Waiting for Words: An Advent Writing Workshop with Lauren Winner Dec 9th, 2024 Venue: Avila Center for Community Leadership Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop Waiting and generating; patience and urgency—these are all ingredients to the writing life. In this five-day workshop, we will enter the season of Advent with prayerful attention and focus, and we will both wait patiently for our words and undertake reading and writing exercises that summon our words.
Writing for Mystic Activists Jul 10th, 2024 Venue: Collegeville Institute Categories: Writing Workshop For faith-rooted activists and clergy who want to engage writing as a contemplative practice. The application deadline has passed. Applications are due: January 29, 2024.
Apart, and Yet A Part Jun 5th, 2024 Venue: Collegeville Institute Categories: Writing Workshop Ingredients for a productive writing experience: a room with a view, meals provided, the opportunity to structure your writing time as you wish, and access to a professional writing coach. This program is designed to give participants maximum time and freedom for writing. Applications are due: January 22, 2024.
About Me, About You Apr 22nd, 2024 Venue: General Theological Seminary Categories: Writing Workshop Tags: 2024 writing workshops, writing workshops This generative writing workshop will bring together women of color from diverse backgrounds to write creative prose (fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid forms) rooted in personal experience. Participants will generate new work based on the group’s discussions and reflections on lineage, tradition, and faith.
Writing Toward God: The Sacred for the Perplexed Mar 5th, 2024 | 5:00 pm Venue: Virtual Workshop Categories: Virtual Workshop Series, Writing Workshop Feeling stuck, perplexed, timid, or fearful about writing about God/The Sacred directly? You’re not alone. While 19th-century theologians challenged the view of God as a supernatural Person, that view still dominates popular Western imaginations (fundamentalist, atheist, and liberal). To re-envision God/The Sacred for our time, we need to follow visionary poets and storytellers. Inspired by modern and contemporary writers who approach God/The Sacred in unexpected ways, we’ll explore writing not about but toward God/The Sacred. Applications are due: October 2, 2023.
Writing Toward God: The Sacred for the Perplexed Feb 27th, 2024 | 5:00 pm Venue: Virtual Workshop Categories: Virtual Workshop Series, Writing Workshop Feeling stuck, perplexed, timid, or fearful about writing about God/The Sacred directly? You’re not alone. While 19th-century theologians challenged the view of God as a supernatural Person, that view still dominates popular Western imaginations (fundamentalist, atheist, and liberal). To re-envision God/The Sacred for our time, we need to follow visionary poets and storytellers. Inspired by modern and contemporary writers who approach God/The Sacred in unexpected ways, we’ll explore writing not about but toward God/The Sacred. Applications are due: October 2, 2023.
The Sacred Ordinary Feb 24th, 2024 | 9:00 am Venue: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Harrisville Room Categories: Writing Workshop Writing and Yoga are two powerful, transformational spiritual practices that can bring us closer to God, ourselves, and each other. In this one day writing workshop, Ellie will lead participants through simple breath work, body movement, writing prompts and discussion to unlock and explore our bodies as writers.
Writing Toward God: The Sacred for the Perplexed Feb 20th, 2024 | 5:00 pm Venue: Virtual Workshop Categories: Virtual Workshop Series, Writing Workshop Feeling stuck, perplexed, timid, or fearful about writing about God/The Sacred directly? You’re not alone. While 19th-century theologians challenged the view of God as a supernatural Person, that view still dominates popular Western imaginations (fundamentalist, atheist, and liberal). To re-envision God/The Sacred for our time, we need to follow visionary poets and storytellers. Inspired by modern and contemporary writers who approach God/The Sacred in unexpected ways, we’ll explore writing not about but toward God/The Sacred. Applications are due: October 2, 2023.
Writing Toward God: The Sacred for the Perplexed Feb 13th, 2024 | 5:00 pm Venue: Virtual Workshop Categories: Virtual Workshop Series, Writing Workshop Feeling stuck, perplexed, timid, or fearful about writing about God/The Sacred directly? You’re not alone. While 19th-century theologians challenged the view of God as a supernatural Person, that view still dominates popular Western imaginations (fundamentalist, atheist, and liberal). To re-envision God/The Sacred for our time, we need to follow visionary poets and storytellers. Inspired by modern and contemporary writers who approach God/The Sacred in unexpected ways, we’ll explore writing not about but toward God/The Sacred. Applications are due: October 2, 2023.
Writing Toward God: The Sacred for the Perplexed Feb 6th, 2024 | 5:00 pm Venue: Virtual Workshop Categories: Virtual Workshop Series, Writing Workshop Feeling stuck, perplexed, timid, or fearful about writing about God/The Sacred directly? You’re not alone. While 19th-century theologians challenged the view of God as a supernatural Person, that view still dominates popular Western imaginations (fundamentalist, atheist, and liberal). To re-envision God/The Sacred for our time, we need to follow visionary poets and storytellers. Inspired by modern and contemporary writers who approach God/The Sacred in unexpected ways, we’ll explore writing not about but toward God/The Sacred. Applications are due: October 2, 2023.