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