Winton Boyd has been a facilitator with the Center for Courage & Renewal since 2007.  As a facilitator, he has worked in various sectors and areas of North America.  These include clergy, higher ed, non profit leaders and men’s work.  In recent years he has offered Soul of Aging retreats online and onsite, men’s retreats, seasonal retreats, and contemplative retreats.  He was also Courage & Renwal’s program manager for a recently concluded Lilly Endowment Grant.  A pastor in the United Church of Christ for 35 years, he most recently served Orchard Ridge UCC in Madison, WI for 20 years.  He now lives in Minneapolis and has been involved in both neighborhood work, local retreat work, and political organizing.  He is also a facilitator with the Center for Clergy Renewal at the Holy Wisdom Monastery in Madison, WI.  He and his, Tammy, have three young adult children and 2 grandchildren. He loves biking, reading novels, hiking and baking bread!

Favorite quote

"We did not feel prepared to be the heirs of such a terrifying hour. But within it we found the power to author a new chapter, to offer hope and laughter to ourselves. So, while once we asked, how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe, now we assert, how could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?

Amanda Gorman

Book Recommendation

Caste: The Origins of our Discontent

Isabel Wilkerson

Where I'm Finding Inspiration

In music, in gardening, in live singing, and in the many committed people of good will fighting for love and justice.

What I Do For Fun, Rest, and Renewal

Read, bike, listen to live music, hike and walk in the mountains, bake bread and brew kombucha! Play with grandchildren!

Organizations I've Worked With

Minnesota United Church of Christ
Northern Illinois Synod of the ELCA church
Wisdom Ways - St. Paul, MN
Holy Wisdom Monastery - Madison, WI
United Church Camps, Inc. - Wisconsin
Kirkridge Retreat Center - PA
Lexington Seminary- Lexington, KY
Aurora University/George Williams College
Jewish Catholic Conference of Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Council of Churches
Leadership Education at Duke Seminary / Lilly Endowment