Featured in our library this Month

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By Sue Williams, Library Coordinator

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We’re happy to announce a “Library Sunday” the first week of every month. During coffee hour the adult library in Lincoln House will be open and ready for your visit. Grab your coffee and head over using the back door of the Social Hall and the back door of Lincoln House.

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Children's library

Life by Cynthia Rylant, illust. by Brendan Wenzel (J 570 Ryl)

This gripping picture book for all ages is an exploration of the beauty and tenacity of life. Life begins small, then grows. The moving text and illustrations look at nature and people in a loving, hopeful and inspiring way.

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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renee Watson et al (J 966 Han)

“Stunning and thought-provoking” are words to describe this beautiful award-winning picture book. As a Black child tries to trace her family history, she’s told by her grandmother: “They say our people were born on the water, but our people had a home, a place, a land before they were sold.” This book tells of their vibrant community in West Central Africa and the terror of their being kidnapped. The child hears how the people endured, resisted, remembered and survived. “And the people learned new words for love, for friend, for family, for joy, for grow, for home.” This book can help folks of all ages reflect on the meaning of American identity.

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What’s Inside Plants? by Sarah Phillips, ed. (J 581 Phi)

This vibrant little book offers close-up views and helpful nomenclature. It could inspire gardening or the study of botany!

Adult Library:

Theology for Liberal Presbyterians & Other Endangered Species by Douglas Ottati (230 Ott)

Here’s a very interesting book given us by Marge Palmer, written by a teacher of theology and ethics at Davidson College in North Carolina. He says that liberal Presbyterians,“at their best, try to retrieve, restate, rethink and revise traditional theologies and beliefs in the face of contemporary knowledge and realities. This is what makes them liberal.”

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Ottati suggests a list of some characteristics that various liberal and progressive theologies might share. They will be: Reformed & Ecumenical, Theocentric & Worldly, Christ Shaped & Generous, Realistic & Hopeful, Ecologically Inclined & Humane.

 

He challenges the church to recommit itself to a discipline of theological discussion and reflection. “Good communities of theological discourse always try to say how and why certain attitudes, actions and stances constitute a faithful and present witness to the only and living God.”

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Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends by Natalie Elman & Eileen Kennedy-Moore (Parenting Family 649.1 Elm)

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This popular book is called successful, practical, compassionate, encouraging and easy to use by many parents of elementary school children. Parents can come to understand how their children feel about friendship. The authors clearly describe various personality types and offer easy to learn social skills.

 

Abortion: My Choice, God’s Grace edited by Anne Eggebroten (Women 363 Egg)

“Christian women tell their stories.” Thirteen Christians, both Protestant and Catholic, write about their decisions to abort. The book is described by many as thoughtful and thought-provoking. It includes additional examples and information as well as biblical support for choice. We’re happy to receive this book from Marge Palmer.

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* Please see our book carts in the Social Hall and one in the Narthex for exciting books for all ages.
* Visit the Chapel Library for children’s and YA books any Sunday by going through the church school rooms. And visit the Library in Lincoln House during office hours all through the week and during coffee hour whenever the sign is hung near the back door of the Social Hall.

Happy reading!