Mary Lou Redding

      Editorial Director of The Upper Room Magazine, is a sought-after teacher for writers conferences across the country. She has taught basic and advanced prose-writing, basic rhetoric and writing courses, and business communications, all on the college level. Redding earned a Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing and has completed the Academy for Spiritual Formation, an intensive two-year academic and experiential program in Christian spirituality. Her fourth book was published this year, and at the time of this bio being updated, the manuscript for her fifth is currently past due but almost done. She is finding being a grandmother to Rosalie far more fun than she expected it to be and watching the Atlanta Braves this season far less fun than she expected that to be. Mary Lou delights in helping others reach their writing goals.

Teaches

This course focuses on writing daily devotionals but is applicable to all genres. We will draft a meditation/devotional to be refined and submitted to a magazine. Each day’s class will be built around identifying and practicing the qualities of good devotional writing. Exercises will guide writers in developing skills essential not only to devotional writing but to all good writing. Participants will come away with concrete tools for self-editing and information about various devotional magazines.