Nativity Book
Group
Next Meeting
Monday, September 15, 2008
7 to 8:30
(Note: The group normally meets the 1st Monday of the month)
Apogee Restaurant
Behind Safeway in the Fairwood Shopping Center
(corner of 140th and Petrovitsky)
Hello Readers!
We're off for the summer so our next meeting will be September 15, 2008
at 7:00 pm when we'll read God in My Corner.
Here is a synopsis:
A Spiritual memoir by George Forman and Ken Abraham : 224pp
In his spiritual autobiography, Foreman writes, "I have God in my
corner." He hopes the readers who take to heart his "tips from George's
corner," found at the end of each chapter, will, too. In this book—part
autobiography and largely a testimonial and spiritual
inspiration—Foreman, well-known heavyweight boxing champion, businessman
and preacher, leads readers through steps for living a godly Christian
life. .
We selected several others for the rest of the year, and you asked me to
"mix them up" - and here they are. If reading them at a rate of one a
month looks like no fun, we can spend a couple of months on the chewy
ones...
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For October, 2008:
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis (227pp)
"Mere Christianity" is the most popular of C. S. This book brings
together Lewis's legendary radio broadcast talks in which he set out
simply "to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly
all Christians at all times". Rejecting the boundaries that divide
Christianity's many denominations, "Mere Christianity" is Lewis's term
for the essential Christian message--the theological core on which
diverse Christian traditions can stand together.
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For November, 2008:
Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (317pp)
"The quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man who would cure the world" This book
was required reading for the U of Wash freshman class a year of two ago.
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For December, 2008:
Fidelity: Five Stories by Wendell Berry (201pp)
In these five interrelated stories, Berry focuses once again on the
fictional town of Port William […] Each story dramatizes an individual
crisis but also emphasizes an abiding sense of community and the simple
but solid agrarian values that sustain it. In "Pray Without Ceasing,"
for example, these values prevail over a primitive desire for vengeance.
In "Making It Home," they provide renewed strength for a soldier as he
returns from the carnage of war. In "A Jonquil for Mary Penn," a young
bride from a higher social class accommodates herself to these values
and finds solace in them. […] Berry's tales are usually engaging and
display a quiet but powerful dignity. I found this to be a quick but
rewarding read.
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For January, 2009:
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (450pp)
"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple
question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat.
Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the
countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what
is safe, and what isn't-which mushrooms should be avoided, for example,
and which berries we can enjoy. Today, as America confronts what can
only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma
has returned with an atavistic vengeance. The cornucopia of the modern
American supermarket and fast-food outlet has thrown us back on a
bewildering landscape where we once again have to worry about which of
those tasty-looking morsels might kill us. At the same time we're
realizing that our food choices also have profound implications for the
health of our environment. The bestselling author of the "Botany of
Desire" explores the ecology of eating to unveil why man consumes what
he consumes in the 21st century.
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The Nativity Book Group usually meets the first Monday of the month.
If you want to know even more, contact Terri B’Hymer at
terribhymer@nativityrenton.com.
Terri B'Hymer
Nativity Book Group Coordinator
Nativity Book Group
is part of the community presence of
Nativity Lutheran Church in Fairwood (www.nativityrenton.com)
