Reata Springs Book Club
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The Reata Springs Book Club is an informal gathering of women interested in reading Christian authors. We read a variety of books from fiction to romance to non-fiction. We meet every 6 to 8 weeks on Thursday nights. Most of the books chosen can be found at your local library. | |
| February 19, 2009 A Voice in the Wind, Mark of the Lion Series #1 (by Francine Rivers – 544 pgs historical fiction) author recommended by woman in Barnes & Noble A Jewish slave girl uses the only weapon she has---the gospel of Christ---to battle the immorality of the crumbling culture around her. Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, Hadassah clings to faith in a living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome. Also available on audio book at Mid Columbia Libraries |
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2, 2009 The Shack (by William P. Young – 256 pgs) CBA Bestsellers Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever. |
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2009 On Every Side (by Karen Kingsbury – 384 pgs, fiction) After suffering the loss of his mother and separation from his sister and the girl he loved, Jordan Riley has filled the holes in his soul with anger. He decides to reject the God he leaned on in his youth and sues his hometown to have a popular statue of Jesus removed. The conflict causes him to cross paths with a spirited young newscaster named Faith, who opposes Jordan's suit in surprising ways. Perhaps most amazing of all is the way Faith begins to disassemble the walls around Jordan's heart. |
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| MOVIE
NIGHT/POTLUCK – July 16, Hallmark Movie The Note If you would like to host, contact Jo Lynn |
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| July
16, 2009 The Note (by Angela Hunt – 400 pgs) CBA 5 stars En route from LaGuardia Airport to Tampa International, Flight 848 bursts into flames and crashes into Tampa Bay. All 261 passengers and crew are killed. For one week, newspaper columnist Peyton MacGruder and her fellow reporters cover one of the worst air disasters in years with overwhelming and numbed emotions. Then a woman Peyton has never met gives her a plastic bag that has washed up behind her house. The bag contains a note, almost certainly from the doomed flight, with a simple yet wrenching message: T- I love you. All is forgiven. -Dad |
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| August
27, 2009 Mistaken Identity (by Don and Susie Van Ryn – 288 pgs, non-fiction) In a widely reported incident in 2006, Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak, students at an evangelical college in Indiana, and their families were victims of a ghastly mistake: the wrong girl was identified as the survivor of a car crash that claimed multiple lives. Only after five weeks, when the girl emerged from a coma, was the error discovered. The families and the survivor, Whitney, record their experiences in this heavily Christian account. |
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| October
8 Through Painted Deserts (by Donald Miller – 256 pgs, biography) Fueled by the belief that something better exists than the mundane life they've been living, free spirits Don and Paul set off on an adventure-filled road trip in search of deeper meaning, beauty, and an explanation for life. Many young men dream of such a trip, but few are brave enough to actually attempt it. As they travel from Texas to Oregon in Paul's cantankerous Volkswagen van, the two friends encounter a variety of fascinating people, witness the fullness of nature's splendor, and learn unexpected lessons about themselves, each other, and even God. |
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| December
3 Yada Yada Prayer Group (by Neta Jackson – 400 pgs) A group of 12 extremely diverse women, assigned to a prayer group at a women's conference, become the best of friends as they support each other through the challenges and crises in their lives. As they get together to chat via e-mail, they have no idea how God's going to change their lives! As they write, their conversations get "too hot," and they decide to meet in person. Ruffled feathers are soothed, and even super-Christian Jodi Baxter learns that we're all sinners, saved by grace! Also available on audio book at Mid Columbia Libraries |
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Christmas Potluck will be after the holidays – January |
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Discussion Questions Who was your favorite character? Why? Which character is most like you? Why? Which character did you like the least or find most irritating? Have you ever discovered a disturbing secret about a family member or friend? How did it affect your relationship with that person? Or others involved in keeping the secret? How did your favorite character grow in the story? Choose a favorite scene. How might you have reacted differently? Which message from the book stays with you? How has your faith influenced the hard places in your life?
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Book’s
We’ve Read **** Cassidy by Lori Wick
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