Wow! I've gone an entire school quarter without posting. Sorry, sorry, sorry! Well, here's the latest with Faith & Fiction Book Club . . . we still meet every month.
Since Christmas, we've tackled some "heavier" historical fiction novels. In January, we read
Daughter of Silk by Linda Lee Chaikin. Those of us not familiar with the French language used the glossary often! ha ha We read
The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease for February.
The consensus seemed to be that -- while these were not texts all members would pick up on their own -- they really enjoyed them and learned a lot about these historical periods. We also have a new-found appreciation for the struggles the earlier Christians had to guarantee all Christians, especially Protestants, their religious freedoms. Just being able to read the Bible in English would have been heretical several hundred years ago. Praises to God for those before us who have blazed the path for modern Christianity.
Speaking of modern Christianity, our March 26th meeting will discuss
A Skeleton in God's Closet by Paul L. Maier. This is a fantastic, fast-paced archeological thriller. We'll be meeting at Tazza di Caffe on Valley View Drive in Council Bluffs from 7-8 PM.
Our final meeting of the spring will be April 30th, when we discuss
The Dead Don't Dance by Charles Martin. I do love Southern Fiction, and this young Southern Christian fiction novelist has crafted one of my favorite books of all time. This one will draw you in!
Stay tuned for the location of our last meeting. Being a small group in a busy and growing church, we sort of get bounced around as rooms are moved and re-tooled or as other groups take precedence. We're flexible, though, and have enjoyed taking our meetings "off campus." Tazza di Caffe does have some fantastic Dutch Letters and the Dulce de Leche capuccino I had there in front of their fireplace was divine!
