Cultivating a New Vision of Work
Who we are
Goldenwood cultivates spiritually attentive communities to envision work that is enlivened by hope and expresses the fullness of our humanity.
What we do
Goldenwood offers a variety of programs and resources to help individuals and organizations reimagine how work could be transformed not just for our lifetime but for future generations.
Goldenwood is committed to a dynamic coordination of people and programs. Each of the following constitutive components plays a vital role in advancing this audacious mission.
Goldenwood’s core community, the Collective, is committed to transforming how we work by embodying a long-term vision for renewal. Supported by the diverse offerings of the Goldenwood Institute, this dedicated group equips and inspires its members to contribute towards a world enlivened by hope and possibility.
The Institute offers courses, intensives, and retreats designed to broaden our understanding of what work could become. We draw from four streams—spiritual formation, imagination, nature, and justice—to cultivate a holistic and forward-looking vision of work that nurtures both personal and communal transformation.
CityGuilds are intimate, in-person small groups that support members in navigating work-related challenges and questions. Meeting monthly, these groups apply discernment and spiritual wisdom to re-envision professional growth, fostering a supportive community where members can grow both professionally and spiritually. Launching nation-wide in 2025.
The Dream Forum invites individuals to articulate and explore their dreams within a communal “decelerator.” Selected participants engage in a six-month journey, cultivating both the dream and the dreamer, supported by a community of fellow dreamers and advisors.
Our consulting services offer tailored journeys designed to cultivate a flourishing work culture infused with purpose, creativity, and enlivened work. We partner with you to craft unique approaches to organizational challenges that align with your deepest values and aspirations, transforming work environments into spaces where both people and purpose thrive.
The Collective is a diverse multigenerational community sharing a passion to see work revived by love. The Collective exists to cultivate a new vision for work that inspires ecosystems of hope and possibility across various industries and communities. Fueled by the offerings of the Goldenwood Institute, this committed group equips and inspires its members to work towards a hope-filled, enlivening world.
The Goldenwood Institute envisions a world where work is not just a means of earning a living but a creative expression of a flourishing humanity—a place where ongoing formation is experiential, integrative, and life-long. Guided by a robust theology of creation, work, and renewal, we believe that spiritual formation, imagination, nature, and justice are critical and often missing elements that expand our vision of what is possible in our world.
The purpose of the CityGuild is to “Cultivate Ecosystems of Hope” that develop a long-term vision for renewal in cities by building local communities that engage in collaborative work, fostering mutual support, and creating diverse spaces where people can thrive together. These monthly meetings strengthen communal bonds and encourage the meeting of needs through shared resources.
The Dream Forum encourages people to bring forth their dreams. Dreamers are selected to form four-person “Dream Pods” to walk through a six-month process of “deceleration” to discover how to bring forth a vision that keeps divine presence and abounding grace at the heart of bringing forth something new into the world.
Programs
We will continue to use a systems approach to spiritual formation, to cultivate spiritual ecosystems
wherein people can increasingly discern God’s voice reverberating throughout the entirety of their lives.
Our programs arise from our vision to see our society, particularly our work, revived by love. We begin by focusing upon spiritual formation, creating foundational life-rhythms and providing guided experiences towards a dynamic, integrated, and lived spirituality.
Goldenwood’s flagship program, this distinctive 7-month experience weaves together elements of coaching, spiritual direction, and communal discernment processes for developing a multi-layered holistic vision for your life. Building upon life-rhythms that are foundational for Christian maturity and growth, Nautilus offers a cohesive, comprehensive and coordinated journey towards spiritual vitality for all of life.
Applications Open in Spring 2025 for the 2025-26 Cohort
As we emerge from a season of incredible disruption, we need more than ever to be reminded of the things that matter most. Our days can easily blur with few external structures providing much-needed rhythms in our lives. These paths facilitate daily and weekly rituals to augment our ability to hear God’s voice in the midst of our everyday work lives. The virtual format allows participation from all over the world.
These getaways create the much-needed opportunity to process important life issues that often go unaddressed in our hurried lives. The weekends provide a safe environment that allows you to ask God questions as you listen through times alone and with others in prayer and structured dialogue. Hearing God’s voice provides the liberating clarity to move forward confidently in faith and trust.
2024-25 Dates Coming Soon…
This unique “decelerator” invites and encourages people to bring forth their ideas, their dreams, their visions and through a process of curation, 8-12 individuals will be selected to form “Dream Pods”, together receiving access to connections and resources from across the broader community to spur one another on and move from idea to the appropriate subsequent stage of development.
Introducing our 2024 Dreamers!
Why a Dream Forum? Hear from past Dreamers…
Follow ongoing Dreamer updates on the Goldenwood Portal.
Testimonials
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This Isn’t a Campaign Promise; It’s the Voice of Creation
I came into the Dream Forum, ready to work and prove myself. Ready to learn great things to accomplish great things. What I found instead were gentle words of Jesus, “come and follow” and a dream that exceeded the dream I received from God.
Seeing the Weaving through the Unraveling
The Dream Forum retreat in Princeton ended just before an intense and difficult week, and then a summer that tested me both professionally and personally. Work was chaotic, everything seemed to be unraveling, and at the same time, I learned my mother didn’t have
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