Not Just Another Book Club

Here is a wonderful prayer that I came across in a book of quotes – it certainly gave me pause to think.

 ‘In the name of Jesus Christ, who was never in a hurry, we pray, O God, that You will slow us down, for we know that we live too fast.  With all of eternity before us, make us take time to live – time to get acquainted with You, time to enjoy Your blessings, and time to know each other.’   - Peter Marshall, 1902-1949

In keeping with this thoughtful prayer – I challenge you all to relax with a book!  What better way to unwind than taking some time for yourself in this way?  Make a cup of tea (or coffee), find a quiet corner and ignore everything for a while. C.S. Lewis would agree.  He wrote, ‘you can’t get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’   I have some great book suggestions for you. Click here. 

Here is another wonderful quote:

‘When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in yourself than there was before.’  - Clifton Fadiman

My husband recently blessed me with a small copy of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.  It is such fun to reread this classic and to get my mind around all of the incredible vocabulary words she used.

Here’s something else that I found applied to my life – great words by Winston Churchill.

‘If you cannot read all your books, at any rate…peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are.  Let them be your friends; let them be your acquaintances.’

Going further back in history, Cicero, 106-43 B.C. was also a great reader it seems.  He said,

‘Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; reads as one goes in; read as one goes out.  The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.’

This quote made me think of some of my reading friends who are never without a book.  One of my friends reads at red lights and has taught her daughter to tell her when the light changes!

The final word in this piece goes to Anthony Trollope, 1815-1882 who wrote the following about this wonderful habit of reading:

‘This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.  It lasts when all other pleasures fade.  It will support you when all other recreations are gone.  It will last until your death.  It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.’

The ladies of South Attleboro Assembly of God’s own Sister Circle Book Club extend an open invite to you all.  Join us each month as we review a prayerfully chosen Christian fiction book.  We meet on the first Monday of every month at 7pm in the Youth Chapel.  Full details are in the bulletin, overhead and on this page each month.  Please email me, Joanne Wallace, with any queries.

God bless you all and keep reading!
Sister Circle Book Club

This month the ladies are reading "Moon in the Mango Tree" by Pamela Binnings Ewen.

Set in Siam and Europe during the 1920s, the glittering decade of change, The Moon In The Mango Tree is based upon the true story of Barbara Bond, a beautiful young ex-patriot and opera singer from Philadelphia who is forced to choose between her fierce desire for independence-a desire to create something of her own to give purpose and meaning to her life-and a deep abiding love for her faithful missionary husband whose work seems to create a gap between them. But when you choose between two things you love, must one be lost forever?

About the author:

Until recently retiring to write full time, Pamela Binnings Ewen was a partner in the Houston office of the international law firm of BakerBotts, L.L.P., specializing in corporate finance. She now lives just outside New Orleans in Mandeville, Louisiana with her husband, James Lott. She has served on the Board of Directors of Inprint, Inc., a non-profit organization supporting the literary arts in Houston, and is on the Board of Directors of The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society in New Orleans.

Pamela's first novel, Walk Back The Cat  read more...

We will meet to discuss this book on Monday, December 1 at 7:00 pm in the Youth Chapel of the Office Building.

Sister Circle Reading List

 

2003/2004

 

The Sister Circle by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser

The Amethyst Heart by Penelope J. Stokes

The Note by Angela Hunt

Leota’s Garden by Francine Rivers

Eyes of Elisha by Brandilyn Collins

Hidden Places by Lynn Austin

Thorn in My Heart by Liz Curtiss Higgs

A Rush of Wings by Kristen Heitzmann

Unafraid by Francine Rivers

Round the Corner by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser

Not a Sparrow Falls by Linda Nichols

Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock

  

2004/2005

 

The Swan House by Elisabeth Musser

Blessed Child by Ted Dekker and Bill Bright

A Slender Thread by Tracie Peterson

A Time to Dance by Karen Kingsbury

An Undivided Heart by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser

Fair is the Rose by Liz Curtis Higgs

The Salt Garden by Cindy Martinusen

Tidings of Peace by Tracie Peterson

The Debt by Angela Hunt

The Splitting Storm by Rene Gutteridge

If I Gained The World by Linda Nichols

Like a Watered Garden by Patti Hill

A Place to Belong by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser

  

2005/2006

 

The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers

Whence Came a Prince by Liz Curtis Higgs

The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland

One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

The Victory Club by Robin Lee Hatcher

At the Scent of Water by Linda Nichols

Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

The Drifter by Lori Copeland

Secrets by Kristen Heitzmann

A Can of Peas by Traci DePree

Grace in Thine Eyes by Liz Curtis Higgs
I'll Watch the Moon by Ann Tatlock

 

2006/2007

 

Eventide by Cindy Martinusen
All She Ever Wanted by Lynn Austin

Troublesome Creek by Jan Watson
The Sacrifice by Robert Whitlow
Even Now by Karen Kingsbury
A Carol For Christmas by Robin Lee Hatcher
When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
Grace at Low Tide by Beth Webb Hart

Ever After by Karen Kingsbury

Freefall by Kristen Heitzmann
The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers

 

2007/2008

 

In Search of Eden by Linda Nichols
Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson
A Woman's Place by Lynn Austin
The Scent of Lilacs by Ann Gabhart
Willow Springs by Jan Watson
The Book of Hours by Davis Bunn
My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay
Every Secret Thing by Ann Tatlock
Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin
Orchid House by Cindy Martinusen
Searching For Eternity by Elizabeth Musser
Torrent Falls by Jan Watson

 

2008/2009

 

Summer of Light by W. Dale Cramer
The Mill House by Paul McCusker
Flies on the Butter by Denise Hildreth
Dark Water by Linda Hall

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