Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life July 27, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment 2016 Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life workshop participants: Anthony Siegrist, Hannah Piecuch, Camille Loomis, Jessica Goudeau, Laura Werezak, Rosa Lindahl, Elyse Nelson Winger, Lauren Winner (workshop facilitator), Kurt Armstrong, Kate Bowler, Deanna Thompson, Roger Owens, and Rachel Twigg-Boyce. The Collegeville Institute hosted its longest ever summer writing workshop, Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life, last week. Participants had 10 days to settle into a rhythm of personal writing time in the morning and afternoon group workshops facilitated by Lauren Winner. The group discussed the craft of spiritual writing, which include questions such as: “How do I write about faith without lecturing or falling into dogma?” and “How do I help readers wrestle with God?” Workshop participants appreciated the longer workshop length, commenting that “I was able to be far more productive than I would have been with a 7-day workshop” and that “the extended time deepened exponentially what I got out of the experience.” They also enjoyed Lauren’s teaching, describing her as “engaging, funny, knowledgeable and dead serious about writing.” Like this post? Subscribe to have new posts sent to you by email the same day they are posted.