Librarian: Karen Wambaugh
A few new books have been added to our book cart this month.
Our non-fiction book this month is Not Just a One Night Stand--Ministry with the Homeless by John Flowers and Karen Vannoy married UMC pastors. In this short selection they recount what it looked like to minister to the homeless in their San Antonio church and what they learn from the experience. How asking questions of what the homeless needed rather than assuming what they needed really helped. How to move beyond the meals to what might help solve the deeper issues. This is a big issue that takes more time, effort and commitment to really make a difference. It can give you eyes to see what it might be like to be homeless.
Sensible Shoes--A Story About the Spiritual Journey by Sharon Garlough Brown is one of our fiction selections. It is one of a 4 book series that the Thursday morning book group has been discussing. It tells of the lives of 4 different women who meet at a spiritual retreat workshop, their bonding and journey together through the joys and challenges in their lives. It is an enjoyable read and we will have the other books in the series in our library soon.
If you by chance read Paradise War of the Albion trilogy by Stephen Lawhead then you might want to continue the journey in The Silver Hand and The Endless Knot. I started the series and it was interesting enough to continue on. This is a time trave into an earlier rehelm of Scotland with warriors, kings, bards, good and evil. Interesting and fun reads.
Hope you find a book fitting to your tastes to read this month.
Karen Wambaugh, Librarian
