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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Writing Our Way Into Recovery: Trauma, Addictions and Healing Nov 9th, 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.
Writing Our Way Into Recovery: Trauma, Addictions and Healing Nov 2nd, 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.
Writing Our Way Into Recovery: Trauma, Addictions and Healing Oct 26th, 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.