Writing the Sacred Journey: An Introduction to Spiritual Memoir
Your experiences are unique, significant, and shot through with holiness. Writing down memories is a way to nurture the sacred dimension of your life, participate in the creation of your identity, and offer others through your presence and stories the blessing of your evolving truth.
In this two-part introductory class, we’ll ask, “What is memoir, and how is it different from autobiography? What makes memoir spiritual? How can the practice of writing memoir, either for an audience or for no audience, support spiritual growth?” Using writing exercises and readings from model writers, we will get started with the basics. We will also discuss how to sustain spiritual memoir writing moving forward.
Each of us has a sacred story written uniquely for us within our memories. And all of us can participate in creating and recreating our stories on the page as an ongoing spiritual practice.
May 15th & 22 from 12:15-1:30 CST at Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Price: Pay what you can - see below.
Recommended Reading
Writing the Sacred Journey: The Art & Practice of Spiritual Memoir invites writers of every level to uncover and honor the sacred within their life stories. With gentle, practical guidance, life-long writing instructor and spiritual director Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew helps writers overcome frequently encountered obstacles, learn introductory craft techniques, and transform the creative process into a spiritual practice. Here you’ll find themes common to spiritual memoir, literary tricks for describing the ineffable dimension of our being, activities to get started, and encouragement for deepening your work. This will be available for purchase in class.
Pay What You Can
To make this gathering as accessible as possible, register for these sessions at one of the donation-based price points below. Choose the one that makes the most sense for your current financial situation.
Base
$40 - This amount supports Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew and
Eye of the Heart Center.
Scholarship
$30 - This amount reflects a discount for those who need it. Please do not use if you are able
to pay more without issue.
Scholarship Support
$50 - This amount is for those who can afford to give above the basic cost as a way to cover those needing a discount.
About Your Facilitator
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is a wisdom teacher and writing coach dedicated to facilitating creative emergence.
As a writer she elicits the spirit’s movement within stories; as a teacher she supports transformation within writers and on the page. She received her MFA in creative nonfiction from Hamline University, her spiritual direction training from the Center for Spiritual Guidance, and her contemplative formation from the Center for Action and Contemplation’s Living School. She is the author of the spiritual memoir Swinging on the Garden Gate, now in its second edition; the novel Hannah, Delivered; a collection of personal essays, On the Threshold: Home, Hardwood, and Holiness; and two books on writing: Living Revision: A Writer’s Craft as Spiritual Practice, winner of the silver Nautilus Award, and Writing the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir. You can connect with Elizabeth at www.spiritualmemoir.com and www.elizabethjarrettandrew.com.
