Summertime Contemplation & Creativity

Wednesday, August 19, 10-11:15 AM PT | LIVE on Zoom

Join Colette for a gentle time of prayer, play, and creative exploration.

Smiling senior woman with gray hair standing in a sunlit garden, wearing a navy blazer and blue blouse with a light scarf.

We will discover the rich connection between contemplation and creativity.

Creativity doesn't always begin with making something.

It begins with paying attention. Through poetry, contemplative practices, and simple writing invitations, we'll explore how attentive presence, lingering, savoring, and befriending our creative selves can awaken and nourish our creative lives.

We'll also make space for conversation, questions about your creative process or projects, and the wisdom that emerges when creative seekers gather in a spirit of contemplation.

You'll leave with:

Renewed inspiration for your creative and contemplative journey.
Simple contemplative practices to support your creative life.
Fresh encouragement and wisdom for the projects and longings you carry.

Whether you think of yourself as an artist, writer, or simply someone longing to live more creatively and contemplatively, you are invited to join us.

Wednesday, August 19, Live Online 10-11:15 AM PT

You will receive the link to join via Zoom once you sign up.
This event will not be recorded.

Colette Lafia is an award-winning author, spiritual director, and retreat leader. As a graduate of the Living School, through the Center for Action and Contemplation, Colette has a passion for the contemplative path. She has worked in the spiritual formation programs at Mercy Center Burlingame and is a commissioned Centering Prayer presenter. Her most recent book, Leaving the Shore: Experiencing Poetry as Prayer (Monkfish, December 2025), pairs poems inspired by the mystics with guided Lectio Divina and writing prompts, and received a 2026 Gold Nautilus Book Award in Poetry (Lyric Prose or Hybrid Works). Her previous book, The Divine Heart: Seven Ways to Live in God's Love, received a 2022 Nautilus Book Award.