Conundrum of a Book Club Leader; So Many Books, Only So Many Months in a Year!
By: Rebecca Maney
What a privilege it has been to facilitate one of my
church’s book clubs over the past several years. Like any other group, our club
has developed a personality all its own, thus recommending titles distinctive
to our members’ reading tastes and preferences is a challenge that I usually welcome.
This year however, I struggled a bit, unsure of exactly how to choose among myriads of good
books, until I read a post by author Sondra Kraak, titled “Reading Fiction in
Him” featured on the blog “Reading is my Superpower”, hosted by Carrie Booth
Schmidt. Sondra concludes by saying, “You can glean spiritual truth from any
story, because the communicator of truth is not the story itself but the Holy
Spirit, and He speaks through stories of all kinds . . . . . the key is to read
with an openness and expectancy that God wants to speak to you. “
From that point on, the choices became much clearer. We are
reading books that God, the Holy Spirit, used to speak to my own heart, which
you can see, are very different in topic and style!
Join us, as we read with expectancy in 2018!
January – Centralia –
Mike Dellosso
February – The Lady
and the Lionheart – Joann Bischof
March – Cup of Dust –
Susie Finkbeiner
April – Time to Stand
– Robert Whitlow
May – For Such a Time
– Kate Breslin
Summer Author- Sarah
Loudin Thomas
October – The Space
Between Words – Michele Phoenix
November – The Mark
of the King – Jocelyn Green
December – Restoring
Christmas – Cynthia Ruchti
Read Sondra’s post in its entirety here: http://readingismysuperpower.org/2017/10/20/guest-post-sondra-kraak-talks-reading-fiction/
Rebecca is a
graduate of Bryan College with a degree in Christian Education, and
is currently serving at the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church in Gastonia, North Carolina as the Director of Children's
Ministry. With nearly 28 years of experience
in her field, she has had many opportunities to use her love of
reading and writing in creative ways across the generations. A wife,
mother of four "nearly" grown children, and grandmother to four
beautiful grandchildren, Rebecca has been able to return to her love of
reading and more recently reviewing, with a renewed passion for the
"beauty of story".
Wow! Sounds like 2018 is going to be a great year for
Rebecca's book club.
Do
you belong to a book club? If so, what books will you be reading? Or what books would you like to read? Please share
in the comments below. We love talking books!
~Happy
Reading~
Great list Rebecca! I have The Lady and the Lionheart and just need a day without a to do list so I can finally get to it!
ReplyDeleteHi Debra, Rebecca sure makes book club sound fun, doesn't she? The only book on the list I've read is Conspiracy of Silence and I loved it! I've heard wonderful things about The Lady and the Lionheart. I hope to read it next year. Thanks for stopping by. Merry Christmas!
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