Our lives carry within them glimmers of the divine, moments of sacredness. Sometimes these moments come as bright flashes — epiphanies, inspiration. Perhaps more often, the holy moments are quiet ones, deeply embedded in what has become familiar and everyday: washing dishes, hanging laundry, raking leaves, drinking coffee with a friend, watching a child paint or practice piano. They’re not huge moments, but in their very ordinariness they are, indeed, extraordinary — filled with grace. All they ask is that we pause long enough to see them for the holy times that they are. In this workshop we will explore the holy moments in our lives through the process of writing. There will be room for many kinds of writing and many kinds of writers. We will read, write, and share our writing with one another (by choice, never by obligation). We will think about writing as a process — a way to tell stories we already know, but also to find stories we have not yet imagined. |