Minister’s Book Group

Alternating Tuesdays

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dear Readers:

Welcome back to the autumn session of the ministers’ book group. I’m excited for our new year long series “Lives of the Spirit” where, each month, we’ll be examining the life and teachings of one of the twentieth-century’s great spiritual activists or religious leaders. The ministers’ book group is continuing with the next book in our Lives of the Spirit series. This month, we’ll be continuing with minister, theologian and civil rights activist, Howard Thurman. We’ll be reading his book Jesus and the Disinherited, which examines the gospel as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised

On April 30th, we will be concluding the book The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs and Scott Kurashige. We will be covering chapter 4 to the end

One logistical note, we’re going to be trying the book group as a hybrid this year (or at least the first month or two) and meeting both in-person in the library and via Zoom. Christian will be sending around a Zoom link a bit closer to the date.

If you’re interested, you can find an overview of the autumn sessions of “Lives of the Spirit” here: https://firstuu.org/livesofthespirit/

The books for the spring are:

April — Grace Lee Boggs with Scott Kurashige, The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
May — Swami Vivekananda,  The Complete Book of Yoga
June — Forrest Church, Love & Death: My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death

We have a copy of each book available in the library.

Looking forward to seeing many of you soon!
love,
Colin