CENTRAL FLORIDA PRESBYTERY'S BOOK CLUB
The season of Lent encourages Christians to consider a different pace—one of slowing down, noticing, pausing—than what our dominant culture values. The invitation to pause with the Psalms begins on Ash Wednesday, starting with a mark of ashes on our foreheads that reminds us that in spite of our failures—things we have done or failed to do—we belong to God. Readers are then guided into an exploration of Psalm 51 and the theme of a clean heart. Each chapter helps readers to connect an image drawn from that psalm, such as paths, faces, blessing, tables, waiting, thanksgiving, listening, being alone or abandoned, and hands, with their own lives. At the close of each chapter, readers are invited to try a different prayer practice to help them continue to reflect on the theme and psalm each day. This intentional engagement—without feeling burdensome—opens just enough space and time for a creative spiritual practice to flourish, sustaining the life of faith during the Lenten season in ways that can make a difference in God’s world.
Recent Selections
Following Jesus in a Warming World
by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
Heaven and Earth: Advent and the Incarnation
by Will Willimon
by Will Willimon
Finding Jesus at the Border:
Opening Our Hearts to the Stories of Our Immigrant Neighbors
by Julia Lambert Fogg
Opening Our Hearts to the Stories of Our Immigrant Neighbors
by Julia Lambert Fogg
Words of Love: A Healing Journey With the Ten Commandments
by Eugenia Anne Gamble
by Eugenia Anne Gamble
Collateral Damage: Changing the Conversation About Firearms and Faith
by James E. Atwood
by James E. Atwood
Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us
by Mark Yaconelli
by Mark Yaconelli
Healing Our Broken Humanity:
Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill
Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill
Meeting Jesus at the Table: A Lenten Study
By: Cynthia M. Campbell, Christine Coy Fohr
By: Cynthia M. Campbell, Christine Coy Fohr
Hope: A User's Manual
by MaryAnn McKibben Dana
by MaryAnn McKibben Dana
Prepare the Way for the Lord: Advent and the Message of John the Baptist
By Adam Hamilton
By Adam Hamilton
Signs and Wonders
by Amy-Jill Levine
by Amy-Jill Levine
Wholehearted Faith
by Rachel Held Evans with Jeff Chu
by Rachel Held Evans with Jeff Chu
Freeing Jesus:
Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence
by Diana Butler Bass
Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence
by Diana Butler Bass
Everyday Contemplative: The Way of Prayerful Living
by L. Roger Owens
by L. Roger Owens
In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters,
How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World
by Bruce Reyes-Chow
How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World
by Bruce Reyes-Chow
The Color of Compromise:
The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism
by Jemar Tisby
The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism
by Jemar Tisby
Hope in Disarray: Piecing Our Lives Together in Faith
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going:
Leading in a Liminal Season
By Susan Beaumont
Leading in a Liminal Season
By Susan Beaumont
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
By Priya Parker
By Priya Parker
The Difficult Words of Jesus:
A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
By Amy-Jill Levine
A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
By Amy-Jill Levine
Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times
By Amanda Henderson
By Amanda Henderson
Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change
By Tod Bolsinger
By Tod Bolsinger
From Daughters to Disciples: Women's Stories from the New Testament
By Lynn Japinga
By Lynn Japinga
Words of Life: Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today
by Adam Hamilton
by Adam Hamilton
Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
by Bishop Michael Curry
by Bishop Michael Curry