GoodWords, the Center’s reading club, gathers from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday night of each month to share and talk about books that address some of life’s most pressing issues. Each month features a different fiction or non-fiction book that brings words and faith together. There’s no obligation to attend every meeting—just come for the books that interest you!
Center staff members Nancy Armstrong and Brent Bill, both writers and avid readers, lead the group. There's no charge for the book club—but you have to bring your own book! The Center provides light refreshments.
GoodWords Reading Club
Reading List 2003-2007
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
A Pilgrim’s Digress by John D. Spalding
A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel by John Irving
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A World Waiting to be Born: Civility Rediscovered by M. Scott Peck
Adiel: A Novel by Shlomo DuNour
Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
Bone by Bone by Bone by Tony Johnston
Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
Broken We Kneel by Diana Butler Bass
Faith: Stories, C. Michael Curtis, editor
Fallen: A Novel by David Maines
Father Joe: The Man Who Saved my Soul by Tony Hendra
Gilead: A Novel by Marilyn Robinson
God: Stories, C. Michael Curtis, editor
Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality by J. Brent Bill
Keeping Faith: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor
Lizzie’s War: A Novel by Tim Farrington
Mind the Light by J. Brent Bill
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Peace Like a River: A Novel by Leif Enger
Roadside Religion by Timothy K. Beal
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Song of the Magdalene: A Novel by Donna Jo Napoli
Spiritually Incorrect by Dan Wakefield
Stalking the Divine by Kristen Ohlson
The Aluminum Christmas Tree: A Novel by Thomas J. Davis
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2003, Philip Zaleski, editor
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005, Philip Zaleski, editor
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006, Philip Zaleski, editor
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The House Where the Hardest Things Happened by Kate Young Caley
The Kite Runner: A Novel by Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones: A Novel by Alice Seybold
The Messiah of Morris Avenue by Tony Hendra
The Secret Life of Bees: A Novel by Sue Monk Kidd
The Sparrow: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
The Summer We Got Saved: A Novel by Pat Cunningham Devoto
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The World to Come by Dara Horn
This I Believe, edited by Jay Allison, Dan Gediman, John Gregory, and Viki Merrick
Thread of Grace: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
Velma Still Cooks in Leeway: A Novel by Vinita Hampton Wright
Walking a Literary Labyrinth by Nancy M. Malone
