tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000099882036439213.post3470458854278004810..comments2010-02-23T18:00:28.779-06:00Steve Thorngatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010733362797501049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000099882036439213.post-72182592372183023442010-02-23T18:00:28.779-06:002010-02-23T18:00:28.779-06:00

I too am a priest and a long term member of a very eclectic book club. Our group has known a lot of tragedy and sometimes that has been good to have a clergy member and other times it is clear that silence is what is needed. I paricularly love the discipline of commitment to the group in terms of readiness and a willingness to engage what I would not perhaps engage on my own.

Linda G. Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636464407324760597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000099882036439213.post-20717747648603561872010-02-23T05:33:25.520-06:002010-02-23T05:33:25.520-06:00

I'm also a priest in an all-male book discussion group and while some of the members initially made it very clear to me privately that they were very much non-Christians (one was very quick to say he was an atheist), I, too, have found this group to feed me in a very special way, to help keep me connected to the real world, and to give me both thinking and preaching material. Being able to

Mikehttp://www.christchurchcambridge.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000099882036439213.post-22273255188227697212010-02-22T19:51:56.750-06:002010-02-22T19:51:56.750-06:00

I also am a pastor in a book club, and love having my thirst quenched with amazing and literate discussion, offered by some Christians and Buddhists and Unitarians. My best find for theology and plumbing the human condition this year - The Lizard Cage

Dr. Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195676562895045254noreply@blogger.com