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Pastor's Book Club Resource Page

Welcome to the resource page for the Pastor's Book Club! Here, you'll find information and pertinent links for the books, podcasts, etc. studied in the Club - this month, and in months past. For information on meeting times for the Pastor's Book Club, make sure to check the most recent edition of our weekly newsletter, The Chimes - HERE.

Past Months

​February 2021 - Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi
Read: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/stamped-from-the-beginning
Note - A Teen/Young Adult Version of this book called “Stamped” is available if you are interested in leading this conversation with your children: https://www.amazon.com/Stamped-Antiracism-National-Award-winning-Beginning/dp/0316453692
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEjpbDSoBCA

January 2021 Podcast - Are We Losing Our Religion? from Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Listen: https://www.kellycorrigan.com/kelly-corrigan-wonders/eboopatel​
Meet: Our discussion is Wednesday, January 20, at 6:30 pm via ZOOM - 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87163761216


December 2020 - The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can be Made Right, Lisa Sharon Harper.
Read: https://lisasharonharper.com/the-very-good-gospel/
Watch/Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVoM1BUC2co
 
November 2020 - For All Who Hunger: Searching for Communion in a Shattered World, Emily M.D. Scott
Read: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612032/for-all-who-hunger-by-emily-m-d-scott/
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-place-at-the-table-emily-m-d-scott/id542958695?i=1000489045928
 
October 2020 - Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times, Amanda Henderson
Read: https://chalicepress.com/blogs/news/why-were-publishing-holy-chaos
Listen: https://stateofbelief.com/segments/holy-chaos/
 
September 2020 - Raising a Rare Girl, Heather Lanier
Read: https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Rare-Girl-Heather-Lanier/dp/0525559639
Listen: https://katebowler.com/podcasts/heather-lanier-whole-and-holy/
Reading Guide: https://katebowler.com/resources/discussion-questions-for-raising-a-rare-girl-by-heather-lanier/
 
July and August 2020 - Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US, Lenny Duncan.
Read: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/productgroup/1106/Dear-Church
Listen: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Nzg1YTNjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz/episode/OGRiMGI2OTgtZmYwMS00ZDRhLWJkMGItYmI4MzU2MWQyNjdi?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwiunsz2-5HuAhVju1kKHZ3vAMEQjrkEegQIBxAO&ep=6
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixTUxiVIp_E
 
June 2020 - Stars Beneath Us: Finding God in the Evolving Cosmos, Paul Wallace.
Read: https://www.amazon.com/Stars-Beneath-Us-Finding-Evolving/dp/1506401414  
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhOH7xAxPns
 
May 2020 - Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life, R. Paul Stevens
Read: https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/7233/aging-matters.aspx
 
April 2020 Article - Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus. It's Not Supposed To, N.T. Wright
Read: https://time.com/5808495/coronavirus-christianity/
Listen: https://biologos.org/podcast-episodes/n-t-wright-francis-collins-a-christian-response-to-coronavirus/
 
March 2020 - Lent in Plain Sight, Jill Duffield
Read: https://www.pcusastore.com/Products/0664265464/lent-in-plain-sight.aspx?bCategory=PCSDE
Listen: extraORDINARY sermon series, February 26-April 12, 2020 www.muhlenberglutheran.org/sermons
 
February 2020 - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown
Read: http://austinchanning.com/the-book
Listen: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vdW5sb2NraW5nLXVz/episode/ODZjMDA1YmMtNzQzMi0xMWVhLWI1N2ItODc0ZjgwM2ZmZGMw?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwizvYXB_pHuAhVm0FkKHb--DV0QjrkEegQICRAF&ep=6
 
January 2020 - Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved, Kate Bowler
Read: https://katebowler.com/books/everything-happens-for-a-reason/
Listen: https://faithandleadership.com/episode-5-kate-bowler-presence-god-face-death
 
December 2019 - Learning to Walk in the Dark, Barbara Brown Taylor
Read: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Walk-Barbara-Brown-Taylor/dp/0062024353
Listen: https://vimeo.com/74851925
 
November 2019 - Grateful: The Subversive Power of Giving Thanks, Diana Butler Bass
Read: http://dianabutlerbass.com/books/grateful-the-transformative-power-of-giving-thanks/
Resources: http://dianabutlerbass.com/books/grateful-the-transformative-power-of-giving-thanks/resources-for-reading-and-studying-grateful/
 
October 2019 - The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong, Karen Gonzalez
Read: https://www.karen-gonzalez.com/book
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvoa5vICziQ
 
September 2019 - Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again, Rachel Held Evans
Read: https://rachelheldevans.com/inspired
Reading Guide: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/4f63ddf524ac9f2c23f422a4/t/5b2d7992575d1fa3bfec04b7/1529706902655/Inspired+Reading+Guide.pdf
Listen: https://thebiblefornormalpeople.podbean.com/e/episode-88-rachel-held-evans-reading-the-bible-creatively/
 
August 2019 - Fire By Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament, Melissa Florer-Bixler
Read: https://heraldpress.com/books/fire-by-night/
Watch/Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lz34Kj_LMg
 
July 2019 - The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation, Barbara Rossing
Read: https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-Exposed-Message-Hope-Revelation/dp/0813343143
Listen: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2004/03/30/the-rapture-exposed
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