Merry Christmas!

There's no live blogging this month but I hope to see everyone at the Women of Trinity luncheon on Saturday. We can try to sit together if you'd like to talk about the book! See you then.

No Live Blogging in December

We don't have a live blogging session scheduled in December but you're always welcome to post comments about something you've read or comment about something someone else has already posted.

I want to invite our bloggers to attend the Women of Trinity Luncheon on Dec. 5 at noon. We can always discuss the book while we're eating lunch! The luncheon is $6 and is being prepared by Trinity's fabulous Kitchen Crew. Please sign up in the Gathering Space if you'd like to attend. Come hear the presentation, "The Gift of Hope Around the World," by Judy and Ken Collins, who will share their personal faith experiences while teaching English in Russia, China and the Czech Republic.

The Epiphany Chapter was one of the most meaningful to me. On page 80, I liked her discussion about baptism. What did you think?

We'll discuss Epiphany next week

We'll be blogging live next Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. We'll be discussing the Chapter titled Epiphany (pages 77-116). Or let us know what you think about the book so far. You can blog anytime you want to comment about the book. I'm hearing great comments about it as I talk to women reading the book. Let us know what you think.

Add your comments

We had a great discussion about what struck us the most in the first three chapters of Lauren Winner's book on Tuesday evening. The beauty of a blog is that you can read the comments whenever you have time and add your comments as well. We'd love to hear from you and you don't have to wait until November to join in the conversation! If you're following the blog, just sign in to add you comments. If you aren't following us, you can still leave comments, you'll just be asked to verify that you're not leaving spam by typing in that wavy word at the end.

The First Three Chapters

I don't know about you, but from the moment I began reading Girl Meets God, I was hooked. Frankly, I think it's her intellectual search of her faith.

I've always been curious about the Jewish faith and traditions, so I'm finding that aspect of the book really interesting. For example, I didn't know that the faith is passed to the children maternally.

When she started thinking about believing in Jesus and her friend Pastor Mike said, "... you can't just divorce Judaism," I think that was insightful.

What struck me personally in my own faith is her comment from the Mitford books where they quote Philippians 4:13 "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." I think perhaps these books drew Lauren into the Christian faith more than she realized at the time. This particularly scripture is a reminder to me that God doesn't give us more than we can handle. And oftentimes, when I'm going through a particularly difficult time, it's for a reason. And sometimes, I never discover the reason. I often forget that my strength comes from Him, not me.

Did anything strike you personally as you read the first three chapters of this book?

Starting next week

Less than a week before we begin to blog about the book! I can't wait to hear what you all have to say about this woman's amazing journey. As long as I can figure everything out, we'll be blogging live on Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30 p.m.