Michael Perman

One of my happy places is in the middle of a culinary market, such as a shuk in Jerusalem amid sweet and savory halvah cakes, and pyramids of marinated olives, dates, apricots, paprika and za’atar.

I love that MEA holds curiosity as a core value and powerful transformation tool. Curiosity is certainly one of the things I CRAVE, and it has been accentuated during two weeks at our MEA Baja Sabbatical Session. Our workshops on forming developmental questions through Appreciative Inquiry, and Chip’s process of “Spying on the Divine” to cultivate awe both captivate my craving to explore what is new.