Welcome, my friend. I’m Kimberly Phinney, professor, poet, and counselor, and My Way Back is a weekly newsletter from TheWayBack2Ourselves.com, a literary journal, podcast, publisher (The Way Back Books), and creative community. I’m writing a book on art, faith, and belonging with Baker Books, and I share a lot on those topics here. If you’re new, WELCOME! You are warmly invited to subscribe and join our rooted community.
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We are excited to present THE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE, a movie and recording of all keynotes and talks, along with a breakout on publishing, interviews, and more for you to watch as many times as you’d like from the comfort of your own home. We are working hard to be accessible to as many as possible by creating an EMBODIED virtual option for our community.
Curated, directed, and produced by the talented team at Kismis Ink, THE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE will be an offering that makes you feel ROOTED, just like you were there! Hear from Stephen Roach of The Breath and the Clay and Makers and Mystics, Amanda Held Opelt, musician and author, and Ben Palpant, author with the Rabbit Room. You’ll also get to enjoy an opening talk by Kimberly Phinney, founder of TWBTO; a Sunday afternoon message by Deidre Braley, author and editor, on the power of living up to our creation; a breakout session with Solum Press and the Clayjar Review on writing and publishing… and so much more!
IMPORTANT NOTE: When you preorder, you’ll get a preorder slip to confirm in a downloadable PDF with directions. We will contact you via email once the VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE is available for viewing.
Enjoy our KEYNOTE speakers: Ben Palpant, author with The Rabbit Room; Stephen Roach, founder of The Breath and the Clay and podcast host of Makers and Mystics; and Amanda Held Opelt, musician and author of several books. Solum Literary Press and The Clayjar Review will be joining us as well with a breakout session on writing and publishing.
There are seasons when you can feel the invitation to come back to yourself.
To your creative work.
To God’s still small voice.
To what is beautiful, good, and true.
To strengthen the root system that steadies your faith.
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I hope you’ll join our TWBTO team and me through this new offering: Deidre Braley, Matthew Nash, Chelsea Fraser, Edward Holmes, Heather Lobe Johnson, Sarah Steele, Allana Walker, Jason Fullerton, and more, along with The Way Back Books authors: Rosa Lía Gilbert, Deborah Rutherford, Noah Bartley, Mariana Herrera Mosli, and Mary Folkerts.
We would be honored to share this space with you VIRTUALLY and come beside you as you answer God’s call to create and become more rooted in your life and community.
You belong here,
Kimberly and TWBTO Team
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
—Jeremiah 17:7-8
We are so grateful to the generosity of our partner, First Presbyterian Church, and their fine arts director (and our wonderful friend), Chelsea Fraser, for helping to make this dream come true for so many.
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