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Goldenwood Intensive

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. Through embodied exercises, Scripture-based imaginative prayer, and vocationally formative frameworks, you’ll encounter… Read More »Goldenwood Intensive

David Kim presenting at Perimeter

From Ethics to Enlivenment: The Evolving Story of Faith and Work

Over the past fifty years, the faith and work movement has undergone a quiet but important transformation. What began as a question of normative truth has unfolded into a deeper inquiry about culture, and now into something even more essential: the formation of the whole human person grounded in the love of God. To understand where we are today, and to discern where the Spirit may be leading us, we… Read More »From Ethics to Enlivenment: The Evolving Story of Faith and Work

The Creative Summit

The Creative Summit | Nashville, TN

Goldenwood is excited to be collaborating with our friends at the Creative Arts Collective (CAC) for an exciting two-day gathering at Belmont University this spring. We’ve enjoyed our growing relationship with the CAC team and are honored to be part of this gathering of artists, pastors, and cultural leaders seeking renewal at the intersection of faith, imagination, and work. David Kim (Goldenwood CEO) will be one of the featured speakers,… Read More »The Creative Summit | Nashville, TN

Institute Retreat | Annual Fallow in Cambridge, England

When: Tue, May 12 (arrive between 3 and 5pm) – Fri, May 15 (end 12:00pm), 2026 Location: Cambridge, UK. All group sessions held at Jesus College. Joined 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” What is a Fallow Retreat? The essence of a fallow retreat lies… Read More »Institute Retreat | Annual Fallow in Cambridge, England

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Not Picking A.I. Sides: How Love Holds Tension

In the May 27th New Yorker article entitled “Two Paths for A.I.”, Joshua Rothman presents what I thought was a helpful portrait of our cultural moment—one torn between apocalyptic urgency and pragmatic restraint in the face of artificial intelligence.  On one side, there’s Daniel Kokotajlo, the safety researcher turned whistleblower, who warns of a near-future in which A.I. could become superintelligent, uncontrollable, and existentially dangerous.  On the other, computer scientists Sayash Kapoor and… Read More »Not Picking A.I. Sides: How Love Holds Tension

Dust and Glory: How AI Confirms the Bible’s Most Paradoxical Truth About Humanity

Earlier this month, I had the joy of leading a workshop at the Mockingbird Conference in New York City entitled Hopeful Intelligence.  In it, we explored what it means to be people of hope in an age increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, where the lines between creature and creator, imitation and imagination, are being tested daily. What struck me most in the days since is how AI, for all its complexity… Read More »Dust and Glory: How AI Confirms the Bible’s Most Paradoxical Truth About Humanity

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Institute Course | Hopeful Intelligence Workshop

How do spiritual realities shape our understanding of generative artificial intelligence (AI), and what new possibilities of “hopeful intelligence” arise when we explore this intersection? In this dynamic, interactive evening workshop, David Kim will guide participants through a transformative exploration of how spiritual wisdom can inform the way we design, understand, and collaborate with AI systems. Specifically, we’ll be focusing on how AI can be a companion for expanding our… Read More »Institute Course | Hopeful Intelligence Workshop

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Institute Intensive | Creative Collaboration in the Gift Economy // Film with Stephen Bailey

Facilitated by Stephen Bailey, dive into an industry conversation in New York City, where filmmakers, writers, and cultural innovators come together to explore the art of Creative Collaboration in the Gift Economy.  We draw inspiration from Lewis Hyde’s seminal work The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, where he introduces the concept of the “gift economy.” Unlike the traditional market economy, which is driven by exchange and… Read More »Institute Intensive | Creative Collaboration in the Gift Economy // Film with Stephen Bailey

Eva Ting

Why a Decelerator?

There are plenty of good accelerator programs and incubators out there. But as far as we know, we’re one of the only “decelerators” helping people slow down and discern God’s voice in a noisy world. You might say, “Huh? Why run a program that deliberately decelerates developing ventures instead of speeding them up?” Hear what our Dreamers have to say about the unique space the Dream Forum creates: “The Dream… Read More »Why a Decelerator?

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Institute Peek Recap: An Audacious Vision for Work Revived by Love

Last month, we gathered from around the country to experience a sneak peek of the Goldenwood Institute. The day was filled with enlivening community and stimulating conversation, setting forth a bold and expansive vision for how the gospel can transform the future of work. The Goldenwood Institute envisions a world where work is not just a means of earning a living, but a creative and fulfilling expression of our humanity.… Read More »Institute Peek Recap: An Audacious Vision for Work Revived by Love