Autumn Book Club Invite
HE MOST Formative step in my spiritual journey to-date was reading a book in a class with Donald Schell at St Gregory’s Church in San Francisco (1999/2000). The book was Olivier Clement’s Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from Patristic Era with Commentary
I invite you to consider reading it with me as a book-club selection this Fall (I’m thinking, with the excitement of the Holidays, it may take us to late January or early Feb.)
Process is simple (the same as we have used in the past on CS Lewis, etc):
1) I’ll post a reading schedule.
2) Everyone reads the chapters.
3) By a set date everyone posts reaction on their blogs.
4) Everyone travels around the blogs and makes comments and discussion.
(You may also post a running reaction – just finish the reading by the set date to keep the discussion current. If you don’t have a blog, get one!)
I’d like to start on Holy Cross Day (Sunday 14 September) – which should give everyone time to get the book.
We’ll need 3 or 4 bloggers committed to the project before it’s a go, but I’d like more! All parties are invited to participate – Orthodox and Anglican, RC and Protestant, Emergent, Laity, Clergy, Non-Christian. Sign up in the comments here. You can buy the book from Amazon – and some other places around the net. They have it new and used.
This reading group will have no teacher! I will facilitate blogging & discussion and will happily google answers to any question you can’t google yourself!
If we can’t get 3 or 4 more (in addition to myself) the project won’t fly – but that’s ok! We’ll try again another day!
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Discussion: You came too late to this party
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Sounds great! I’m in.
Lily
Lily – Great! What’s your blog address? I’ll add you to a “blog roll” of all participants.
Okey dokey, then. I’m in. I’ll use my new work blog to blog my entries, and it is: http://www.trinitybuffalo.org/blogs/sare/.
Yay. Mystics. Exciting.
YAY! The original French title was just “Sources”. An American Marketing person created that odd English title. So… it’s not that mystical!
I cannot commit to blogging, but I’ll definitely be a reader. With eager anticipation, M.
I’m in, but I don’t blog
Yes!
Ready…set…http://sourceschretiens.wordpress.com/
James & Margaret and Lily: YAY! Come along for the ride and please enter into the discussions with everyone.
OK, I’m in.
I’m in but not as a hosting blogger (although I have a blog … http://antiochabouna.blogspot.com …) … I will read and post.
Hmm, seems like the guy who wrote the review on Amazon doesn’t look too highly on contraceptions and seems to think his position comes from an orthodox understanding. Interesting…
I don’t think so, James: the review was for a Roman Catholic magazine, “Crisis” – although the writer may be Eastern Catholic and may, thus, not know the Orthodox and Anglican (etc) liberality of practice in this area.
I meant orthodox in the small “o” sense, as in those churches who accept the Nicene creed.
Just ordered the book. This should be interesting, Huw.
Add me to your list. I am in the process of reading Unseen Warfare, but I will stop this reading to focus on The Roots of Christian Mysticism.
I have had the book in my library for years but never found the time to read it. Now is the opportunity.
Everyone be sure and get the reading schedule!
Party starts in 4 days (or 3, depending on where you are…)
Oh, I should give you my blog address.
appalachianambiance.blogspot.com
Hi Huw! Missed you today at Church — Tailgate had lots of wonderful food! Here’s my blog address: http://magdale.wordpress.com/
Maybe this time I’ve done it right!
Welcome everyone!
As far as bloggers go: I’ve got Lee, Sally, Fr Gregory, Fr Ernest, Fr Peter, Zara, Sare.
For Fellow Travellers (reading and participating but not commenting), we’ve got Darrell, James and Lily.
Anyone else?
Party starts tomorrow!
Sorry!
I missed Margaret in the list and typo-ed Fr Ernesto’s name!
Hi, Everyone,
I just found out about this a few days ago. I would really like to participate. I don’t have a blog at this time but will try to set one up. I participated in the original class at St. Greg’s that Huw mentioned. It was a life changing event and I would love to revisit the text. I will have to dig it up and start reading again. It will be great to connect with everyone and have conversation about this provocative and healing text. Thanks for instigating this, Huw! I look forward to more discussion.
Thanks again, Cheryl
Cheryl!
HOWDY!
Welcome! Once you get a place to blog let me know – I’ll link you in the sidebar.
The reading schedule is here
http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/09/02/autumn-book-club-reading-schedule/
Catch up as you can.
Huw