The beauty and energy and appreciation of the Minden, Nevada, workshop almost floored me. How much wonderfulness can one person take?!!! The power of this workshop continues with me still.

Here you will see lots of pictures and participants’ comments.

Tod & Polly, the couple in the photo, were subscribing to Heavenletters long before the workshop. Thanks to Polly, we have about ten new subscribers to Heavenletters. (Plus everyone from the workshop who wasn’t already subscribing is now — that makes fourteen more!)

In his evaluation of the workshop, Tod wrote:

“I was amazed at what beauty comes out of everyone. People really feel God when they allow Him in. It was wonderful to just let the words flow, to ask a question, and to hear the answer.”

Polly wrote:

“I was touched more at this workshop than any other. Something opened which is finally allowing me to write. There was a shifting during the writing of my first Godwriting. I was amazed at how it flowed. Getting myself out of the way wasn’t so hard as I had believed.”

Many thanks to Santhan for putting all the pictures up for us!

This is Pam who took most of these photos for us. Pam is a professional artist. She wrote:

“Gloria, thank you for the weekend. I substituted as an art teacher today. As I described my art, and talked about NOW to the students, I pushed out my aura, as we learned in the workshop. A young man in the back looked up, and at the end of class, he came up to me and said he wanted to see and do my art. He said something about the world around him and God being out there. At that point, I got chills and said that I had just taken the Godwriting™ workshop. This student was drawn to me, just as God said in my Godwriting — that more and more of this would happen.”

When Pam’s web site is up, it will be www.innerlightart.com

This is a painting of Pam’s that was used as a backdrop for a local production of GODSPELL! You know what GODSPELL meant to me. If you don’t, please read the Story of Heavenletters on the website, www.heavenletters.org. I love these connections, don’t you?

This is Baba, the star of the workshop. He sure knows where to rest his sweet head, doesn’t he? Baba’s comments on the workshop were:

“Wow! Bow-wow!”

A glimpse of the group. Baba isn’t quite front center, but he is up front, and attentive.

Another group photo.

Mimi and Alicia. Mimi is another professional artist. You’ll see Mimi’s comments later on with another photo.

Alicia did all the registering and was invaluable at the workshop and after. She wrote:

“Godwriting clicked for me as soon as I started Godwriting. I realized that I have been corresponding with God and the universe for a very long time. I was unaware that there was a course in it, or that that was what I was doing. I have made another inroad in my heart. I know that a key to the Godwriting that comes through me is to breathe first and just start writing – no judgment at all.”

Peggy and Steve. They are two participants who just happened to be sitting beside each other when this picture was taken. Peggy asked that her comments not be used. I don’t understand why, because they were very wonderful.

Steve commented:

“I am amazed at how good we all are at Godwriting. Also surprised at how effective this technique is to bring up issues. A key to Godwriting is to not stop. When I couldn’t get the right word, I just put an underline…I was glad to see so many others in the workshop, and I was glad to see tears of sincerity…The group was important in its synergy. It is amazing how well God multitasks, answering different people’s different questions at the same time! Equally amazing are the similarities that kept showing up…I do feel something a bit different. More hope.”

Ariel is married to Steve, the gentleman above. Ariel commented:

“My experience of Godwriting is positive and inspirational. I have beginner’s mind. Children have the best conversations with God because they don’t know any better! I would not have wanted to miss any of this workshop.”

Ginny, who is a Tai Chi instructor, commented:

“I am in love with my new Godwriting practice!! I just can’t wait to get up every morning now and see what God has in store! I just LOVE the way it makes me FEEL!! It reminds me so much of doing T’ai Chi…the sense of deep relaxation and connection to Heaven and Earth…moving forward with confidence…breathing slow and deep…feeling at peace and centered in the moment…just this moment. To be able to experience moments like this is sublime! It is what I want for all my students…and for all of humanity! God Bless you Gloria, for moving us forward on this path, for helping us slow down and connect to Heaven…Good T’ai Chi, Gloria, very good T’ai Chi!!!”

Do you have a web site, Ginny?

