Instructor: Marilyn McEntyre, PhD

Description: In this workshop we’ll consider how to write, and for whom, as we weather a challenging election year and witness ongoing global conflicts. Finding words for a deeper, sturdier hope; sentences that suffice to articulate new needs and very real fears; comfort and even joy as we live into these times that “are in God’s hands” will be the focus of short reflective writing exercises in our hours together. Exercises will be designed to get you started on some new poems or personal essays and perhaps to let you hear your own voice in a new key.

Join this wonderful opportunity to write in a facilitated, community environment. There will be a lunch break, with time to try one of many close by restaurants or enjoy eating your pre-made lunch on the patio. 

Registration Fee: General $75 / Student $25

Location: First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, 94704

About Marilyn McEntyre: Dr. McEntyre, a longtime professor of literature and medical humanities, teaches for New College Berkeley and Westmont College, and is on the faculty of Western Seminary’s “Sacred Art of Writing” doctor of ministry program as well as the “Forest Dwelling” program at the Oblate School of Theology. She offers spiritual retreats and writing workshops and continues to write about spirituality, language, healthcare and earth care. She also works as a writing coach. Her recent books include When Poets Pray, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, and a collection of Lenten readings, Where the Eye Alights.