News from the Collegeville Institute Read all about what’s happening at the Collegeville Institute. In this section of the website we share opportunities of interest, news about what’s going on at the Collegeville Institute, alumni news, and updates on our artists in residence. The Transformative Power of Metaphor August 25, 2016Collegeville InstituteMetaphor is the key to conveying abstract concepts, such as sin or grace, or the ultimate abstraction—God. Last week, a group of pastors, chaplains, and others met at the Collegeville Institute to explore metaphor in a summer writing workshop with Mary Nilsen.Read more »Summer 2016 Writing Workshops: At a Glance August 23, 2016Collegeville InstituteWe had 83 participants in writing workshops this summer; these visualizations tell you what regions these participants came from, their religious denominations, age, ethnicity, and gender.Read more »Awakening Theological Imagination August 11, 2016Collegeville InstituteIn the writing workshop Awakening Theological Imagination in the Congregation, participants experienced a spiritual practice of writing that can awaken theological imagination and enrich theological conversation within congregations.Read more »July 2016 Newsletter July 30, 2016Collegeville InstituteIf you missed our July 2016 newsletter in your inbox, we invite you to check it out online.Read more »Michael Dennis Browne Interviewed on Writing July 28, 2016Collegeville InstituteMichael Dennis Browne was interviewed by Mary Hanson about his writing process, his work as a librettist, and his most recent book of poetry, The Voices.Read more »Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life July 27, 2016Collegeville InstituteThe Collegeville Institute hosted its first 10-day summer writing workshop, Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life: A Week with Lauren Winner.Read more »Fellows Wrestle with the Criminal Justice System July 26, 2016Gary ReiersonThe Collegeville Institute Fellows engaged in timely conversation about the state of the criminal justice system during their July 18th and 19th meeting.Read more »A Broader Public July 19, 2016Collegeville InstituteParticipants in the writing workshop A Broader Public: Writing for the Online Audience met at the Collegeville Institute on July 6-12, 2016.Read more »Poetry, Prose and Prayer July 5, 2016Collegeville InstitutePoets and prose writers alike gathered at the Collegeville Institute last week for Poetry, Prose and Prayer: A Week with Michael Dennis Browne. Read more »June 2016 Newsletter June 30, 2016Collegeville InstituteIf you missed our June 2016 newsletter in your inbox, we invite you to check it out online.Read more »<<1...2122232425262728293031...39>>