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Book Groups and Study Opportunities |
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Daytime Book
Study Group
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Meets in member's homes
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| 10 AM, Third
Wednesday |
| Contact:
Virginia Challen for location and books |
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vchall@worldnet.att.net
360-352-2139 |
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Evening Book Study Group |
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Faith and Fiction |
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We do not plan to meet this year.
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2006-2007 Reads |
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Sept 18
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Joy
Comes in the Morning by
Jonathon Rosen
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Oct 18
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The
River Why by David James Duncan
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Nov 20
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Desert Queen by Janet Wallach
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Dec 18
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Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
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Jan 15
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My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
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Feb 19
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My
Antonia by Willa Cather
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March 19
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The
Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
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April 16
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Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
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May 21
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Member Pick
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2005-2006 Reads
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The
Amateur Marriage: a novel
by Anne Tyler
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Under the Banner of Heaven
by John Krakauer
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Postcards from no man’s Land
by Aidan Chambers
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Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
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The Forest
Lover by Susan
Vreeland
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The
Kite Runner by
Khaled Hosseini
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Blue Like Jazz by
Donald Miller
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Dakoda
by Kathleen Norris
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Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
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Faith
and Fiction? What does that mean ? |
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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. |
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What about books with bad language, sex, and violence? |
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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.
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