Joel Warne | INSIDE MOVES: Inner Life Writing for Small Groups

Synopsis: Once, in a dream, a woman saw an immense logjam clogging a river. The jumbled logs stretched for miles, locked against each other at crazy angles. God asked the dreamer, “How are we going to free these logs?” She replied doubtfully, “I guess we need to untangle them so they face the same direction.” God said, “I have a different idea.” The next moment, the level of the water began to rise—and carried the heap away.  Anxieties, yearnings and pain exist in a tangle in each human heart like private logjams. As Christian writers, we address the tangle. Where do we find words that speak of deep places in God’s Spirit where painful knots are soothed and undone? How can our writing move beyond religious chatter toward becoming a well of refreshment that saturates and buoys lives in Christ? This presentation will ponder the writer’s craft of drawing words from deep places, with a special emphasis on shaping them into resources that help small groups glimpse new, life-giving possibilities in God.     

Presenter Bio:  Joel Warne is the author of refreshing inner life resources and co-founder of WellSpring Life Resources. A teacher, spiritual director and retreat leader, Joel helps groups explore paths to transforming daily life with God. He’s the author of small group and personal resources including: “Soul Craving: An Invitation to the Feast,” “How to Eat Your Bible: God’s Word as Food for Your Soul,” and his most recent group resource, “Inside Moves: Falling, Rising, Becoming.” Joel and his wife, Gerri, a Therapist and WellSpring co-founder, live in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Joel’s website: https://wellrefreshed.com

Cost of the Event $25 for non-members