Book, Bagel & Brew
Led by Pastor Nancy Windels, this group engages popular fiction and some nonfiction through the lens of faith. Discussions explore the theological dynamics of salvation, redemption, grace, hope, and love as they are expressed by their presence or absence in the plot line of the novels. Book completion is not required for participation.
Group meets the last Saturday of the month from
9:00 AM in the Library.
- Contact Pr. Windels at 952-929-1697 or nwindels@hotmail.com
Planning ahead
March 24
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen
A wrenching, funny, and forgiving portrait of a Midwestern family from St. Paul. Patty and Walter Berglund find each other early: a pretty jock, focused on the court and a little lost off it, and a stolid budding lawyer, besotted with her and almost burdened by his integrity. They make a family and a life together, and, over time, slowly lose track of each other. This excavation of the cracks in the nuclear family's facade is pitted against a backdrop of all-American faults and fissures as Franzen tries to account for his often stridently unlikable characters and find where they (and we) went wrong, arriving at--incredibly--genuine hope.
Click here for the 2011 - 2012 season brochure.
February 25 (Change in date)
Not My Daughter
by Barbara Delinsky
9:00 AM
Library
In this compelling, ripped-from-the-headline offering from bestselling author Barbara Delinsky, three high school seniors make a pregnancy pact. Heightening the stakes, these aren’t just any seniors--these are three popular, college-bound girls from good families. Set in an insular, tightly knit community in Maine, Not My Daughter explores the consequences of pact behavior on a small town, as well as the strain placed on mothers and daughters who find themselves in unfamiliar terrain. Not My Daughter is a timely exploration of teen motherhood and the hard choices that sometimes have to be made in life.
Book Club Cruise to Western Caribbean -
An Altar in the World
by Barbara Brown Taylor
Click here for the devotional booklet used on the cruise.
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