Many among us now are crazy for meanings, and crazed by seeking them out. The meanings of life aren’t inherited. What is inherited is the mandate to make meanings of life by how we live. The endings of life give life’s meanings a chance to show. The beginning of the end of our life, and maybe our way of life, is now in view. It has always been there. This isn’t punishment, any more than dying is a punishment for being born. Instead, the world whispers: All we need of you is that you be human, now. Our work is to sort out what being human should be in such a time. This is a teaching for everyone who, hell or high water, is not going to pull off eternity, after all. Dying is not the end of wisdom and wisdom is not exhausted by dying. Dying could be and must be the fullest expression and incarnation of what you’ve learned. It’s a moral obligation to die well. Our work is to sort out what being sane should be in such a time. This is a teaching for everyone who will fail to live forever.

Stephen openly and honestly addresses dying and death in our north American culture in ways that illicit deeper thought about personal philosophies, relationships, level of satisfaction with the way things are and changes we must make for the sake of ourselves and most importantly future generations.

Tickets for this talk are $110 in advance and $125 at the door (space permitting). A catered lunch is included in all ticket sales.
That Stephen chooses SLO County as one of the stops in his busy international speaking schedule is in itself a unique gift to our community.