I met Bruce through my dear friend and fellow creative, Dennis Welch. Bruce had recently published a memoir and Dennis thought he’d be a good fit for the Third Way podcast. Wow, was he right!
The summary of Bruce’s incredible story is beautifully written in the overview of his new book “Many Paths”:
This is a story of a successful businessman, Bruce McEver, the founder of Berkshire Capital and a global pioneer of investment banking, who is devastated by the sudden and unexpected death of his wife of thirty years, a beautiful and talented opera singer who shared that life with him and gave it meaning. The day following her death, Christmas morning, in a barn yard on the farm where he and his wife lived together, Bruce experiences a hierophany-a physical manifestation of the holy and sacred. Unbelieving its veracity, the revealing of his vision to his minister sets Bruce off on a journey spanning the world, Harvard Divinity School, Joseph Campbell lectures, summer poetry workshops, professorships, new loves and loves lost, health crises and new business.
We both answered the following questions:
* Life invites us, at times, to walk what I call the "long, dark valley." What have you learned about yourself in those times?
* How do you navigate the frequent incompatibility between financial wealth and spiritual wealth?
* Accomplished, driven people love plans and systems. How do you release those to make room for the unplanned?
Bruce’s book can be purchased on Amazon here.