Kalena is a Soul Coach! That’s what she does! How beautiful! She wrote:

“A light bulb went on when I read my Godwriting out loud, and I was moved to tears by God’s words, and that’s how I know it was all real. I learned to just trust the process and let go of the outcome. I look forward to connecting with God on a daily basis, and I feel it is important for me to read God’s words ALOUD each day as that is how I will embody them…I will put Heavenletters up on my website so that others may also enjoy. www.Kalenaassociates.com“

Mimi wrote:

“I would describe the Godwriting™ workshop as a completely different experience…Others’ Godwriting really focused my heart as their questions were some that I had already worked out with God’s help, and others were similar to what I am trying to resolve now. I felt a strong kinship with everyone and truly appreciated the honesty in what they wrote to God…In this short time, I did feel something different – but I can’t really put it into words. Perhaps a strong feeling that we really are all One.”

Cyndi is a social worker. She wrote:

“The experience of Godwriting is a wonderful connectedness to what I know has always been there. I experienced lightness and a feeling of connection with all creation, very joyful. When I heard the other people reading their Godwriting, I was so blown away at the honesty and heart they put into their writing. I really knew then that it was God writing through all of us. Everyone stood out as a Voice of God. I was glad to be a part of it. I am ecstatic and have a renewed spirit now for writing of all types…The group was the workshop for me.”

Lucy is a landscaper, and very beautiful soul. Lucy wrote:

“I had resistance to coming to this workshop, due to conflicting feelings regarding God and my ability, or lack thereof, to communicate with this Being…It was fascinating to hear what people wrote to God and the wonderful and lovely answers God gave. It made me glad. I would not have wanted to miss hearing how you yourself started to Godwrite and how you did not feel adequate to the job…It would have been good to have a longer workshop, but I would also probably never have come if there had been a longer time commitment….I feel differently knowing this happens if only people ask. It just isn’t happening to me yet. I have hope, intermingled with doubt. I need to know it would not just be me writing…”

Lucy and I will continue to work together. Also, this group will meet together at the Sacred Spiral Center on a monthly basis, and the group will help Lucy move forward. God will prevail. Lucy will let go of her block, and Godwriting will be easy for Lucy.

Please know that skeptics are especially welcome to Godwriting™ workshops. They do so much good for the rest of us, and when they Godwrite, it is like the battle of Jericho — huge walls come tumbling down. It isn’t that Lucy can do it. It is that God will do it. It is impossible for any one of us to resist God for long, certainly not forever.

Jessica wrote:

“This Godwriting workshop was full of wisdom and community. Communicating with God in writing! How fantastic. A light went on when I realized how simple and direct this method is. I would have liked more rounds of Godwriting and the reading out loud each day.”

Sue Ann does therapeutic bodywork. She wrote:

“I’ve known most of my life that I am meant to write, but when I would try to, I would go into resistance. The key to Godwriting is taking my mind and its judgments out of the equation and just doing it. I would have liked the workshop to be two whole days. A door has opened for me. A corner has been turned.”

Colleen’s photo really catches the spirit of the Minden workshop. Colleen, by the way, is a student of American Indian spirituality. A thousand apologies, dear Colleen. I have misplaced your evaluation of the workshop. Will you kindly post a comment below to let us know your response to Godwriting and the workshop? It’s important to have yours.

Stephanie, the ordained minister and Michelle’s twin, wrote:

“…challenging, mystical…I GOT it as soon as we became (so deliciously) silent, and we began to listen. The atmosphere was so charged with pure intent…The meticulous instruction and sacred guidance were outstanding, and the Godwriters’ sharing made me glad. I would have liked more time to listen and write…From others’ Godwriting, I learned how highly evolved we are. I feel more connected, more creative, more relaxed, more At Home…”

Michelle, who made this workshop happen. (Well, maybe God made her do it!)

“…Godwriting has opened my heart. It has been a joyous reconnection! I will do it daily because I love the way I feel. I believe the key is to do it. I would have wanted more time…Could we have a Godwriting retreat or cruise?”

Michelle also mentioned that there may be another Godwriting™ Workshop in Minden in the not-too-distant future. I’ll be there!

Meanwhile, dear Godwriters, from Minden or anywhere, please email in some of your Godwriting so we can put it up here on the blog for the benefit of all.

God bless you.