Book Bunch
Summer Book Bunch 2014
Read, discuss & gather at the Lamb’s house.
Wed, June 25th @ 7pm
“The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikley Convert” by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make a difference in the world. In the community, Rosaria was involved in volunteer work. At the university, she was a respected advisor of students and her department's curriculum. Then, in her late 30's, Rosaria encountered something that turned her world upside down--the idea that Christianity, a religion she had regarded as problematic and sometimes downright damaging, might be right about who God was. That idea seemed to fly in the face of the people and causes that she most loved. What follows is a story of what she describes as a train wreck at the hand of the supernatural. These are her secret thoughts about those events, written as only a reflective English professor could.
http://rosariabutterfield.com/
Wed, July 23rd @ 7pm
"Celebration of Discipline" by Richard J. Foster
In Celebration of Discipline, Foster explores the "classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith to show how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life.
http://www.amazon.com/Celebration-Discipline-Path-Spiritual-Growth/dp/0060628391
Wed, Aug 13th @ 7pm
"Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker"by Jennifer Chiaverini
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the extraordinary friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who won her freedom by the skill of her needle, and the friendship of the First Lady by her devotion.
http://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Lincolns-Dressmaker-Jennifer-Chiaverini/dp/0525953612
An event for all adults!
**Childcare available upon request**