Scriptorium

you can dream again

dan — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:04:01 +0000

As our summer season approaches I think back to previous years and how the Guild (and I) have grown. One of my favorite articles I wrote for summer was in 2008, which still rings so true for me, and included a beautiful pastel of a Whirling Dervish at the Hagia Sophia by Nancy Holm (click [...]

Called Anew: Summer 2013

ron — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:17:12 +0000

“What’s calling to you?” This is the question we have been asking as a staff and community this past year. We have been meeting regularly as an artist group to encourage and keep one another accountable in our creative pursuits. These gatherings and conversations have spawned numerous questions: Who am I as an artist? [...]

shedding the old clothes

ron — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:06:22 +0000

For the past eleven years I have served ‘professionally’ as the youth pastor (or youth director, depending upon the clerical requirements of the given denomination and what they deemed was appropriate or allowable to call me). For the past eleven years I have been obligated to be present at church every Sunday morning (whether or [...]

Writing Practice Group

katy — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:09:13 +0000

On Monday, February 11th at 6:30, I (Katy) will be hosting the first meeting of the Guild’s new Writing Practice Group. I hope this group will become a community in which writers find inspiration and motivation. We will take part in timed writes with the goal of freeing ourselves from self-imposed writers block, read our [...]

Theophany, Poetry, and Specializtion

katy — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:23:30 +0000

On January 6th Orthodox churches around the world* processed from their church buildings to the nearest lake, river, pond, or swimming pool to reenact and renew the blessing that Jesus bestowed on the Jordan when he, the eternal God, stepped in to be baptized and merged his uncreated energies with the created energies of the [...]

A $100 Tip

dan — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:12:17 +0000

“Having been poor is no shame, being ashamed of it is.” -Benjamin Franklin As the winter season is our slowest here at the Guild–and therefore the most financially challenging–we have all cut to half-time pay to make due this year. Each of us has had to seek ways to make this work. As for [...]

crux

dan — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:06:53 +0000

crux: 1. a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question 2. an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome 3. a main or central feature (as of an argument) I have always been intrigued by finding the crux of things. This is likely the reason that I enjoy classical stories, but not [...]

Fall Work Weekend 2012

ron — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:57:15 +0000

being here, now

dan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:26:05 +0000

My goddaughter Leah has been a remarkable blessing to me over the years. Now almost 18, this young woman is so dear to my heart. When I think about what specifically she brings, I always come back to the word presence. Leah is wonderful at being present. Uncomplicated and un-dramatic, she blesses all the people [...]

Love is Greater than Prayer

katy — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:25:13 +0000

Visit the sick, console the distressed, and do not make your longing for prayer a pretext for turning away from anyone who asks for your help, for love is greater than prayer.

-Saint Symeon the New Theologian