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Book Groups and Study Opportunities
Owl Reading Daytime Book Group
Evening Book Group
Faith and Fiction: What do we mean ?
Adult Education Offerings
Daytime Book Study Group

Meets in member's homes

10 AM, Third Wednesday
Contact: Virginia Challen for location and books
vchall@worldnet.att.net 360-352-2139
 
Evening Book Study Group
Faith and Fiction

We do not plan to meet this year.

 

2006-2007 Reads

Sept 18

Joy Comes in the Morning by Jonathon Rosen

Oct 18

The River Why by David James Duncan

Nov 20

Desert Queen by Janet Wallach

Dec 18

Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

Jan 15

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Feb 19

My Antonia by Willa Cather

March 19

The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch

April 16

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

May 21

Member Pick

2005-2006 Reads

The Amateur Marriage: a novel by Anne Tyler

Under the Banner of Heaven  by John Krakauer

Postcards from no man’s Land  by Aidan Chambers

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland

The Kite Runner by  Khaled Hosseini

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

Dakoda by Kathleen Norris

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Faith and Fiction? What does that mean ?
We see the purpose of a Faith and Fiction group as first to read good fiction and second to see what our faith has to say about the situations with which such writers are dealing and about the themes they bring to the reader. This includes a wide variety of fiction, not limited to books that are about church, religion, or moral issues.  Christian faith, as believed and practiced by real people, belongs to the world rather than being isolated from it.  The stories in the novels we discuss raise issues that we deal with in our lives. Christian faith offers a critical stance for making sense of the world - the world as it is.  As we grapple with these real world life issues we can move forward in our own understanding and our own faith journey.
What about books with bad language, sex, and violence?
Bad language is a part of the modern world. Many people lack adequate vocabularies and seem to know no other words. We would not want to stop reading all books that include such language. We don't like violence either, or hunger or poverty or lack of respect, but if we took all this away, we might not have much to read, including parts of the Bible. 
Our choice of books is generally similar to most book discussion groups focusing on good fiction, sharing our thoughts together, and learning from the issues we find in these stories.