May 01, 2006

Trinity Book Club - First Book!

Karen Armstrong's "A History of God" has been selected as the first book for our new Book Club. We will be meeting monthly throughout the year, taking turns leading the discussion, and selecting the books one or two months in advance. All are welcome. Look for further information about the books under study or other recommended religious books (both introductory and advanced) on the Trinity website (www.trinitymenlopark.org). And please contact Bill Ashworth @ 650-235-6572 or washwort@aol.com with any questions or suggestions.

April 15, 2006

New Book Study Group - April 20th

Karen Armstrong, Karl Barth, C.S. Lewis...if these author's catch your eye and imagination, read on. This is an open invitation to Trinity parishioners and the wider community to help start a religious book study group on our campus. Which books, what meeting days, how often, what format?

All these questions will be answered by the people who show up - this is a do-it-yourself endeavor, not a top-down clergy-led activity. An organizational meeting will be held in the Trinity Library at 7:30pm on Thursday April 20th and ideas and dessert will be served. Interested but can't make the organizational meeting? Contact Bill Ashworth: 650-235-6572 or washwort@aol.com

January 13, 2006

Discovering the Narrow Path

Discovering the Narrow Path by N. Graham Standish

The efforts we undertake as Christians to develop a stronger personal relationship with God are often described as at a "journey" or "pilgrimage". In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus describes the end of our pathway as the "narrow door." Presbyterian pastor and author N. Graham Standish, merges these metaphors in describing the "narrow path" that each must walk on his journey towards God. His book "Discovering the Narrow Path", is subtitled, "A Guide to Spiritual Balance", and it is the final word, "balance", that is the key to this powerful book.

December 03, 2005

Weekly Choral Evensong Broadcast

Not a book to review, but something that will give you a lot of pleasure if you enjoy listening to sacred music. Everyweek the BBC broadcasts a service of Choral Evensong from a different Cathedral. The music performed is sometimes very traditional, but also often new and innovative. Some of the most interesting (and successful) new classical music being written today is commissioned from the church. Keep Reading »

November 13, 2005

Men's Group Favorite Books

At the recent breakfast meeting of the Trinity Parishmen, the topic for discussion was "the three books that have most influenced your spiritual life." This is a small sampling of opinion, Trinity is well stocked with enthusiastic readers, but it is a good start on a " Trinity Recommended" reading list. Keep Reading »

June 12, 2005

God in Scripture, In Nature and Invisible

Who's Bible is It? by Jaroslav Pelikan A excellent question, but one that is best answered by first exploring another question; rather than "who's Bible?", we need to ask, "which Bible?" Pelikan knows this well and subtitles his book, "A History of the Scriptures Down Through the Ages." He tells the story of how this holy book, actually many books from many authors, managed to survive and become a 21st century bestseller, and the many roles and readings it has adopted over it's long life. Keep Reading »

April 22, 2005

Reimagining Christianity

I suspect that most folks will quickly pigeonhole Alan Jones, Dean of San Francisco's wonderful Grace Cathedral, as another one of those liberal Episcopalian writers and ignore him. Such a quick dismissal is undeserved and a great shame, as Jones presents a viewpoint that needs to be more widely discussed. The Reverend Jones, at this stage in his life, is exploring a spirituality that is very old and even "old-fashioned"; Jones does not set out to "debunk" any biblical stories or re-interpret large areas of the traditional faith. This book is more an effort to deepen Christianity and bring into it something new and something recovered. It is, in my mind, a very Anglican journey Jones is proposing. A deeper spiritual practice rather than a revamped dogma.; what he describes in his Preface as a "shared quest" Keep Reading »

March 30, 2005

A Book of Sermons?