IVP Writers' Retreat

I started my sabbatical by accepting an invitation to a writers' retreat for those who are working on IVP projects. It was a brilliant idea: take folks who have various projects to a retreat center, give them time to write, mix in sessions from editors and authors on writing, research, and marketing, host reading groups to share our writing with other authors, and then build friendships with truly lovely people along the way.

On honesty, I can't think of a better way to downshift from an overloaded semester of teaching, developing courses, and finally finishing development on a new master's degree program we are now offering.

I learned a lot from the sessions and came away with a draft of a chapter or two. But really, what I'm going to treasure out of this are the friendships I made with people who are doing creative and faithful work. I'm looking forward to seeing the projects I've heard about make their way into the world, and you can be sure I'm going to be sharing a lot about them when they do. Thanks, IVP. It's been so deeply life-giving, and hold these days as a gift for years to come.