Our Readers & Writers Guild meets select months in the Preston Cutler Room at Christ Church to hear a featured reader, as well as, share open mic time and peruse attendee's books for sale. We will share potluck snacks.  All are welcome!  For further information, please contact Betsy Retallack.

Next meeting: 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 16

The theme for tonight's Open Mic will be Searching for Faith. Attendees may prepare 2 poems or 2 pages related to this theme to share. 

Featured Reader: CCHW Parishioner, Wendy Murray

Wendy is an award-winning writer and journalist who has published widely in many venues and across denominational lines. She received a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell (1985), served as regional correspondent for Time magazine in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and later worked as senior writer and editor at Christianity Today magazine. She has published extensively in other journals, including Books & Culture, The Christian Century, and Beliefnet.com. She has written numerous books, including memoirs, journalistic explorations, biographies and devotionals. She currently works at Gordon-Conwell and is editor-in-chief of the new magazine, Ex Fonte. Her most recent book, Inner Healing the Franciscan Way, was released in 2025 with Paraclete Press. She currently writes on Substack and is working on a book for IVPress Academic about Fred "Mister" Rogers and the theology of the Neighborhood. She has attended Christ Church for a total of five years. 

Upcoming meetings: The third Friday of every other month in fall, winter, and spring. March 20, 2026, May 15, 2026