I’m glad to host conversations or speak to groups, both large and small, about the mystics, deeper community, hospitality, vulnerability, the craft of writing, and being misfits in the church. I’m able to do conferences, readings, classroom discussions, university talks and more.
If you would like to contact me about coming to your event, university, or church, or to do a podcast or interview, feel free to email me at christiananoelwrites@gmail.com.
Photo used by permission from Bluffton University
Here are a few of the events I’ve done in the past:
I. Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College (April 2018):
Panel on writer’s groups: with D.L. Mayfield, Amy Peterson, Jessica Goudeau, Kelley Nikondeha, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook
Panel about writers whose work crosses genres and doesn’t fit into the normal religious categories: with Lyz Lenz, D.L. Mayfield, Jessica Mesman, Karen Gonzalez
II. Taylor University, Upland, Indiana (November 2018):
classroom reading and luncheon
III. Women Doing Theology Conference, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart Indiana, (November 2018):
event reading and book signing
IV. Bluffton University, Bluffton, OH (January 2019).
Student Life Division sponsored Spring Forum speaker, I spoke on how the mystics show us that vulnerability is necessary for deeper community or koinonia.
Panel on finding community in unique places
Luncheon and Q&A
IV. Podcasts and interviews:
Spark My Muse podcast: Writing Letters to the Mystic Misfits and Awakened By Death
V. Mennonite Convention (July 2019)
Speaker: Mystic and Misfits and Mennonites
VI. Ohio Mennonite conference (Spring 2022)
Speaker: Remembering Our Death