Writing Programs

The most significant outcome of writing is who we become for having written. 

With intention, every dimension of the writing craft can invite personal and social transformation.  The Eye of the Heart’s writing programs tend both writer and writing, trusting that the fruits of creative endeavors nourish both our lives and the wider world.  Because we do our most effective work within a caring community, all programs build connections between participants. Because creating connects us to the source of creation, our programs honor that creative wellspring.

Writing Your Sacred Journey

When we write our lived stories, we recreate the present and discover a meaningful future.  The Eye of the Heart’s memoir programs invite participants to read life experiences as a form of sacred text, engage with memory as a holy faculty, and lift up the craft of writing as a trustworthy means for spiritual growth.

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Practice Groups

Writing an give us freedom, authenticity, and power; it can strengthen our voice, our sense of awareness, our agency; it can increase our capacity to let go, listen, be humble, be honest, and connect deeply.  Our craft can improve.  But for any of this to happen, we must practice.  Eye of the Heart practice groups provide the ongoing structure, support, and companionship writers need to sustain their work.

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Contemplative Writing Circles

The most significant creation born of writing is who we become for having written, and our most effective work emerges within a caring community.  Modeled after Quaker clearness committees, The Eye of the Heart’s Contemplative Writing Circles cultivate the aliveness moving within both writer and text.  The circle magnifies our listening and holds us accountable to our creative source.  These circles ask for a longer commitment from participants so the group can build trust and learn contemplative dialogue skills.

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Online Writing

Community

We gather seekers and creatives of all generations to explore, express, and honor divine Mystery through vibrant experiences of the arts and grounded contemplative practices that transform self and world.

  • Take a short, free writing course from Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, which will put all community members on the same page as we gather online together.

  • After you complete the course, you’ll be invited to join the community on Mighty Networks, where we will host events, classes, and foster a space for writers to encourage one another.