Workshop 1: "What can we say from here?"
A writing workshop grounded in
accountability, compassion, and creative practice.
No prior creative writing experience required.
In this writing workshop, participants:
- write from personal experience about an impactful experience that sparked change
- practice shaping their experience through creative writing
- explore multiple truths within the same event
- engage in guided, invitational writing exercises and optional sharing
- leave with a draft to continue developing
Workshop 2: Biblical Conversations
2 Samuel 12:1-31
Prophet Nathan rebukes King David
A conversation about accountability based on one such biblical account. Participants will consider how accountability shows up in this text, in their communities, and in their own lives.
Book a Workshop
We would be happy to conduct a workshop with your group or organization in Nashville or beyond. Contact us for information.
Workshop Facilitators
After nearly three decades of incarceration, Pastor Daryl Waters emerged a spiritual leader. He was called to ministry in 1995, and he earned a BA degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2007. He co-pastored a church inside Angola for over twenty years and is now co-pastoring a church in Baton Rouge, LA.
Lara Naughton is a writer, educator, and certified compassion trainer with extensive experience leading workshops for people of all ages, including in schools, prisons, and corporate and community settings. She is the founder of the Compassion Program at Angola prison and the author of The Jaguar Man.