CPC is blessed to have many avid readers as well as a well-stocked library. Cool Books Club members meet monthly to share their love of reading and expand their faith, focusing on books with theological and/or social issues. They meet the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM via Zoom.
WHAT WE ARE READING
Next Meeting: January 6 at 7:00 PM via Zoom (link below)
The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr
From Goodreads.com, “In his first major work since The Universal Christ, one of our most prominent spiritual voices offers a wholehearted and hope-filled model for living today, grounded in the timeless words of the Hebrew prophets.
How do we live compassionately in a time of violence and despair? What can we do with our private disappointments and the anger we feel over an unjust world? In his most personal book yet, Richard Rohr turns to the writings of the Jewish prophets, showing how some of the lesser-read books of the Bible offer us a path forward today."
This book is available in Wake County Public Libraries. New print, large print, eBook, and audiobook copies are also available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The Zoom link for the meeting is below, as well as in the church calendar on the CPC app under the Cool Books Club entry. If you would like more information, please contact Ellen Cline. All are welcome!
The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr
From Goodreads.com, “In his first major work since The Universal Christ, one of our most prominent spiritual voices offers a wholehearted and hope-filled model for living today, grounded in the timeless words of the Hebrew prophets.
How do we live compassionately in a time of violence and despair? What can we do with our private disappointments and the anger we feel over an unjust world? In his most personal book yet, Richard Rohr turns to the writings of the Jewish prophets, showing how some of the lesser-read books of the Bible offer us a path forward today."
This book is available in Wake County Public Libraries. New print, large print, eBook, and audiobook copies are also available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The Zoom link for the meeting is below, as well as in the church calendar on the CPC app under the Cool Books Club entry. If you would like more information, please contact Ellen Cline. All are welcome!
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Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free By Linda Kay Klein
The Art of Forgiving: When You Need to Forgive and Don't Know How by Lewis B. Smedes
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
What Christians Can Learn from Other Religions by J. Philip Wogaman
Collapse-Able: Three Handbooks for Living Now and Later by Alice Loyd
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
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When God is Silent by Barbara Brown Taylor
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One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse
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The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr
The Soul of the Family Tree: Ancestors, Stories, and the Spirits We Inherit by Lori Erickson
Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus by Elaine Pagels
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free By Linda Kay Klein
The Art of Forgiving: When You Need to Forgive and Don't Know How by Lewis B. Smedes
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
What Christians Can Learn from Other Religions by J. Philip Wogaman
Collapse-Able: Three Handbooks for Living Now and Later by Alice Loyd
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
Freeing Congregational Mission: A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-Development by B. Hunter Farrell with S. Balajiedlang Khyllep
Saffron Cross: The Unlikely Story of How a Christian Minister Married a Hindu Monk by J. Dana Trent
When God is Silent by Barbara Brown Taylor
Daydreams & Nightmares: Life on the Wintergruen Estate by Helena Goosen Friesen
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse
A Way out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story by Raphael G. Warnock
Faith: A Journey for All by Jimmy Carter
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey by Sister Helen Prejean
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr
The Soul of the Family Tree: Ancestors, Stories, and the Spirits We Inherit by Lori Erickson

