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Fall 2016 Workshops Come to a Close

November 23, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

This fall, the Collegeville Institute partnered with organizations in Mississippi, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Washington to host off-site workshops.

The Transformative Power of Metaphor

August 25, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

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

August 23, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

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

Awakening Theological Imagination

August 11, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

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.
SpiritualityWritingLife

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.
A Broader Public

A Broader Public

July 19, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

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

Poetry, Prose and Prayer

July 5, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

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, 2016

Apart, and yet a Part

June 27, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

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.
2016WritingBeyondAcademy

Writing Beyond the Academy

June 23, 2016 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment

A group of academic writers at the Collegeville Institute met for independent, unstructured work as part of the writing workshop Writing Beyond the Academy.

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