{"id":517,"date":"2025-07-23T22:32:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bendennis.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=517"},"modified":"2025-07-23T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:38:09","slug":"minnesota-mens-conference-2025","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/bendennis.com\/?tribe_events=minnesota-mens-conference-2025","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Men&#8217;s Conference 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"layout layout--1-column\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column--1 scale stack\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"text text--padding-vertical\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Over the past forty-one years, the Minnesota Men&#8217;s Conference has\u00a0blessed and protected a healthy body of energy, immediacy, and meaning around the lives of men, aided by profound teachers, rich stories, magnificent poetry, and always colorful men sharing their lives on paths, at table, and engaging with each other in the hall where we gather. Woven into it all, the powerful rituals of grief and gratitude, good will, and deep beauty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"layout layout--1-column\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column--1 scale stack\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"image_container content-padding-horizontal\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"image_container-caption text\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text_content-cell\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image_content\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/15b72ae3201\/19af73a9-5717-4857-bd1e-8011a0d50169.jpg?rdr=true\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" data-image-content=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"layout layout--1-column\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column--1 scale stack\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"text text--padding-vertical\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">The image stands: looking-out over the world of wonders from the old mound of miracles.<\/p>\n<p>Our upcoming six-day conference features a rich assortment of speakers, poets, thinkers, and men of soul gathering in the best traditions of our work, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miguel Rivera<\/li>\n<li>Robert Bringhurst<\/li>\n<li>Francis Weller<\/li>\n<li>Joel Glanzberg<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Merritt<\/li>\n<li>Ben Dennis<\/li>\n<li>Walton Stanley<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Young<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Men of all backgrounds are invited to join us for a conference of good faith intelligence and emotional goodwill, focused on engaging the great soul of the world, meeting that with our personal gifts, bearing responsibilities, and being active in a lively crucible of very alive men.<\/p>\n<p>Dates:<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-1\">October 7 through 12, 2025 (Tuesday afternoon to Sunday afternoon)<\/p>\n<p>Location:<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-1\">YMCA Camp Miller<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-1\">89382 E Frontage Rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-1\">Sturgeon Lake, MN 55783<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-1\"><a 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