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Inquiring Minds Book Group January Gathering

The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on Monday January 20th at 10AM in the Parlor and we will celebrate Martin Luther King Day by discussing “King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig. Ken Burns states, “Jonathan Eig has pulled off a kind of miracle. Here is the King…

Inquiring Minds Book Group December Gathering

The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on Monday December 9th at 10AM in the Parlor to discuss “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The author provides an objective scientific approach, overlaid on the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people, to help the readers better understand and appreciate…

Inquiring Minds Book Group November Gathering

The Inquiring Minds Book Group will meet in the Parlor on Monday November 11th at 10AM to discuss “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War” by Erik Larson. We are familiar with Larson’s fiction writing (e.g. “The…

Ann’s Spirituality Library October 2024 Article

The autumn season in New England brings so much awe-inspiring beauty into our world. Despite the later dawn and earlier dusk, we can revel in the beauty of the blue skies as the natural light accentuates the brilliant yellows, reds, and oranges in our deciduous trees.  Of course,…

Inquiring Minds Book Group

  The Inquiring Minds book for Monday October 14th at 10AM in the Parlor is “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt. Author Jamie Ford states, “Shelby Van Pelt has done the impossible. She’s created a perfect story with imperfect characters that is so heartwarming, so mysterious, and…

Ann’s Spirituality Library September Article

Most people have doubts about their faith or parts of it at some point.  Brian McLaren’s new book approaches this subject in a way that illuminates a broader look at Christianity, our beliefs, and the patterns that oftentimes develop as we question and deepen our faith as he…

Ann’s Spirituality Library August Article

Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie Getting a new book is always a treat…and we have 12 new books in our collection for you to borrow!  This month’s focus is a book by a tv personality whom most of you will know.  Savannah Guthrie, co-host of the Today…

Inquiring Minds Book Group

  The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on September 9th at 10AM in the Pilgrim House Parlor to discuss “The Women” by Kristin Hannah. “The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in…

Inquiring Minds Book Group

  The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on August 12th at 10AM in the Pilgrim House Parlor to discuss “The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory” by Tim Alberta. “…[J]ournalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical pastor, paints an expansive and…

Ann’s Spirituality Library July Article

NEW BOOKS!  Yes, we have added a dozen new books to the collection and hope that you will find even more books of interest.  Because of the size of the entire collection, each July, those books in the parlor are exchanged for the other half of the collection. …