Dear Hello,

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Goldenwood birthed the DreamForum—a sacred space for listening, sharing, and holding onto the fragile light of hope amidst profound uncertainty. Rooted in a time of rupture, the DreamForum helped surface not only individual dreams, but also a deeper desire: to move from imagination into shared discernment and communal hope.

Today, we’re planting that seed in new soil.

We’re excited to announce that the DreamForum is becoming the GreenHouse.

This shift is not a departure but a broadening. The core practices remain: slowing rhythms, spiritual listening, and communal discernment. But the invitation expands: from the urgent dreams of a disrupted world to the quiet cultivation of tomorrow’s hope-giving possibilities.

And the new name reflects the organic maturity of the DreamForum.

While born out of crisis, it has grown into something more resilient, spacious, and invitational. The GreenHouse offers a response to our contemporary work landscape, where the majority of workers find themselves disengaged from their daily labor—and where side-hustles and nascent dreams have become a quiet cry for meaningful work. It provides the time and contemplative space to discern these stirrings, to cultivate what God might be planting, and to develop this "side work" into something life-giving.

We believe this intentional "decelerator" will continue creating the kind of spiritual ecosystem our world desperately needs, where hope is cultivated, imagination is formed by the Spirit, and work becomes an expression of love for God and neighbor. And we're grateful for the ongoing and generative partnership of the Two Tunics Legacy Fund into this next chapter! 

I'd love for you to consider if this is a season in which God might be inviting you to cultivate the seed of an idea He is planting in your spirit. You'll find further details below and can explore more here. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions you might have. We'd love to hear from you!

With gratitude and deep hope,
David Kim, Goldenwood Co-Founder and CEO

P.S. If you're needing an intentional way to slow down and hear the invitation of God during a season that tends to speed us up, we have a brand new Trellis starting this Sunday: Becoming Fully Alive (Dec 7-21).

Why a “Decelerator”?

In a world driven by speed, productivity, and constant urgency, a “decelerator” offers a radical and different path to bringing something new into the world. It is a sacred space where individuals and organizations can slow down to become attentive to God’s presence, and recalibrate their plans accordingly. At Goldenwood, we believe truly transformative ideas begin not in acceleration, but in stillness. It is here, in slowing down, that hope takes root and our imaginations are awakened to envision a world made new.

What are the Goals?

The GreenHouse is a communal process of discernment and collective imagination. It aims to:

• Nurture Ideas with Spiritual Roots: Cultivate bold, faith-inspired dreams that rise from pain, longing, or curiosity—dreams meant to reimagine what work can be in our time.
• Clarify Ideas with Communal Discernment: Create sacred space for participants to explore ideas they’ve held in tension: a side hustle, a quiet prompting, or a vocational “what if.”
• Foster Communal Listening and Reflection: Offer rhythms of gathering where participants can listen deeply to God, themselves, and others in sacred community.
• Integrate Formation and Imagination: Engage spiritual practices, creative exercises, and vocational inquiry so that each idea becomes not just viable, but also spiritually vital.

What are the Rhythms?

The cohort commitment spans six-months and includes:

• One Retreat (Fri-Sun Jan 30-Feb 1): A dynamic weekend together in Princeton, NJ to slow down and establish new patterns for the season ahead. In-person and required for cohort participation. 
• Two Trellis Sessions (Feb 1-14, Mar 8-21): Guided two-week structures of life-giving listening rhythms with the broader Goldenwood community, online.
• Four Cohort Sessions (Feb 26, Mar 19, Apr 30, May 21): Two-hour interactive, online sessions for communal exercises and dream cultivation.
• One Public Forum (Jun 11): An opportunity for story-sharing with friends and family, to catalyze our communal imagination toward what could be, and generate connections for continuing development. 

More about this transition, program fees, and past participant stories here.