Summer Book Club!
Hosted byGracie Payne
Summer is the perfect time to dive into a good book with friends! Three books have been selected for May, June, and July. Two of the authors (Peter & Shannan) you will have an opportunity to meet and hear speak! Sign-up for one month or all three... No matter what, we hope you'll join the club! May 20, 9am-1pm: Curveball by Peter Enns June 21, 7pm: This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley July 29, at Grown-Up Summer Camp: Start with Hello by Shannan Martin
Writers
Peter Enns
Best-selling author and co-host of the influential "Bible for Normal People" podcast. He has written several books including "Curveball", "How the Bible Actually Works", "The Sin of Certainty", and "The Bible Tells Me So." Enns is the Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University. He has taught courses at Harvard University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary.
Speaking at Second Presbyterian Church
Cole Arthur Riley
Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the author of the NYT bestseller, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. Cole serves as the spiritual teacher in residence with Cornell University’s Office of Spirituality and Meaning Making. She is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space integrating spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.
Shannan Martin
Shannan Martin, author of Start with Hello, The Ministry of Ordinary Places, and Falling Free, is a speaker and writer who found her voice in the country and her story in the city. She is a voracious reader, a wannabe-gardener, a news-geek, a thrift store-stalker, a justice-fighter, and an aficionado of not-too-spicy salsa. Shannan works as a cook at a community kitchen and falls asleep most nights thinking about breakfast. She and her family live as grateful neighbors in Goshen, Indiana.
Keynote at Grown-Up Summer Camp
Guest List
5 Guests attending
- Annie Bretz
- Guenevere Welch
- Hannah Ostlund
- Kaitlyn
- Nicolette and Mary Grace Mantica