February God Talk & Book Club
Jesus curious? You can still join us! Mere Christianity book club and God Talk zooms continue this month
Happy February!!
This month’s two calls will be:
Monday Feb 12th, 8 pm EST - God Talk
Monday Feb 26th, 8 pm EST - Book Club discussion
All the important details below.
We are continuing reading Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. We will be reading just a few essays a month, and meeting by zoom twice a month. If you are new, and want to catch up to us in the book reading, you can and should! We are reading very slowly.
The first zoom of each month is reserved for more general discussion on God and Christianity, so you can join those even if you haven’t read anything at all.
Who is this for?
This is geared towards anyone who is God or Jesus ‘curious,’ or anyone who wants to connect with other people who are exploring or deepening their faith, and asking big questions. Mere Christianity in particular is very “introductory,” and does not assume you believe any of it at all, which is why I chose it!
Many of us who are participating are “ex-new age,” but not all of us. It’s been a diverse bunch of people, with diverse backgrounds. Some just want a group to talk to about this stuff. Some are devout Christians who want to discuss with others. Many are somewhere in between. It’s been really helpful to have people at different places in their journey. You are allowed to ask big questions. You’re allowed to be confused. You’re allowed to not know what you believe!
(I know that not everyone has read everything I’ve been posting this past year, so if you’re new around here, start by reading New Age Demons.)
How to Join us
It’s all happening behind the $7/month paywall. The comments on the book club posts aren’t able to be seen by the general public or by free subscribers — only other paid subscribers can read and participate.
This gives us some privacy as we work through our big questions about God, and all that comes with it. And it’s also become one of the big perks and “thank yous” of being a paid subscriber here (besides the audios of posts and ability to comment.)
The Reading Assignment
We will be discussing the reading at our second call of the month, on February 26th. So, you have plenty of time to read it, or catch up.
CS Lewis is the same author of the Narnia series! He was also a pretty famous Christian writer — and this book is a compilation of radio talks he gave during World War 2! Because of that, some people also enjoy listening to the audiobook.
Mere Christianity is broken up into 4 smaller “books.” For, our second month of reading, we will be reading the second book.
Before Feb 26 —
Book Two: What Christians Believe
1 The Rival Conceptions of God
2 The Invasion
3 The Shocking Alternative
4 The Perfect Penitent
5 The Practical Conclusion
If you’re listening to the Audiobook, you will be listening to tracks 9-13…. No I don’t understand why they can’t label the tracks with chapter titles. But it seems they cannot and will not.
Call Schedule
Again, we have 2 calls a month, Monday nights at 8 pm EST. The first of each month is focused on general God Talk, second will be more focused on the book reading. Replays will always available if you can’t attend live, and they will be uploaded back to this post, and to a replay playlist that I will also link.
I want to emphasize: this is all very casual. I want to set this up so that anyone, at any time, in any month, can join in on the God Talk zooms calls. And if you don’t do the readings at all, you can still join the God Talk zooms in particular, because the conversation will be more general.
There is an open door. I also want you to know that if you miss some, or the first many calls, you are still welcome to join. I’m setting this up monthly so that any new paid subscriber, can jump in and join us.
You also do not have to attend both calls each month, but you may enjoy both, as they will be focusing on slightly different things.
Our first call this month will be 8 pm EST on Feb 12th. No need to prepare anything! We will just be chatting, and meeting anyone new if they want to introduce themselves.
Second call will be on the 26th, where we will discuss the reading from Mere Christianity, and we will go from there.
Please feel free to also connect, chat, and discuss in the comments of each monthly post below. Again, it’s all going to be happening behind the $7/month paywall. I really hope you’ll join!
Call Links
Here are the two zoom links: