pickI have done enough reading on the subject that I knew most of this history, but it was a helpful overview to put it all in perspective in chronological order. It reminded me that racism hasn‘t gone away, it has just morphed into new forms. An excellent primer for anyone confronting the intersection of race and faith. It challenges me to remember that intentional action is needed to address both personal and systemic racism.
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Welcome to the Episcopal Church: An Introduction to Its History, Faith, and Worship by Christopher L. Webber
📖 Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices by Scott Gunn and Melody Wilson Shobe
📖 My Faith My Life: A Teen's Guide to the Episcopal Church by Jennifer Gambler
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pickThis book was good for what it was, and I enjoyed most of it. It‘s very much a story of a woman completely devoting her life to her husband and God, sometimes to her own detriment. A few scenes where she feels guilty for wanting more from Luther were tough for my 21st century perspective. I appreciate that Katharine‘s story and work is acknowledged through this book. I‘m still most intrigued by the escape of the nuns.
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This book is from my grandma‘s bookshelf. It‘s a historical fiction published in 1959 about Katharine, the runaway nun who became the wife of Martin Luther. I started the first few chapters this evening and was more entertained than I expected to be.
pickThis was a challenging read. The Jewish people have been marked for thousands of years. Some of the stories recounted here outside the Holocaust are horrendous. It is unfortunate that anti- Semitism is still rampant even within the "Church". It may not be a violence based hatred, but an ideological and theological arrogance towards the chosen nation. An excellent, enlightening read.
Next up for my Sabbath reading.
Visited Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster Pennsylvania, part of the PA Trails of History program. And there was an amazing book! In 1745, Jacob Gottschalk(1st Mennonite Bishop in America)arranged with the Ephrata Cloister to have them translate the book from its original Dutch into German and print it. It took 15 men three years to finish and in 1749, at 1512 pages, it was the largest single volume printed in America before the Revolutionary War.
