Parish Reads

Our two recommended books are meant to get us to reflect on where God is moving in our lives, how what the author is writing about is relevant to us today, and give way to discussion or journaling. This Lent we return to two books that we know and love:

Lenten Book Selections

Our two recommended books are meant to get us to reflect on where God is moving in our lives, how we journey through wilderness and suffering, and how we experience joy and healing.

The Book of Joy by Archbishop Desmond Tutu & the Dalai Lama

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the planet.

 A Spring in the Desert by Frank & Victoria Logue

Jesus stepped out of the water of baptism into uninhabitable wilderness, emerging forty days later to offer the water of life for those thirsting for God’s presence. A little more than two centuries later, a group of Christians withdrew from a spiritually barren Roman Empire to find their faith blossom in the stony soil of the Egyptian desert.

Deacon John will lead weekly discussions on this book Saturday mornings.