Dancing on the Head of a Pen: A Writing Workshop for Clergy
In mid-November, twelve writers gathered at the Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA for the Dancing on the Head of a Pen writing workshop led by Robert Benson.
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Putting Lent Back into Christmas
Here’s a modest proposal to rescue the Christmas season from sentimentality on commercially peddled steroids: Let’s put the “Lent” back into Christmas. →
Isaiah’s Wail: What Crying Babies Teach us About Advent
Isaiah, our Advent prophet, is fed up and freaked out. His diatribes are like the cries of a small child. Why start the seaon with a wail? →
I Want to be Free, America
By Tyrek CorryIn this essay, Tyrek Corry asks: What does it means to be free in an America where so many are held captive by systemic racism? →
Migration
By Patia Carque"She lifts her cross / birds, petals, leaves / crowned with flowers / offering praise." →
To Feel Your Mind Change
On Welcoming Gay Christians
Anthony Siegrist describes his own journey to welcoming and affirming gay Christians after a decades-long process of slow, gradual change. →
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I Want to be Free, America
By Tyrek Corry
In this essay, Tyrek Corry asks: What does it means to be free in an America where so many are held captive by systemic racism?Poetry
Migration
By Patia Carque
"She lifts her cross / birds, petals, leaves / crowned with flowers / offering praise."Resources for Congregations
Called to Life
A free 6-week program for small groups to explore God’s call in their lives.Called to Work
A free 6-week program for small groups to explore profession and vocation.Lives Explored videos
A video series with real-life stories of calling.Books
Publications from the Seminars.Resources for Faith & Writing
Edit Yourself
A good day of deleting feels like a successful day of purging your closet, cleaning your kitchen, or weeding your garden.
Please Don’t Hate Me
When editor Charnell Peters sent out her first rejections to writers, she added a desperate whisper: “Please don’t hate me!”
Finding the Needles
What is it like reading through submissions at a literary journal? Finding the proverbial needle in the haystack calls for ruthless efficiency.
An Editor’s Envy
In our new series on editing, acquisitions editor Valerie Weaver-Zercher describes the "holy jealousy" that sometimes occurs when working with writers.Subscribe
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