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Lauren Winner Leads Final 2020 Writing Workshop Online

December 14, 2020 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

On December 7 - 11, 2020, Lauren F. Winner lead the final 2020 Collegeville Institute writing workshop online.

Collegeville Institute Hosts Three Regional Writing Workshops in November

November 26, 2019 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

In November, the Collegeville Institute hosted three regional writing workshops for people of faith in North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Washington.

In the Thick of It: Explorations of Advanced Topics in Prose Writing

July 25, 2019 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

In July, a group of writers spent 10 days at the Collegeville Institute in an advanced writing workshop led by Lauren Winner.

Disillusionment and the Divine

January 10, 2019 By Amy Peterson Leave a Comment

Over ten years after publishing a best-seller on spiritual practices, Lauren Winner returns to explore their characteristic damage in her latest book.

In the Thick of It

July 24, 2018 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

On July 12-21, 2018, a group of writers gathered at the Collegeville Institute for an advanced writing workshop led by Lauren Winner titled In the Thick of It: Explorations of Advanced Topics in Prose Writing.
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A Good Place to Write — and Revise

July 6, 2017 By Susan Sink Leave a Comment

Lauren F. Winner has led summer writing workshops at the Collegeville Institute since 2014. In this interview, she talks about why most of writing is revision.
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Revision, Christian Spirituality, and the Writing Life

June 21, 2017 By Collegeville Institute 1 Comment

Last week, the Collegeville Institute hosted Revision, Christian Spirituality, and the Writing Life, its first summer onsite writing workshop of 2017.
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Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life

July 27, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

The Collegeville Institute hosted its first 10-day summer writing workshop, Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life: A Week with Lauren Winner.
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Summer Writing Workshop Leaders Named Book Award Finalists

June 21, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

Two Collegeville Institute summer writing workshop leaders were named book award finalists for RNA's 2016 Awards for Religion Reporting Excellence.
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Wearing God

July 20, 2015 By Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew Leave a Comment

In Wearing God, Winner attempts to describe the indescribable by means of the Bible’s under-explored images of God.
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