Holden Village frequently facilitates book discussion groups, and all guests and staff are welcome to participate. The books chosen for discussion are diverse in scope and subject matter. Here is a list of upcoming and recently-discussed titles. Go to HoldenExiles.com to join in the book discussions!
Books recently discussed in the Village:
The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot.
On Our Way edited by Susan Briehl and Dorothy Bass.
Transforming Our Days by Richard Gaillardetz.
Deep Economy by Bill McKibben.
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Road Angels by Kent Nerburn
Day After Night by Anita Diamant
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Other book discussions have included:
Illegals by J.P. Bone
What I Believe by Tariq Ramadan
Santa Bibla: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes by Justo Gonzalez
Jonah, Jesus and Other Good Coyotes: Speaking Peace to Power in the Bible by Daniel Smith-Christopher
Ten Grandmothers, by Alice Lee Marriott
Death Comes for the Archbiship, by Willa Cather
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Poor, by Father Gary Smith
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout
In Search of Sacred Places by Daniel Taylor
Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker
The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia by Orlando Figes
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Good Courage: Holden Reflections
Matins: September 2 by Katie Chatelaine
Yesterday, our community said goodbye to five people...who have profoundly shaped this community and the lives of all who pass through it from the vacationer to the long-term staffer.
Matins: September 1 by Bill Moos
The wall hanging from Augsburg which read, “I have called you by name, you are mine” was placed on the back of the toilet tank --- at eye level.
