Summer Book Reviews

Join us Sunday Mornings for Summer Book Reviews!

The summer book reviews are a beloved tradition as an educational offering on Sundays during the summer months. We particularly focus on books that explore religious, moral, or ethical concerns within society and the world. 

Sunday Forum Online Hub:  Summer Book Reviews
9:30 am in the basement classroom or online

June 4: John Boles—Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There by Philip Hallie

June 11: Carolyn Jacobs—Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman

June 18: Pr. Rodriguez—African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song edited by Kevin Young

June 25: The Borderlands and Immigration: A Conversation on the changing shape of immigration policy

July 2:  No Book Review (Fourth of July holiday)

July 9: Vicki Gorman—Breath by James Nestor

July 16: Kristine Wallace—Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther and the Fight for the Western Mind by Michael Massing

July 23: Beverly Palmer—A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller

July 30: Linda Siemers—Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Aug. 6: Mary Ann Beseda—Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin

Aug. 13: Lucky Sahualla—Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan

Aug. 20: Andy Achenbaum—Safeguarding Social Security for All Generations by Andy Achenbaum

Aug. 27: Terri Bourne—Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur