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SUMMARY:Institute Retreat | Crafting Poems of Beauty & Power
DESCRIPTION:An invitation to return to the page—and to the presence of God. \nREGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.\nIf you’d like to join the waitlist\, please provide your info here and we will reach out should any spots open up! \nJoin us for a two-day retreat at a beautiful lodge set on the edge of a lake just outside Spokane\, WA. This gathering isn’t only for poets\, but for anyone longing to awaken or rekindle their own creativity. Whether you’ve written for years\, dabbled in journaling\, or never thought of yourself as a “creative person\,” this retreat is a welcoming space to explore the creativity inherent in all people. \nLed by acclaimed poet and professor Shann Ray\, this space and time will allow us to explore how language can hold what is often unspeakable: awe\, sorrow\, memory\, and the nearness of the sacred. Rooted in the belief that we are God’s poema (Ephesians 2:10)\, this retreat blends creative exploration with spiritual attentiveness. And in an age increasingly shaped by AI\, the call to nurture human creativity has never been more vital. Drawing inspiration from Emily Dickinson\, who turned the everyday into the eternal\, you’ll be challenged to take what you see and feel and craft lines alive with meaning. Through guided sessions around the fireplace and spacious time to reflect and write\, you can expect to create 2–4 original pieces while learning to listen more deeply to your surroundings\, to yourself\, and to God. \nCome not to perform\, but to be present to your own unfolding words\, to the voices of others\, and to the God who meets us in metaphor\, memory\, and mystery. Space is limited\, reserve your spot today! \n \n\nDetails:\nDates: March 20-22\, 2025 | Starts Friday at 6pm with a welcome dinner and ends Sunday by 12pm after breakfast and a closing session. \nLocation: Clearwater Lodge\, Newport\, WA (45 minutes north of Spokane\, WA) \nCost: Choose your Tier – A Pricing Model Rooted in Generosity & Relationship \nAt Goldenwood\, we believe in a gift economy—where our work and giving is not transactional but part of a relational and generative system. Like a root network\, where some trees bear more fruit in one season and others in another\, this pricing approach allows for a shared ecosystem of flourishing—some contribute more so that others may receive\, and all are sustained together.\nOur tiered pricing model reflects this\, allowing participants to contribute at a level that aligns with their capacity while supporting the mission to see work revived by love. We invite you to participate in a way that reflects your own season and capacity.\n1. Full Value (Sustainable Tier) – $620 + choice of accommodations\nReflects the true cost and value while balancing affordability\, including the unseen work that makes this a meaningful and transformative experience. Includes all retreat sessions\, materials\, meals\, and accommodations (to select your type of room\, see info below). Includes access to optional snowshoeing and hiking at the lodge\, weather permitting. Does not include travel or transportation. \n2. Covering Costs (Supported Tier) – $520 + choice of accommodations\nCovers only the essentials—venues\, facilitators\, meals\, materials—ensuring the program is financially viable. Includes all retreat sessions\, materials\, meals\, and accommodations (to select your type of room\, see info below). Includes access to optional snowshoeing and hiking at the lodge\, weather permitting. Does not include travel or transportation. \n3. Generative Giving – $720+ (or choose amount) + choice of accommodations\nGoes beyond covering costs\, helping make our programs accessible to others and investing in the long-term flourishing of this work. Includes all retreat sessions\, materials\, meals\, and accommodations (to select your type of room\, see info below). Includes access to optional snowshoeing and hiking at the lodge\, weather permitting. Does not include travel or transportation. \n  \nAccommodations: When registering on the next page\, choose your preferred accommodations. All rooms have a private bathroom and lake view\, and linens & towels are provided. \n\nSingle occupancy room: +$80\nDouble: +$40 per person (2 x twins or 1 x king bed)\nQuad: +$10 per person (4 x twin beds)\n\nTravel: Please arrange for your own travel to and from Clearwater Lodge. \nIf financial support would make participation possible in this season\, please email info@goldenwoodnyc.org to learn about scholarships. \n  \nRegistration has closed for this retreat. Please join the waitlist to be informed of any spots that open up. \n \n  \n\nAbout your Guide:\nShann Ray\, Czech American artist and American Book Award winner\, teaches leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University and poetry at Stanford. