Fall 2016 Workshops Come to a Close
This fall, the Collegeville Institute partnered with organizations in Mississippi, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Washington to host off-site workshops.
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The Transformative Power of Metaphor
Metaphor 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.
Summer 2016 Writing Workshops: At a Glance
We 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.
Awakening Theological Imagination
In 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.
Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life
The Collegeville Institute hosted its first 10-day summer writing workshop, Christian Spirituality and the Writing Life: A Week with Lauren Winner.
A Broader Public
Participants in the writing workshop A Broader Public: Writing for the Online Audience met at the Collegeville Institute on July 6-12, 2016.
Poetry, Prose and Prayer
Poets and prose writers alike gathered at the Collegeville Institute last week for Poetry, Prose and Prayer: A Week with Michael Dennis Browne.
Apart, and yet a Part
Last week a group of writers met at the Collegeville Institute as participants in the writing workshop Apart, and yet a Part: A Week with Writing Coach Michael N. McGregor.
Writing Beyond the Academy
A group of academic writers at the Collegeville Institute met for independent, unstructured work as part of the writing workshop Writing Beyond the Academy.
