SQUARE HALO 26

Square Halo hosts a conference each year focused on Creativity, Collaboration, and Community.

March 6-7, 2026 | Lancaster, PA at The Trust Performing Arts Center

Our keynote speaker will be Curt Thompson, author of The Soul of Desire and one of the contributors to our book, Ordinary Saints.

Our concert Saturday night will feature Jon Guerra.

The theatrical experience will be a dramatic reading by Sydney & Tim Goodwin accompanied by original music Ellie Brooke and Emma Klimowicz, based on Among the Lilies: The Song of Songs Annotated & Illustrated.

The art exhibit will feature the art of Donald Forsythe.

Our featured speakers are Steve Prince (a contributor to Revealed ) and Roy Salmond (author of our new Sacred Hmmms trilogy).

As in the past, there will be a pop-up printmaking experience with Ned Bustard and hands-on making opportunities with Horst Arts. Nooks will host Leslie's The Goodness Poetry Reading again, and in addition to getting to sit in on a live recording of the Square Halo podcast, folks will have the chance to be part of a live recording of The Habit podcast with Jonathan Rogers! 

Registration (and the bookstore!) open at 8am on Friday, with the first session starting at 9:15am. The conference ends on Saturday with a concert that begins at 7:30pm.

Please consider coming and being a part of the beautiful creativity, collaboration, and community that is Square Halo!

FRIDAY

8:00 REGISTRATION

9:15 SESSION I

Matthew Clark

Corey Frey

Kimberly Ibarra

10:30 SESSION II

Jonathan Rogers

Among the Lilies

Byron Borger

11:30 LUNCH
On your own at local restaurants

1:00 FEATURED PRESENTATION

Roy Salmond

2:30 BREAKOUT SESSION III

Tom Becker

Among the Lilies

Roy Salmond and Matthew Clark

3:30 BREAKOUT SESSION IV

Théa Rosenberg

Elissa Chodan

Matt Wheeler and Matthew Clark

4:30 DINNER
On your own at local restaurants

7:00 THE ROW HOUSE

Curt Thompson

9:00 PUB NIGHT

SATURDAY

8:00 BREAKFAST

Continental Breakfast

Leslie’s The Goodness Poetry Reading

9:15 OPENING LECTURE

Curt Thompson

10:30 BREAKOUT SESSION V

Geoffrey Reiter

Among the Lilies

Théa Rosenberg

11:30 LUNCH

1:00 FEATURED PRESENTATION

Steve Prince

2:15 BREAKOUT SESSION VI

Diana Di Pasquale

Carey Bustard

Jonathan Rogers

3:30 AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES

Round Table Discussions

Horst Arts fun stuff

Pop-Up Printmaking

Leslie’s The Goodness Poetry Reading

4:30 DINNER

On your own at local restaurants

6:30 CLOSING LECTURE

Curt Thompson

7:30 CONCERT

Jon Guerra