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow\, through his research in forgiveness and genocide Shann has served as a visiting scholar in Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, and the Americas\, and as a poetry mentor for the PEN America Prison and Justice Writers Program. He has delivered poetry engagements at Cambridge and the Center for Contemplative Leadership at Princeton Theological Seminary\, and values mutual work involving art\, leadership\, and the reconciliation of people and nations. Having collaborated as a visiting poet with painter Makoto Fujimura on a United Nations grant entitled Intercultural Dialogues through Beauty as a Language of Peace\, Ray is also an International Book Award winner\, a three-time High Plains Book Award winner\, Bread Loaf Fellow\, Bakeless Prize winner\, and winner of the Foreword Book of the Year Readers’ Choice Award. His work comprises a libretto and 17 books\, of which 12 are poetry\, fiction\, and creative nonfiction including Atomic Theory 7\, The Garment of Praise\, Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity\, Balefire\, American Masculine\, Sweetclover\, Blood Fire Vapor Smoke\, American Copper\, The Souls of Others\, and Transparent in the Backlight. His poems and prose have been featured in Poetry\, Esquire\, Narrative\, McSweeney’s\, Prairie Schooner\, Poetry International\, Big Sky Journal\, and the American Journal of Poetry.
URL:https://goldenwoodnyc.org/event/poetryretreat/
LOCATION:Clearwater Lodge\, Newport\, WA\, 99156\, United States
CATEGORIES:Institute,Retreat
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SUMMARY:Institute Retreat | Annual Fallow in Cambridge\, England
DESCRIPTION:When: Tue\, May 12 (arrive between 3 and 5pm) – Fri\, May 15 (end 12:00pm)\, 2026 \nLocation: Cambridge\, UK. All group sessions held at Jesus College. \nJoined by the Goldenwood staff\, Board\, and Deans\, this unique 4-day experience represents an annual rhythm of the Goldenwood Institute. Enjoy highlights and photos from 2024: “Slowing Down\, Cultivating Community\, Enlivening Work” \nWhat is a Fallow Retreat?\n \nThe essence of a fallow retreat lies in embracing the inherent value of rest and recognizing that seasons of non-productivity can be essential for long-term growth and sustainability. Inspired by the agricultural practice of allowing land to lie fallow and rest\, our hope is for you to experience a deep sense of replenishment\, inspiration\, and reawakening\, ultimately leading to greater productivity\, creativity\, and spiritual vitality in the seasons to come. \nGoldenwood is committed to creating this space and time annually to remember what we’ve forgotten about who we are\, what we’ve been created for\, and who we are becoming. \nWhy Fallow?\n\nFor the “over”worked (those who find themselves in seasons of great responsibility and limited margin): fallowing increases your capacity towards greater fruitfulness.\nFor the “under”worked (those in seasons of transition\, underemployment\, or retirement): fallowing opens up space for the soil to be tilled\, for new seeds to be planted for future realities yet to be seen.\n\nIncluded in your cost: \n\nThree nights lodging in clean\, simple rooms on the beautiful grounds of Jesus College. (Single\, double\, or family occupancy available.)\nBreakfast each morning onsite for those lodging at Jesus College\n1-2 group meals\, including celebratory culminating group dinner onsite at Jesus College\nGuidance for times of spiritual reflection and renewal\, individually and communally led by David Kim and Amilee Watkins\nStimulating morning conversations with members of the Goldenwood Leadership Team\, including singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken Nicholson\, and poet and professor Shann Ray\nAn insider’s conversation on Haejin and Mako Fujimura’s new book Beauty X Justice.\nMultimedia conversation and performance from honored guest\, Theologian and Musician Jeremy Begbie\n\n2026 Rates:\n \n\nIndividual (1 room\, Single occupancy\, private bath): $1950 onsite / $1150 offsite {Collective Members: $1650 / $1000} \nCouple (1 room with 1 bed\, Double occupancy\, private bath): $2700 onsite / $1950 offsite {Collective Members: $2300 / $1700}\n\nA non-refundable deposit of 1/3 your total amount is required upon registration to secure your spot\, with the remaining balance due by Mar 30th. Rooms at Jesus College are available on a first come first serve basis.* \n*For offsite lodging alternatives: Check out the University Arms Hotel (a Marriott Bonvoy hotel) or the Hilton Cambridge City Center for those who may have & wish to book with points. The Fellows House by Hilton\, The Varsity Hotel\, and Arundel House Hotel are also within close walking distance from Jesus college. There may be other lower-priced accommodations in the area as well. See booking.com to explore current rates and proximity (including helpful walking estimates!) to Jesus College. \n————- \nINTERESTED? Space is limited for this retreat. Please register below. We look forward to returning to Cambridge and invite you to fallow with us!  \nUpdated Travel Note as of Feb 2025: All visitors traveling to the UK now need to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA). While this should be fairly painless and can be done digitally\, it does require an extra step before traveling. Here is the guidance on how to apply.
