Bruce Moreton

Each summer, Night Eagle deliberately creates a world that is significantly different from the one in which boys normally live. By doing so, we invite boys to explore and be daring, to look beyond themselves and toward their relationship with the earth and others. In his book, The Hurried Child , David Elkind suggests that society is pressuring our children to mature both emotionally and intellectually faster than they can handle. By de-emphasizing play and overemphasizing achievement,...

I strongly believe that everything that happens in a person's life is meant to be. Years ago, I visited a good friend and his wife in northern Mississippi, arriving at their house on a Saturday afternoon. That evening they were preparing to attend the opening of a play and invited me to join them. I thanked them for the invitation, but declined, saying that I'd rather find a book to read and just relax. After they left for the playhouse, I wandered over to the bookshelves that must have...

Last spring not long after I had sent out the spring edition of the Night Eagle News , I received a surprise email from Heart Spirit , a...