Julie Wan

Julie Wan is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in Arts and Letters, The Journal, The Washington Post Magazine, and public radio’s The Splendid Table, among others. She has taught writing at the Catholic University of America, the University of Maryland, and the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned her MFA in creative nonfiction. Born in Vietnam to Chinese parents, Julie spent her childhood among immigrant communities in Canada and then the U.S. – a journey that often informs her work. For her, writing has always been a way of grappling with meaning, a spiritual quest, and an act of hope. She currently lives in the DC area with her husband and two children.

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Poetry Night
Jul 27
Poetry Night

Co-sponsored by Seekers Church's School for Christian Growth and Vita Poetica, this virtual event is part of a series of Seekers' quarterly gatherings to share poems we like, including those we have written, that help us encounter the holiness of creation and our lives. Please plan on bringing a poem to read aloud.

Food Journeys
Aug 21
Food Journeys

Choose your own adventure from a curated list of recipes and markets, and we'll swap notes with each other afterward. This is an individual exploration followed by a virtual happy hour conversation.

Documenting a Living History
Apr 25
Documenting a Living History

Explore ways of gathering material from real life and shaping it into stories.

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Incarnation
Incarnation

Oct - Dec 2020

We'll ponder what it means for the word to become flesh. How does an idea evolve from inspiration to incarnation? What limitations and possibilities do our bodies and our physical world present in light of our pursuit of truth, beauty, or goodness? How does your vocation make manifest eternity?

Work
Work

Apr - Jun 2020

We'll consider work in all its forms -- as livelihood, as vocation, as toil, as purpose, as career, as identity, as calling, as discipline, as cohesion, as a creation. What sort of tensions do you find in balancing these definitions? What does work look like at different life stages? In different cultural or geographical contexts (DC being one of those)? What place does work have in the creative process, and what is its relationship to inspiration?

Inspiration
Inspiration

Jan - Mar 2020

We'll explore this topic in both its creative and spiritual contexts. How do your creative process and your spiritual journey inform each other? Can inspiration be sought after or nurtured? Do you have practices, rituals, disciplines, icons, or charms that help you work or live at your best? We'll also look at the word's meaning as "breath" and "spirit" and what implications this might have in our creative and spiritual lives.