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2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

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8:00am EDT

Matins with Jess Ray ChapelJess Ray

8:30am EDT

Information Desk Open Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room

8:59am EDT

Exhibit Hall Open Prince Conference Center, Great HallNavPress • Plough • Eighth Day Books • Englewood Review of Books • Lake Drive Books • Broadleaf Books • Slant Books • The Christian Century • Eerdmans Publishing Company • Taylor University: Making Literature 2027 Conference • Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith • Evelyn DeKorte/Diane Ford • Baker Publishing Group • Redbud Writers Guild • Collegeville Institute • PLNU M.A. in Writing Program / Last Syllable Journal • Reformed Journal • The Windhover Literary Journal • Orion Magazine • Leslie Leyland Fields/Memoir Masterclass • Mark Mattison • Moody Global Media • Healing Medicine • Whitworth University MFA • Read. Pray. Write. Podcast • Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry • Baylor University Press • Menno Media / Herald Press • InterVarsity Press • Solum Literary Press • The Perkipery Press • Kregel Publications • Wipf and Stock Publishers • Wildhouse Publishing • The Rabbit Room • Wesley Theological Seminary • Western Theological Seminary • Religion News Service • Ashland University, MFA in Creative Writing

9:00am EDT

Christian Advocacy for the Common Good: Loving Our Neighbors in Public ChapelKyle Meyaard-Schaap Forms of Joy and Witness: Poetry and Prose in Conversation Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumRoss Gay • Patrick Rosal Grace Notes: Tiny Moments that Make Our Stories Sing Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallAaliyah Bilal Playing with Fire: Christian Poets Reflect on Faith and Practice Gezon AuditoriumGeorge David Clark Stained Glass and Sticky Hands: Writing Faithfully for Children in Our Holy and Messy World Prince Conference Center, Board RoomAimee Reid The Art of Fashioning the Soul Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomLanta Davis

9:45am EDT

Coffee Break Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium

10:30am EDT

A Conversation with Barbara Brown Taylor Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumBarbara Brown Taylor Acts of Translation, Acts of Justice Gezon AuditoriumAlejandra Oliva Lightning Rod Poetry & Tuning Fork Poetics Prince Conference Center, Board RoomJacob Schepers Listening Across Distance ChapelAstead Herndon Rituals, Mentors, Priorities and Joy: the Ingredients of My Comics Career Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomJonathan Todd Writer Websites That Dazzle Publishers Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallMargot Starbuck

11:45am EDT

A Conversation with Leyla K. King ChapelLeyla K. King A Conversation with Neal Shusterman Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumNeal Shusterman • Dean Nelson Faith, Family, Football: Eli Cranor on the Dark Side of the American Dream Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomEli Cranor From Manuscript to Marketplace Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallAlexis DeWeese • Pete Ford • Jeremy Wells The Art of Poetry and the Gift of Attention Prince Conference Center, Board RoomAbram VanEngen

12:30pm EDT

Lunch On or Off-Campus

2:30pm EDT

A Conversation with Sarah Perry Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallSarah Perry A Conversation with Terumi Echols Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomTerumi Echols Families We Know, Families We Imagine: Writing Identity for Young Readers Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumKarina Yan Glaser • Jonathan Todd The Grace of Wild Things: Finding a Language for Praise and Lamentation Prince Conference Center, Board RoomTodd Davis Witnessing What’s There: Writing Attention in a Wounded World ChapelDaniel José Camacho • Alejandra Oliva

3:15pm EDT

Afternoon Snack Break Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium

4:00pm EDT

Audiobooks for Authors Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomAdam Verner In the Spirit of Others' Words Prince Conference Center, Board RoomGeorge David Clark Place and Landscape as Character Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallChristine Byl • Eli Cranor • A. Muia Rethinking Dystopia Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumNeal Shusterman Sacred Traces: Writing the Texture of Religious Experience ChapelAaliyah Bilal • Melody S. Gee

5:30pm EDT

Closing Plenary Session - Coming Down to Earth: The Embodied Word Van Noord ArenaBarbara Brown Taylor