leadership and counsel. On the NWTA weekends, we help support the rest of the staff and the weekend leaders by being aware of when one of them may be slipping into shadow or taking a “hit” emotionally.
If any of you would like to know more about MKP and the NWTA, please call me–it made (and continues to make) a big difference in my life, and I think it might do the same for you or a man you know.
