“Faith and Fiction” Book Club

The written word is fuel that powers our lives. Christians express this truth every time they “turn to the Word.” The Gospel of John declares: “And the Word became flesh and lived among us…” [John 1:14a] Christians are living witness to the connection between the written word and our understanding of the world around us. Jesus understood the power of fiction by teaching through parables to convey deep spiritual truths. The “Faith and Fiction” Book Club examines this power though discussion of great works of literature and its connection with our faith journey.

Our Next Meeting.....will be  Sunday September 6th

Start Time: 6:30 pm

Meeting at Gil & Lily Valmidiano’s home

(please contact church for Address).

The Red Tent

A novel by Anita Diamant, published in 1997 by Wyatt Books for St. Martin's Press. It is a first-person narrative which tells the story of Dinah, daughter of Jacob and sister of Joseph, a talented midwife and proto-feminist. She is a minor character in the Bible, but the author has broadened her story. The book's title refers to the tent in which women of Jacob's tribe must, according to the ancient law, take refuge while menstruating or giving birth, and in which they find mutual support and encouragement from their mothers, sisters and aunts.