Belmont University’s College of Theology and Christian Ministry is hosting a spiritually-focused “Writing for Your Life” writer’s conference on July 18-19. The conference is open to all who are interested in spiritual writing and will include popular Christian authors and representatives from the Christian publishing industry. Headline speakers for the event are New York Times best-selling authors Barbara Brown Taylor and Rachel Held Evans. Evans’ work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Christianity Today, Slate, The Huffington Post, The CNN Belief Blog, and on NPR, The BBC, The Today Show and The View. Taylor’s first memoir, Leaving Church, won the Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Her work has also been featured in TIME Magazine.
Other speakers for the event include: Robert Benson (author), Jeff Chu (author and journalist), Greg Daniel (literary agent), Robbie Pinter (author and professor), Erin Healy (author), Tony Jones (Fortress Press and author), Susan Salley (Abingdon Press), Sophfronia Scott (author), Margot Starbuck (author and book consultant) and Webster Younce (Thomas Nelson).
The conference will offer 1.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for pastors in attendance. In addition, an Advanced Writer’s Retreat pre-conference on July 17 will offer an additional .5 CEUs.
