Haden Institute

08/23/2026

Rilke wrote “Autumn Day” in Paris at twenty-seven — a petition asking God to finish things, to command the last fruits to be full, to press the final sweetness into the heavy wine. Then it turns, in the last stanza, toward whoever has no house now and will not build one.

Ninety seconds to read. It may sit with you longer than that.

It's the shortest resource in this month's guide, which gathers around Lammas and the first harvest — what ripened, what has to be cut, and what we leave in the corners of the field.

Read the full Resource Guide:
https://www.hadeninstitute.com/first-harvest-lammas-haden-resource-guide/

Our fall cohorts of spiritual direction trainees begin in September. The deadline to apply is this Wednesday (August 26):
https://www.hadeninstitute.com/spiritual-direction-certification/

08/16/2026

The first of August was once called hlāfmæsse — loaf-mass. The first grain of the harvest was cut, ground, baked, carried in, and blessed. Not stored. Not sold. Broken and given away.

The August Resource Guide gathers around that first harvest: what ripened, what has to be cut, and what we deliberately leave in the corners of the field. Seven resources, organized by how much time you have — a Rilke poem you can read in ninety seconds, an essay on the gift economy, two documentaries about gleaners, and a book about dirt that is unmistakably a book about God.

Find the full guide at the link below. Free to read, free to share.

https://www.hadeninstitute.com/first-harvest-lammas-haden-resource-guide/

08/06/2026

The application deadline for our fall spiritual direction cohort has moved up to August 26.

Go deeper in your own inner work. Companion others as they dive in. This is what the Spiritual Direction Certification program at Haden forms over 20 months of study, reflection, and community.

Our newest cohorts are almost full and begin in September. If something this season has named a longing you've been carrying, we invite you to apply — click the link below. After August 26 — or before that if our last few seats fill up — we begin a waitlist for next spring.

https://www.hadeninstitute.com/spiritual-direction-certification/

08/04/2026

The Ignatian Examen is traditionally a daily prayer — fifteen minutes reviewing the day's presence and emotion. We've stretched it across a season: the seven months from the turn of the year to this first harvest. Five movements, one a day for five days. Walk the Field. What Ripened. What Rotted on the Vine. The Cut. The Corners You Leave.

It isn't an audit and it isn't a verdict. Lammas is a first harvest — nothing is finished, nothing is being graded, and there's still a whole autumn coming.

Free to download at the link below. Print it, bring a journal, and take more time than you think you need.

https://www.hadeninstitute.com/harvest-examen/

08/03/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/coreykeyes/p/dont-reap-the-fearer?r=4nl5yd&utm_medium=ios

Corey's candidacy sermon on rejecting a dread-based life.

07/26/2026

I'm Moving FORWARD with It.

06/20/2026

This clip brought Leigh Ann Henion's wonder-filled keynote from summer dream conference earlier this month back to mind. The night has so many wonders for us.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1H6B3D6riK/

06/16/2026

THANK YOU! Alumni and friends showed up for Haden last month in our first-ever Alumni Giving Challenge. Here's an important message from Corey Keyes, our executive director, about the changes at Haden and how all your generosity is helping us meet some of the new needs in our community.

The Haden Institute's 2026 Alumni Giving Challenge was a huge encou...

05/31/2026

A little update from the edge of the labyrinth at Kanuga on the last day of the Summer Dream and Spirituality conference.

Also: the Alumni Giving Challenge ends today! We still need your gifts to reach our goal this year 🫶 https://www.hadeninstitute.com/donate/

05/30/2026

Friends — Haden's Alumni Giving Challenge ends tomorrow (May 31) and we still need your help to reach our goal that will fund some of our core, critical investments for our community. If you've been considering a tax-deductible gift to Haden this month, now is the time! A huge thank you to everyone who has already made gifts to this effort.

https://www.hadeninstitute.com/donate/