Welcome! This free online discussion series features writers who have a heart for helping other writers. The topic is different in each month. Each session includes time for open, informal discussion. Everyone is welcome to participate!
- Please note: We are currently on our annual summer break. Our next gathering will be Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 8pm EDT / 5pm PT. Stay tuned for more information!
- May 2025: “Dealing with Discouragement” with Shemaiah Gonzalez
- April 2025: Open Mic Night – Thanks to everyone who participated!
- March 2025: “Writing in Lent” with Phoebe Farag Mikhail
- February 2025: “Speaking Your Writing into Being” with Roger Hutchison
- January 2025: Open Mic Night – Thanks to everyone who participated!
- December 2024: “Writing in Advent” with Kate H. Rademacher
- November 2024: “Integrating Faith, Culture, and Social Justice in our Writing” with Marie Chan
- October 2024: “The Spirituality of Creativity” with Amanda Udis-Kessler
- September 2024: “Writing Trauma That Heals” with Kate Kennedy
- March 2024: Open Mic Night (not recorded). Thanks to all who participated!
- February 2024: “Writing from a Whole Place: Role of Self-Advocacy in Resonant Writing” with Nya Abernathy
- January 2024: “Goal setting for Spiritual Writers” with Kate H. Rademacher
- November 2023: Open Mic Night (not recorded). Thanks to all who participated!
- October 2023: “Writing with Faithfulness” with Dr. Portia Brown
- September 2023: “Creating Poetry from Prose” with Marla Taviano
- May 2023: “Exploring contemporary issues through a scriptural lens” with the Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells
- April 2023: “Platform Building for Beginners” with Caroline Beidler
- March 2023: “The Ethical Memoir: How to Tell the Truth about Yourself and Others Without Burning the Whole Thing Down” with Molly Baskette
- February 2023: “Tips for Maximizing Freelance Opportunities” with Kyle Norman
- January 2023: “Writing to the Spiritual Needs of Our Time” with David Morris
- December 2022: “Journaling and Writing: The Inner Dimensions of Our Outward Journey” with Wes Granberg-Michaelson
- November 2022: “Today’s Holy Spirit Writers” with Victoria McAfee
- October 2022: “How to Write About Hard and Controversial Things” with Kerry Connelly
- September 2022: “Writing as Risk and Renewal with Susan K. Williams Smith
- May 2022: “Disarming: Unpacking Loaded Language with Marilyn McEntyre
- April 2022: “Being a Bi-Vocational Writer” – If/how we can honor our multiple vocational callings with Kate Rademacher
- March 2022: “The power of representation” with Dorena Williamson
- February 2022: “Building your network — How to form, maintain, and navigate relationships with other authors” with Traci Smith
- January 2022: “When you’re told your writing is too secular for Christian publishers, and too Christian for secular publishers” with Arthur Bolkas
- December 2021: “Identifying guiding words to remind us why we write” with Brent Bill
- November 2021: “Finishing Well: completing projects in a topsy-turvy world” with Sophfronia Scott
- October 2021: “Navigating Your Interior Life While Writing” with Vinita Hampton Wright
- Here is Vinita’s handout
- September 2021: “Connecting With Your Audience Before You Write Your Book” with Sharon Norris Elliott
- June 2021: “Writing Flash Fiction” featuring Xochitl Dixon
- May 2021: “What the Ancient Stoics Have Taught Me About Being a Writer–And What They Can Teach You Too.” with Lori Erickson
- April 2021: “What Is a Writing Coach and Should I Invest in One?” with Erin Healy
- March 2021: “The Art of Interviewing” with Philip Yancey
- February 2021: “The Challenges of Writing into Reality and Division” with Diana Butler Bass
- January 2021: “2020 is over; time for a new start” with Lyn Cryderman
- December 2020: “ending the year well” with Brent Bill
- November 2020: “writing during a chaotic 2020” with Patricia Raybon
- October 2020: a discussion on children’s books with guest author Glenys Nellist
- August 2020: “What does “re-entry” look like with summer winding down and trying to find some semblance of an academic year routine? What does “Writing in a Pandemic” continue to look like practically.“
- July 2020: “Creative Ways to Vision the Future of the Spiritual Writing”
- June 2020: “Transformation”
- May 2020: “How to Respond to a Crisis”
- April 2020: “Writing During a Pandemic”