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Holy the Words

Name: Holy the Words
Brand: AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9798341900769
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AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUBLISHERSISBN: 9798341900769

The Craft of Spiritual Writing

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Edited by Patrice Gopo, Ellie Roscher
Imprint: BROADLEAF BOOKS
Release Date: July 19, 2027
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 222 x 146 mm
Weight: 320 g
Pages: 256

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An invitation to writers, artists, and seekers who sense that words can be a meeting place with the sacred.

Edited by Patrice Gopo and Ellie Roscher, this rich, generous anthology gathers voices shaped by the Collegeville Institute, a community known for its Benedictine hospitality and deep commitment to spiritual formation through writing.

These essays explore spiritual writing not as a formula or genre, but as a lived practice that welcomes mystery, doubt, grief, justice-seeking, embodiment, and joy. Contributors--including Sophfronia Scott, Kao Kalia Yang, Krista Tippett, Patrick B. Reyes, Kathleen Norris, Chanequa Walker-Barnes, and many others--reflect on writing as prayer, protest, healing, listening, and vocation. Topics range from interviewing as a spiritual discipline and writing from the body, to healing from spiritual trauma, reclaiming marginalized voices, navigating rejection, revision, research, and even marketing as spiritual practice.

Holy the Words embodies the journey of the spiritual writer, inviting readers to wander, linger, and listen for what speaks to them now. Each essay includes practical prompts and exercises, making this both a book to read and a book to write alongside.

Rooted in compassion, justice, and creative courage, Holy the Words reminds you that you are not alone in your desire to write toward meaning. Here, words become a form of attention, a practice of hospitality, and a faithful response to the world as it is--and as it might yet be.

Patrice Gopos recent books include the essay collection Autumn Song, the picture book Beyond Alaskas Window, and the edited essay anthology We Deserve to Heal: Black Women on the Perils and Promises of Friendship with White Women--a project made possible, in part, by the Collegeville Institute. She lives with her family in North Carolina. Ellie Roscher is the author of Play Like a Girl, How Coffee Saved My Life, The Embodied Path, and Fair Game, and coauthor of 12 Tiny Things. She teaches writing and yoga in Minneapolis and holds an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College and an MA in theology from Luther Seminary.

Introduction: A Whisper in the Dark by Patrice Gopo and Ellie Roscher

When Stones Speak by Arleta Little

Bound to Be Freed by Tom Montgomery Fate

Lanterns Against the Dark: Writing as Social Activism by Karen Gonzalez

A Story About Prayer by Krista Tippett

We Practice Our Crafts in Laboratories with Our Tricksters by Pamela Ayo Yetunde

This Body Writes You by Oluwatomisin OlayinkaOredein

Superfluous to Human: Writing About Healing from Spiritual Trauma by Angie Hong

The Benedictine Muse by Kathleen Norris

Make the Rough Places Plain: Spiritual Writing and the Academic Voice by Jakob Karl Rinderknecht

Begin with Berries: Cultivating a Writing Life in a Busy World by Ellie Roscher

Writing About Friends and Family: A Sacred Act by: Kao Kalia Yang

Unstuck in Time: A Spirituality of the Archive by Greg Jarrell

Listening for "That of God": Interviewing as a Spiritual Practice by Josina Guess

Writing from Where We Stand: The Power of Black Womens Voicesby Chanequa Walker-Barnes, PhD

Grasping at Stars: How to Write the Ineffable as Diamonds by Sophfronia Scott

Writing From Sacred Ground: A Contemplative Invitation toScribereDivina by Aizaiah Yong

Now & Then: Discovering the Writings (and Writers) Depth by Patrice Gopo

Below the Line: Citation as Spiritual Practice by Mihee Kim-Kort

Was I Called Here? The Writing Process as an Act of Faith by Roohi Choudhry

Seeking, Serving: The Spiritual Discipline of Writing by Dorothy C. Bass

Slant, Renewal, Indirection: Vectors of Spiritual Writing by Patrick Henry

Revising for Truth and Story in Spiritual Writing by Michael N. McGregor

After the No: Guarding the Writers Inner Life by Jevon Bolden

Marketing, Promotion, Platforms--and Other Surprising Spiritual Practices by Laura Kelly Fanucci

Writing as Vocation by Patrick B. Reyes

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