Highlights: Seminar for Motherhood and Writing Guest Teachers
Join Us for An Online Seminar for Motherhood and Writing: Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 1-7:15 p.m. CT
Learn more about the seminar here.
Session Leaders and Topics
Session One: Catherine Ricketts on Ambition, Writing, and Motherhood
Session Two: Tanya Davis on Why the Daily Mundane Matters
Session Three: Jamie Quatro on Writing, Calling, and Letting Go of Guilt
Session Four: Marlena Graves on Spiritual Formation for Moms and Caregivers Who Write
Session Five: Charlotte Donlon on Spiritual Direction for Caregivers Who Write
Session Six: Charlotte Donlon on Lament, Loss, and Creativity
Anyone who registers will have access to all session recordings for full two weeks beginning at 8 a.m. on Sunday, January 28, 2024.
Please Note
All are welcome. Every person from every stage of the writing life and any point of the faith/doubt/mystery spectrum is invited to join us for this online seminar. Spiritual Direction for Writers® has a reputation as a safe place for all to come as they are.
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Highlights: Seminar for Motherhood and Writing Guest Teachers
More about Tanya Davis
Books:
Urban Monks and Mystics: Find Inner Peace without Joining a Monastery, 2019
May I Please Speak With My Father, 2005
Non-Profit Work:
William and Mary Davis Foundation: The William and Mary Davis Foundation seeks to provide support to nonprofit organizations whose missions align with the vision of The William and Mary Davis Foundation. By providing numerous outreach and exploration opportunities, they encourage participants to find purpose and live well. Through retreats, board service, and partnerships, they hope to change lives as they support and encourage individuals. The William and Mary Foundation gives to organizations such as: Daystar University, Fox Valley Christian Action, Orange Hands, By The Hand, Haymarket Center, World Fistula Foundation, and Metropolitan Family Services.
Purpose By Design: Purpose By Design believes that God designs every girl with unique gifts and a special purpose. Through retreats, events, and mentoring, they provide young girls with the support they need to help them to actualize their full potential.
More about Marlena Graves
Books:
Bearing God: Living a Christ-Formed Life in Uncharted Waters, NavPress 2023
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing (co-editor), IVP Academic, 2022
Forty Days on Being a Nine, IVP Formatio 2021
A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal (contributor), Convergent, 2021
The Way Up Is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself, IVP Formatio 2020
A Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness, Brazos, 2014
A Selection of Essays &Podcast Appearances:
“We Must Put Our Body Where Our Mouth Is,” Christianity Today, 2023
Fascinating Podcast: The Way Up Is Down With Marlena Graves
The Hope Podcast: Hope In Seeking Justice
More about Jamie Quatro
Books:
Fire Sermon, Grove, 2018
I Want to Show You More, Grove, 2014
A Selection of Stories, Interviews & Podcast Appearances:
“Two Men, Mary,” The Paris Review, 2023
“Jamie Quatro on the Dual Lens of Memory,” The New Yorker, 2023, (an interview about her short story “Yogurt Days” (which you can listen to here)
Tesser Well (Madeleine L’Engle Podcast), 2020
“About Parenting, Faith, and Intoxication: Leslie Jamison and Jamie Quatro in Conversation,” LitHub, 2018
More about Cat Ricketts
Books:
The Mother Artist, Broadleaf Books, 2024
Saving Words: 20 Redemptive Words Worth Rescuing (contributor), Cascade Books, 2021
A Selection of Essays & Podcast Appearances:
“Weaning: Intimacy and Independence in Alice Neel’s Mother Pictures,” The Kenyon Review Online, 2021
“My Brother Beside Me,” Image Journal, 2020
“What I Saw When I Really Looked: My Late Brother, Heroin, and Grief,” The Millions, 2018
Not My Story Podcast, 2021
Context Matters Podcast, 2021