Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith - Groups

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studying my way 80 books / 13 members / 0 posts the books that continue to shape, stretch, and mold my ideas on faith, religion, theology & the church

Local Book Clubs 64 books / 8 members / 35 posts Tell us about your local book club. What you've read, how you choose your books, how many members, and so on.

girls book club 6 books / 4 members / 4 posts for moms who want to read

Literature of Grace 30 books / 14 members / 10 posts For those who read and/or write quality fiction that is "haunted by God"—books of high literary quality that subtly reveal a loving Deity at work in the world.

friends of emergent 19 books / 22 members / 17 posts This is just a group for folks who have come to identify themselves as friends along the paths of the emergent church experience...

Spiritual Travelers 181 books / 162 members / 86 posts This group is for those who are, or want to be, on a spiritual journey whether it be a physical one to sacred places or one of reading and learning about becoming all
that we can be. This group is limited to people over 40 years of age who are walking their talk. No religious discussions and no whining!

Church Girls Gone Wild 11 books / 3 members / 2 posts Church girls.. and what they read.

Living an Inspired Life: A Group for Fabulous Women! 89 books / 14 members / 861 posts We're a small group that has been meeting together online since September 2007. We are set with regards to membership, but wish you all the best.

Six Degrees of Gloria 24 books / 10 members / 5 posts Hi, I'm Gloria. My 2006 New Year's resolution was to get back in touch with friends and do something I enjoy. Melissa M. and I had been talking about a book and wine club for years so this was the year we finally started it and it has steadily grown. We have a great, diverse group of people that started out with a few of my close friends and branched out.

Emerging C 51 books / 94 members / 101 posts Group for those who wish to discuss all things Emerging. Emerging Church, Authors who identify with the emerging church, Books embraced by the Emerging Church (even if the author does not directly associate himself with EC).

The definition of "Emerging" is understood as reported in Christianity Today by Scot McKnight "Emerging catches into one term the global reshaping of how to "do church" in postmodern culture. It has no central offices, and it is as varied as evangelicalism itself."

http://www.ctlibrary.com/40534

Christian Beliefs 105 books / 125 members / 1199 posts This group is devoted to Bible study, the discussion of issues that we face today as Christians, and the sharing of our personal relationships with God.

We understand that there will be different denominations here, and therefore different opinions.

There will be respect shown to each of us, and there will be no debating as to whether the Bible is right or wrong. God's Holy Word is not meant to be argued over. It is the guide by which we live, and shows us that we should apply God's word to our daily life.

This is a Christian discussion group, and welcomes everyone. But, please, if your intention is to join in our discussions so that you can bash what we believe as Christians, or to argue over the Bible..... then this is not the group for you.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The Resurrection of Jesus

Luke 24:7

Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

TWS 2008 Fiction 9 books / 6 members / 14 posts This group is essentially a place to share the 3 (or more) books that have had a profound impact on your writing life. With luck, this will allow your fellow mentees to get a better feel of where you are coming from as an emerging writer, and better enable them to workshop your ideas. What you make of it beyond that is up to you.

NB: click on the book cover and look in the left menu to add books to the group shelf. Beneath the On My Shelf box is a link to Group Shelves. Click and select.

Novel Women! 22 books / 5 members / 0 posts Novel Women! is a book club of teachers and former teachers ranging in age from mid-30s to late 50s. The members have an eclectic range of tastes in books.

Women Speak 347 books / 1219 members / 6872 posts This group is for women to speak about issues concerning women.

FOR WOMEN ONLY. No men are permitted to join.
(If you are a man and you received an invitation, it was by mistake. I'm sorry, but you are not welcome here. Kindly, remove yourself or else you shall be removed.)
Because of the nature of our conversations, if you are a girl (under the age of 18), please get parental consent prior to joining.

RULES:

NO religious debates. Take that up in a forum that is designed for religious debates. Refer to only your religious beliefs in that they help form your opinion. Do not speak of the tenants of a faith that is not yours.

No personal attacks. Do not use a member's name or any pronouns referring to a member with ANY derogatory comment, such as, naive, sexist, stupid, immature, etc.. Do not use any descriptions that demean a person's character, intelligence or belief's

Do censor your own comments prior to submission to ensure that they are respectful of the other members in the group.

Do pause before submitting in a heated discussion and take a second look at what you are about to submit.

Recommendations:
Be specific and don't use generalizations. When debating, be sure to counter specific points made and address the member who made the point.

Give people the benefit of doubt. This is the Internet therefore you don't have the vantage point of reading body language.

Ask for clarification. Ask questions. We could avoid a lot of hurt feelings if we first ask if a person is saying what we think they are saying.

State your position without expectation. The goal is to be heard and share your position. We're not here to win converts.

If you do feel attacked, address the offender directly and let them know that what they said (and be specific) hurt, upset, concerned you. And communicate this without countering with an insult. It's hard to listen when you're feeling attacked.

When stating statistics provide cite (web link, article, book).

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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

by Anne LAMOTT

Overview: Groups