St.
Alban's Episcopal Church
Austin, Texas
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Austin, Texas
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Recommended
Readings
Our Sunday morning Adult Formation group has been
reading this lovely and gentle book. It offers a vision for restoring the sacred rhythm
of rest in our lives. It reminds us that the observation of Sabbath time is a commandment, not
a suggestion, and offers many ways in which we can incorporate this holy time into
our modern lives.
The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian
Spirituality by Ronald Rolheiser
Rolheiser was asked to write this primer of
spirituality by his editor at Doubleday who wanted him to articulate for his grown
children the reasons why he still attends church and to remind himself on those days
when he himself questioned. It is a rich and wise book about what it means to
be a Christian.
The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life
of Faith; How We Can Be Passionate Believers Today by Marcus Borg
The author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First
Time explores Christian doctrine in such a way that it reclaims for the broader church
terms and ideas that have become identified with fundamentalism. This is a
statement of a very generous Christianity.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
This too-short novel won the author her second
Pulitzer Prize, which means she's batting 1000. Her only other novel,
Housekeeping, was written 25 years ago. This narrative is in fact a letter written by an
elderly pastor to his very young son, whom he know he will never be able to tell the rich
stories of his life.
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