URL:https://goldenwoodnyc.org/event/institute-retreat-annual-cambridge-fallow-2026/
LOCATION:Jesus College\, Jesus Lane\, Cambridge\, CB5 8BL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Goldenwood Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Step into a multi-day immersive experience crafted by Goldenwood to awaken your imagination\, deepen your spiritual attentiveness\, and reframe your vision of work. Rooted in the gospel and infused with practices of contemplative stillness\, systems thinking\, and experiential learning\, this intensive invites you into a sacred space where pain and exhaustion become a portal to wisdom and calling. \nThrough embodied exercises\, Scripture-based imaginative prayer\, and vocationally formative frameworks\, you’ll encounter a new way of seeing—God\, yourself\, your work\, and the world. Whether you’re a leader\, artist\, entrepreneur\, or pastor\, this intensive offers not just tools but a spiritual ecosystem for hope-filled transformation. Come and rediscover work as a redemptive\, relational\, and deeply human act. This is more than just a training; it’s an opportunity to connect deeply with God and like-minded individuals\, fostering a collaborative spirit that will inspire and empower you to revive work with love.  \nSee highlights from a prior year’s Intensive held in Greenville\, SC here. \n\n\nFor those new to this conversation\, this intensive provides an experience in an evolving approach to Faith and Work. As Tim Keller used to say\, the gospel doesn’t make bad people good; it makes dead people alive.  In the same vein\, we believe this new approach to F&W needs to focus on how the gospel makes dead work alive—starting with a vibrant spiritual formation grounded in listening to the voice of God. \nDuring this time\, we will explore the following distinctive approach to Faith and Work that incorporates: \n\n\nDefining and Cultivating Critical Spiritual Competencies\nEngaging Dreams and Spiritual Imagination\nEmbodying Key Spiritual Practices and Experiential Learning\nIntroducing Systems and Relational Thinking\nIncorporating Frameworks for Redemptive Action: CityGuilds\, Greenhouse\, Institute\n\n\n\n\n\nCOST:\nIncludes two nights lodging in private room with ensuite bath at the Erdman Center (Princeton Theological Seminary)\, all materials\, and several group meals.\n \n\nEarly Bird (before Jul 20): $790\nRegular (after Jul 20): $950\nTeams of 3+: $750 per person before Jul 20\, $910 after (email us for group discount code)\n\nSCHEDULE:\nWednesday Aug 26\n2:00p-5:00p – Session 1\n5:00p-6:30p – Check in / break\n6:30p – Dinner \nThursday Aug 27\n9:00a-12:30p – Session 2\n12:30p-2:30p – Lunch\n2:30p-5:30p – Session 3\nEvening event TBD \nFriday Aug 28\n9:00a-12:30p – Session 4\n12:30p – Closing Lunch\n2:00p – Depart \nREGISTRATION OPENS SOON (May 2026)\nCheck back and/or email us to express interest!
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