2026 Festival of Faith and Writing: Grid

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Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room

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Early Registration 5:00pm - 7:00pm

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Hope in the Wake of History 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Holding Both: Navigating Grief and Hope Together 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Afternoon Snack Break 3:15pm - 3:45pm

A Hospitality to Paradox 2:30pm - 3:15pm

How the Stories Find Us 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Artist Meet & Greet: The Art of Scott Erickson 10:00am - 11:00am

Reception: The Art of Scott Erickson 6:30pm - 8:00pm

The Beauty in Broken Things: Writing Sadness wit... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

About a Million Blessings a Day 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Film Screening: Leap of Faith 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Shaping the Past for Young Minds 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Writing in Place 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Boxed Lunch pickup (pre-orders only) 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Invitation of Desert Literature: Meeting Our... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Cultivating Curiosity with Picture Books 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Sponsored Reception 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Coffee Service 9:00am - 11:00am

Registration 9:00am - 11:30am

Information Desk Open 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Exhibit Hall Open 9:00am - 4:30pm

Inside the Issue: The Art and Ethics of Curating... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

AI in the Literary Arts 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Opening Plenary Session - Speaking the Hard Truths 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Evening Plenary Session - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Recipr... 5:30pm - 6:30pm

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Chapel	Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium	Covenant Fine Arts Center, Auditorium	Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall	Gezon Auditorium	On or Off-Campus	Prince Conference Center, Board Room	Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room	Prince Conference Center, Great Hall	Prince Conference Center, Various Venues	Prince Conference Center, Willow Room	Van Noord Arena

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Matins with Jess Ray 8:00am - 8:30am

A Conversation with Ariel Lawhon 11:45am - 12:30pm

Finding Faith in Traditionally Published Childre... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Making and Meaning: The Creative Rhythm of Coura... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Jess Ray in Concert 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Coffee Break 9:45am - 10:15am

Afternoon Snack Break 3:15pm - 3:45pm

Scratching the Creative Itch: Art, Curiosity, an... 9:00am - 9:45am

A Language for Grief: Words for What the Heart M... 10:30am - 11:15am

Holy Hurt 11:45am - 12:30pm

Listening for the Lyric 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Reporting Across the Divide 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Seen & Heard: Character, Authenticity and Connec... 9:00am - 9:45am

Close Enough to See, Far Enough to Tell 10:30am - 11:15am

Spell, Ceremony, Miracle: The Literacy Narrative... 11:45am - 12:30pm

Talking To Strangers: How To Ask Better Question... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

How to Write Good 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Shared Roots: Converging Faiths in Care for the... 9:00am - 9:45am

Rewriting the Record: Literature, Memory, and th... 10:30am - 11:15am

The Power of Parable: Personal Story-telling as... 11:45am - 12:30pm

A Conversation with Carrie Fountain 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Drawing Stories Together: Writers and Illustrato... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Lunch 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Reclaiming Christianity from the Christians: The... 9:00am - 9:45am

Session Cancelled 10:30am - 11:15am

Religion Reporting in an Era of Distrust 11:45am - 12:30pm

The Grief and Hope of Conversion 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Poetics of the Sacred 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Information Desk Open 8:30am - 4:30pm

Exhibit Hall Open 8:59am - 4:30pm

Sponsored Receptions 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Beyond Nostalgia: The Art of Remembering 9:00am - 9:45am

Faith, Imagination, and the Marketplace: Writing... 10:30am - 11:15am

As You Please: Writing From a Place of Joy 11:45am - 12:30pm

How to Pitch Your Nonfiction Book 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Finding and Working with a Literary Agent: The D... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Evening Plenary Session - The Garden Has Faith in You 5:30pm - 6:30pm

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Chapel	Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium	Covenant Fine Arts Center, Auditorium	Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall	Gezon Auditorium	On or Off-Campus	Prince Conference Center, Board Room	Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room	Prince Conference Center, Great Hall	Prince Conference Center, Willow Room	Van Noord Arena

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Matins with Jess Ray 8:00am - 8:30am

Christian Advocacy for the Common Good: Loving O... 9:00am - 9:45am

Listening Across Distance 10:30am - 11:15am

A Conversation with Leyla K. King 11:45am - 12:30pm

Witnessing What’s There: Writing Attention in a... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Sacred Traces: Writing the Texture of Religious... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Coffee Break 9:45am - 10:15am

Afternoon Snack Break 3:15pm - 3:45pm

Forms of Joy and Witness: Poetry and Prose in Co... 9:00am - 9:45am

A Conversation with Barbara Brown Taylor 10:30am - 11:15am

A Conversation with Neal Shusterman 11:45am - 12:30pm

Families We Know, Families We Imagine: Writing I... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Rethinking Dystopia 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Grace Notes: Tiny Moments that Make Our Stories... 9:00am - 9:45am

Writer Websites That Dazzle Publishers 10:30am - 11:15am

From Manuscript to Marketplace 11:45am - 12:30pm

A Conversation with Sarah Perry 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Place and Landscape as Character 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Playing with Fire: Christian Poets Reflect on Fa... 9:00am - 9:45am

Acts of Translation, Acts of Justice 10:30am - 11:15am

Lunch 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Stained Glass and Sticky Hands: Writing Faithful... 9:00am - 9:45am

Lightning Rod Poetry & Tuning Fork Poetics 10:30am - 11:15am

The Art of Poetry and the Gift of Attention 11:45am - 12:30pm

The Grace of Wild Things: Finding a Language for... 2:30pm - 3:15pm

In the Spirit of Others' Words 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Information Desk Open 8:30am - 4:30pm

Exhibit Hall Open 8:59am - 4:30pm

The Art of Fashioning the Soul 9:00am - 9:45am

Rituals, Mentors, Priorities and Joy: the Ingred... 10:30am - 11:15am

Faith, Family, Football: Eli Cranor on the Dark... 11:45am - 12:30pm

A Conversation with Terumi Echols 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Audiobooks for Authors 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Closing Plenary Session - Coming Down to Earth: The Embodied Wor... 5:30pm - 6:30pm

2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

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