Join our lively and interesting group of readers!
This summer, we’ll be meeting in the common room at Bethany on the fourth Monday of each month from 2 to 4 pm. Here are the selections…
Our 2024 Reads…
- June 24: The Soul of an Octopus, by Sy Montgomery
- July 22: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta
- August 26: Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us Into the Sacred, by Victoria Loorz
- September 23: The Four Vision Quests of Jesus, by Steven Charleston
- October 28: Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, by the Rev Dr Jacqui Lewis
Our 2023 Reads
- One Long River of Song, by Brian Doyle
- Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit, by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- Good Enough: 40ish Devotions for a Life of Imperfection, by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie
- Do I Stay Christian? by Brian McLaren
- In The Shelter: Finding a Home in the World, by Padraig Ó Tuama
Our 2022 Reads
- Short Stories by Jesus, by Amy-Jill Levine.
- Prayer in the Night, by Tish Harrison Warren.
- The Book of Joy, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and The Dalai Lama.
- Shifting Shorelines, by Terry Helwig.
- Wholehearted Faith, by Rachel Held Evans and Jeff Chu.
Our 2021 Reads
- Love is the Way, by Michael Curry
- The Universal Christ, by Richard Rohr
- Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Why Being Yourself Is A Bad Idea (and Other Countercultural Notions), by Graham Tomlin
Our 2020 Reads
- Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert
- I’m Still Here, by Austin Channing Brown
- A Pilgrimage to Eternity, by Timothy Egan
- Learning to Walk in the Dark, by Barbara Brown Taylor
- Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re In Without Going Crazy, by Joanna Macy
- The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing And Why, by Phyllis Tickle
Our 2019 Reads
- Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again, by Rachel Held Evans
- The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World’s Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian, by Brian McLaren
- The Shack, by William P. Young