Reading Group: “The Priest’s Study”

This fall I’m going to start a reading group called The Priest’s Study. It’s an opportunity for Saint James attendees to join me as I read books that help shape the way I steward the vocation God has given me. Let me say up front: these books will be challenging reads. They will sometimes be old books, and sometimes philosophical or academic in nature. To give you a sense of things, here’s a sampling of books we read in a similar group the past few years at the mother church:

Through the year, we’ll generally read in four major categories:

• Winter: Theology (theology, historical theology)

• Spring: History (church history, historical theology, primary sources)

• Summer: Bible (biblical studies, history of interpretation, hermeneutics, text and canon)

• Fall: Application (spiritual theology, culture, wisdom, psychology, politics, arts)

The Bible must always be our main book. But reading other books can help us to see how God’s people have read and lived out the Bible for thousands of years, and then to wisely apply it in our lives today.

We’ll probably meet on Wednesdays at 11:30am, location to be determined. Let me know if you’d like to try it out!