Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Lenten Book Study

St. Columba’s has a venerable tradition of doing a couple of annual book studies. The Lenten study is by far the most well subscribed. It is always an interesting and rewarding time of study, conversation and spiritual companionship focused on matters of substance.

Choosing a book is no easy task. There are significant considerations. The book should be accessible. It should be of an appropriate length to be substantial, but not too long. It could be about Lent, or about broader themes of history, scripture, or Church.

This year we are going to examine a text that is more about the role of Church and believers in our moment in history. Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony is a provocative look at the changing place of Church in the western world. Written a little over 20 years ago, it has a timely quality about it. The reader will see the ways authors, Hauerwas and Willimon, have influenced more current works on the subject. At heart, Resident Aliens forces the reader to consider what it means to be a follower of Jesus in our time.

If you are able, I hope you will plan to attend. If not, or if you are reading this on the blog, read and comment. We can discuss via the blog. As part of my own discipline, I will try to have a weekly post about the book.

Resident Aliens

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