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manifest workshops

we’d love to come cultivate faith and imagination at your church,community center, seminary, college, retreat center, small group, book club, or classroom.

to help your community grow, we offer on-site workshops and private consultation. workshop/consultation content varies based on group or individual, but some popular themes include general poetry practice, psalm writing, lament and longing, ministry and contemporary poet-prophets (crafted specifically for those in and entering ministerial practice), peace-making and contemplative living, and enduring histories (creating written, reflective records for churches).

to see a detailed list of workshops and to discuss pricing, send an email.

hope to be visiting you soon!



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making manifest round-up #1

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Harrod & Funck

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Parallelism & The Beauty of Hebrew Poetry

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{an interview with writer, David Ebenbach}

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Kempis’ Warning

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Messy As Hell: Inner Silencing

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The Hound of Heaven

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Dreaming the Reign Into Being

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