Vinita Hampton Wright has been editing books for nearly 20 years in the Chicago area. After receiving her master’s degree in communications from Wheaton College, she worked as an editor for Harold Shaw Publishers, moving from there to Tyndale House and finally to Loyola Press, where she continues as senior editor. She published her first novel, Grace at Bender Springs, in 1999, followed the next year by Velma Still Cooks in Leeway. Her third novel, Dwelling Places, received the Christianity Today award for Best Fiction of 2007.
Vinita created a workshop for helping artists better understand the connections between their creative work and spiritual life. This workshop, The Soul Tells a Story, is now in its 10th year and growing. In 2005 she published the book The Soul Tells a Story (InterVarsity Press), which grew out of her work as a retreat/workshop facilitator. In 2009, Vinita wrote Days of Deepening Friendship and has created a workshop by that name that deals with the spiritual experience of women.
Vinita began writing in grammar school but majored in music education, graduating from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1982. She worked as a teacher in Jordan for altogether three years and in the Missouri public school system for two.
To read Vinita’s blog or find out more about her work, visit www.vinitahamptonwright.com
8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.: Registration. Opening welcome and prayer.
9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.:Vinita Hampton Wrightwill open her THE SOUL TELLS A STORY workshop by helping the writer/artist find a process that will release emotions, intuition, creativity, and spiritual wisdom. She will provide writing exercises designed to tap into emotion, memory, belief, and the senses.
10:45 a.m. to 11:05 a.m.: A morning refreshment break and opporunity to browse bookstore.
11:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.: A round of small group breakout sessions to work and share writing exercises provided by Ms. Wright.
1:25 p.m. to 2:25 p.m.: Afternoon Session with Vinita Hampton Wright: Ms. Wright will provide guided meditations that can release the imagination and our deeper stories. She will explore the writing process and our experience as writers/artists. She will provide spiritual exercises that focus on the genius of the creative life found in the soul.
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Participants will be divided into smaller groups to work and share writing exercises provided by Ms. Wright.
3:35 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.: Final Gathering and Closing Prayer
There is no "Alive in Words" Christian Writer's Conference sceduled for this fall 2011. Please check back with us in the Spring of 2012 to see the plans for coming writing ministry opportunities at Church of the Good Shepherd.
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