Sunday Book Study

Participants meet on Sunday mornings to discuss books and seasonal devotionals that the group reads together.  We meet in person and on Zoom at 12:15pm on Sundays. Anyone is welcome to join us for lively discussion of the various book topics.

Late Winter 2026

“The Separation of Church and Hate” by John Fugelsang.

Advent 2025

“While We Wait”  by Mary Lou Redding.

Fall 2025

Elusive Grace: Loving Your Enemies While Striving for God’s Justice by Scott Black Johnston.

Advent 2024

Kara Eidson, Stay Awhile: Advent Lessons in Divine Hospitality, Westminster John Knox Press, 2023
Summer 2024

Kenneth McIntosh, M. Div., Water from an Ancient Well: Celtic Spirituality for Modern Life,  Anamchara Books, 2011

Spring 2024 

Dasha Kiper, Travelers to Unimaginable Lands, Random House Publishing Group, 2023

Winter 2024

Vivek H. Murthy, MD, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, Harper Collins, 2020

Advent 2023

Walter Brueggemann, Names for the Messiah: An Advent Study, Westminster John Knox Press, 2016

Late Summer/Early Fall 2023

Sarah Augustine, The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery, APG Sales and Distribution, 2021

Summer 2023

TED Talk series on a variety of topics

Spring 2023

Chris Murphy, The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy, Random House, 2020

Winter 2023

Wilderness (Year A Lent Devotional),  sanctifiedart.org

Amanda Ripley, High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, Simon & Schuster, 2021

Advent 2022

Cynthia M. Campbell, Christmas in the Four Gospel Homes, Westminster John Knox Press, 2019

Fall 2022

Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred, Broadleaf Books, 2021

Late Summer 2022

TED Talk series on a variety of topics

Summer 2022

Pope Francis,  Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship  

Spring 2022

Malala Yousafzai, We Are Displaced, Little Brown and Company, 2019.

Winter 2022 

Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, HarperCollins, 2020.

Advent 2021

Amy-Jill Levine,  Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent, Abingdon Press, 2019.

Fall 2021

Martha C. Nussbaum,  The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis, Simon & Schuster, 2018.

Summer 2021

Clint Smith, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Spring 2021

Diana Butler Bass, Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. HarperCollins, 2021.

Lent 2021

Again & Again: A Lenten Refrain. A Sanctified Art LLC

Join us Sunday at 10:30am and see what we are about!

Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
19200 Willamette Drive
West Linn, Oregon 97068
(503) 636-7000
office@epcwl.org

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