Oakwood Church Books is for those who are interested in books, theology, faith and talking.
Working with LCI, the Leeds Church Institute, we’re bringing opportunities to discuss books relating to specific issues, or of particular personal interest.
What happens… someone is passionate about a book; we hear from that individual about the book and conversation flows. Some have read the book and contribute, others engage with the ideas, others are inspired to go away and read it.
There is usually buy a copy of each book to be discussed, for the church library. Please feel free to browse and borrow from the bookshelves at the back of the Sanctuary.
You don’t have to read the book before coming along to a meeting.
We usually meet in the Sanctuary at Oakwood Church from 19.30 to 21.00 on the third Tuesday of each month. Please check the Oakwood Church Calendar before travelling.
Do you have a book that has made a difference to your faith – one that you would like to share? If so please:
| Contact | George Bailey |
| Call | 0756 679 5204 |
| george.bailey@methodist.org.uk |
Meeting Dates
Please check the Oakwood Church Newsletter for latest updates.
Books previously discussed include
Body by Paula Gooder
Arthur’s Call by Frances Young
Paradoxology by Krish Khandia
Quantum Theology by Diarmuid O’Murchu
Should we live forever? by Gilbert Meilaender
Primal Vision by John V. Taylor
Jesus for President Politics for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw
Children in the Bible: A fresh approach by Anne Richards
Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus by Robin R. Myers
Biblical Authority After Babel by Kevin J Vanhoozer
How Then Shall We Live by Samuel Wells
Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving
in a Culture Stripped of Grace by Miroslav Volf
Demetia: Living in the Memories of God by John Swinton
Who Chose the Gospels? Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy by Charles E Hill
The Heart’s Time: A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter by Janet Morley
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
PRAYER:Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy J. Keller
Faith and Struggle on Smokey Mountain: Hope for a Planet in Peril by Benigno Beltran
Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash
Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death by Richard Holloway
Children before God: Biblical Themes in the Works of John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards By John McNeill
Phoebe by Paula Gooder
God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time by Desmond Tutu
From Now On: A Lent Course on Hope and Redemption in The Greatest Showman By Rachel Mann
Pilgrimage. A Spiritual and Cultural Journey By Ian Bradley
God Can’t: How to believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse and Other Evils By Thomas Jay Oord
Holy Habits By Andrew Roberts
Melmoth By Sarah Perry
The Beauty and the Horror By Richard Harries
The Jewish Journey: 4000 years in 22 objects By Rebecca Adams
The Calling of the Cuckoo By David Jenkins
Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition By Christine D. Pohl
The five people you meet in heaven By Mitch Albom
Healing Agony; Re-Imagining Forgiveness By Stephen Cherry
Conclave By Robert Harris
Saying Yes to Life by Ruth Valerio
Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships By Robert Song
The Practice of the Presence of God By Brother Lawrence
A reflection on love and healing in this time of coronavirus by Sue Richardson
The Theology of Pandemics by Sam Ben-Meir
Judas in Jerusalem By Joseph Lewis Hall (2018)
A Nazareth Manifesto: Being with God By Samuel Wells
The Fifth Mountain by Paul Coelho
Dear Paul by Bridget Plass
Like there is not tomorrow by Frances Ward
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going: Leading in a Liminal Season by Susan Beaumont (2019)