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2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

Bailey Gillespie

Sierra College

Adjunct Faculty

Roseville, California

https://baileygillespie.substack.com

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About me

I am a writer, educator, and former bodyworker from Northern California. Drawing from my lived experience with chronic pain and PMDD, I write on women’s health and embodied living, as well as paying attention to God’s movement in our lives. My Substack and podcast are called Listen to Your Life. Represented by Westwood Creative Artists. 🤍

9:00am EDT

Coffee Service Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room 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 Registration Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room

10:00am EDT

Artist Meet & Greet: The Art of Scott Erickson Covenant Fine Arts Center, Center Art GalleryScott Erickson

12:30pm EDT

Opening Plenary Session - Speaking the Hard Truths Van Noord ArenaLaurie Halse Anderson

2:30pm EDT

A Hospitality to Paradox Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumScott Erickson

3:15pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

Writing in Place Gezon AuditoriumAmanda Held Opelt

5:30pm EDT

Evening Plenary Session - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Van Noord ArenaRobin Wall Kimmerer

8:00am EDT

Matins with Jess Ray ChapelJess Ray

9:00am EDT

Scratching the Creative Itch: Art, Curiosity, and the Myth of the Renaissance Man Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumAndrew Peterson

9:45am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

A Language for Grief: Words for What the Heart Must Speak  Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumJ. S. Park

11:45am EDT

As You Please: Writing From a Place of Joy Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomKate Albus

12:30pm EDT

Lunch On or Off-Campus

2:30pm EDT

How to Pitch Your Nonfiction Book Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomMargot Starbuck

3:15pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

How to Write Good Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallSarah Perry

5:30pm EDT

Evening Plenary Session - The Garden Has Faith in You Van Noord ArenaRoss Gay

8:00pm EDT

Jess Ray in Concert ChapelJess Ray

8:00am EDT

Matins with Jess Ray ChapelJess Ray

9:00am EDT

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

11:45am EDT

From Manuscript to Marketplace Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallAlexis DeWeese • Pete Ford • Jeremy Wells

12:30pm EDT

Lunch On or Off-Campus

2:30pm EDT

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

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