Faith Seeking Understanding » Book Discussions http://stnicksmt.org/blog An internal discussion of information, ideas, issues, books, movies, or anything else of interest to members of St. Nicholas' Episcopal church in Midland, Texas. At this time, the blog is for St. Nicholas' members and friends, and is moderated by Fr. Jim. Feel free to Comment on any post. For more information on Posting and using the blog, click the page "About this Blog" to your right. Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:58:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A Fascinating Book http://stnicksmt.org/blog/2009/05/05/a-fascinating-book/ http://stnicksmt.org/blog/2009/05/05/a-fascinating-book/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 04:13:45 +0000 Admin http://stnicksmt.org/blog/?p=65 I am just about finished with Phyllis Tickle’s most recent book, The Great Emergence, and I have found it fascinating. Tickle will be at St. Nick’s next Fall, and I hope we can do a Parish Study Group on at least this book and perhaps another.

The book talks about what she sees as huge changes in Christianity, analogous to those in the 5th, 10th, and 16th centuries (you see the pattern here), and connected with the huge social and intellectual challenges of the last century or so.

If she is even close to right, the implications are enormous for places like Saint Nicholas’, which is trying to find a faithful way to be the church is a world that is shifting around us in all sorts of ways. If you would like to read and discuss the book, please enter a comment below and we can begin.

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