Patrice Gopo's recent books include the essay collection Autumn Song, the picture book Beyond Alaska's 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.
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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 Women's 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 Writing's (and Writer's) 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 Writer's Inner Life by Jevon Bolden Marketing, Promotion, Platforms--and Other Surprising Spiritual Practices by Laura Kelly Fanucci Writing as Vocation by Patrick B. Reyes