In sixth grade, home sick with chicken pox, I wrote my first complete computer game. I was twelve, feverish, and I could not stop. The act of building something interactive out of words (computer code) felt like the most alive I had ever been. Like I was reflecting back to my Creator some tiny mote of what had been formed into me. Then I spent the next twenty-five years unlearning… Read More »Step by Step. Not All At Once.
At the start of my GreenHouse journey, I knew my dream would involve life-giving creativity, connectedness, and healing, but I had so many potential callings and creative ideas that I felt overwhelmed by the prospect of choosing one thing to focus on. Beneath that was a deeper question of identity: Who am I? By what dreams, pursuits, or habits can I define myself? How can I consolidate all these parts… Read More »Made to Play
If you asked someone to recall a moment when they felt really, truly alive, they might describe it with words like ecstatic, euphoric, awakening, flow, vision. Like the mundane and commonplace take on new and more animated meaning around them. That is to say, they don’t alter reality or bend the world toward themselves, but rather feel their inner person change and rise up with renewed hope in their current… Read More »Stirring the Imagination
For we walk by faith, not by sight,For years I strived to run with all my might.Grasping for control, held tightly by fear,Overthinking every idea—Was that me, or was that God I hear? I reached a point of surrender,A realization: this dream I have, I cannot do alone.Down on my knees I begged God,Bring me the right people—I can’t do this on my own. And in that moment, everything began… Read More »For We Walk By Faith
I am one of the lucky ones. When I was four, I said I wanted to be a veterinarian. I set the goal and then began doing the studies and the activities that would lead to that outcome. I graduated from Cornell University in 2005 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and it was one of the best days of my life. It’s been 20 years, and I still find… Read More »From Nebulous to Necessary
Nautilus is a unique 7-month experience designed to cultivate key spiritual competencies that awaken us to the reality of God’s presence in our world and discover how hearing His voice shapes the way we respond to all of life. The movements of Nautilus follow an unfolding spiraling path, asking the following questions: VISION | Kairos Time: How do I see further? GOD | Listening to God: What is the tone of God’s voice? SELF | Spiritual Permanence: What does it mean… Read More »Nautilus: Now Receiving Applications for 2026-27!
Originally published on aiandfaith.org on Apr 23, 2026 In 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien introduced through his legendarium the mysterious palantiri, ancient “seeing-stones” that reveal glimpses of what is real across space and time. They do not fabricate images, and yet their use often contributes to the destruction of their viewers. The White Wizard, Saruman, looks into the stone with ambition and becomes enslaved by domineering power. Denethor, the steward of Gondor, looks in with… Read More »The Seeing Stone on Your Desk
Step into a multi-day immersive experience crafted by Goldenwood to deepen your spiritual attentiveness, awaken your imagination, 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
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
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