Here's the talk from the New Year's Retreat.  I had the honor of batting cleanup with the final talk of the retreat on New Year's Eve. The blurb:

The closing talk to the New Year's Retreat, 2012.  Spiritual practice is a blend of willful effort and conscious surrender. When the sense of "I" and "mine" drops away, compassion arises effortlessly. Sometimes your capacity to live with an open heart is effortless. Sometimes it requires a clear intention.