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.
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.
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.
Writing Toward God: The Sacred for the Perplexed Jan 30th, 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.
Waiting for Words: An Advent Writing Workshop with Lauren Winner Dec 4th, 2023 Venue: Avila Center for Community Leadership Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop Tags: 2023 writing workshops, writing workshops In this 5-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. Applications are due Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
Writing Our Way Into Recovery: Trauma, Addictions and Healing Nov 16th, 2023 | 6:00 pm Venue: Virtual Workshop Categories: Virtual Workshop, Writing Workshop In the class we’ll use the craft of writing and the spiritual lens of the Twelve Steps to reflect upon our experience as humans in recovery. Recovery from addictions and also from personal and communal trauma (like life in COVID), recovery from broken relationships and recovery from faith lost. Registration is now closed as all spots have been filled.