Wild Goose, Y’all
I’m so excited. I’ve been accepted to the Wild Goose, y’all. They accepted a proposal for a contemplative writing hour as an Experience offering at this summer’s festival. Wild Goose Festival is a hippy-dippy Christian social justice festival held in fields north of Charlotte, best as I can tell.
Two other contemplative writers and I will be facilitating the hour. They asked me to participate. I was pleased to say yes—the couple attended the School for Contemplative Living’s August workshop at Dillard University and have been faithful leaders of our continuing contemplative writing group ever since. I’m really looking forward to creating this offering with them.
I’m thinking that my Lenten offering of a contemplative writing prompt each day—40 in total—was an immersive preparation for the festival. Like so much of life, what I thought I was doing for y’all was actually a lesson for me.
Don’t worry. I’ll be writing more about this as it progresses. I promise, you’ll be hearing all about Wild Goose, y’all.
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Joe Hawes
Marvelous gig. Break a leg…
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you! Turns out, Sybil gave a presentation there, maybe 10 years ago. She did the tent camping. I told her we have a hotel room. 🤣
Mary Lowry
I am very happy for you!
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you. When I told our Memphis daughter-in-law it was a “hippy-dippy Christian social justice thing,” she said, well, that sounds perfect. 🤣
Marie A Bailey
Congratulations! That is wonderful. Given your recent experience with your 40 days of contemplative writing prompts, you are in tip-top shape for Wild Goose!
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you! I thought that immersive time might be very helpful.
Joanne Corey
Congratulations! God works in mysterious ways and all that…
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you! I’m thinking about my mother right now, who did not like geese. I believe she had been chased by geese and considered them mean. Who knows what she would say to a wild goose festival.