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All Book Club Exclusive podcast episodes
Join the New Season
All Book Club Exclusive podcast episodes
The Deeply Formed Life, Prep Week
Weekly Reading:
Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 📄 Book Club Introduction and Reading Schedule by Rich Villodas
📕 With many thanks to Penguin Random House for these courtesy readings: - The Deeply Formed Life, Foreword and Introduction (pp. i‑xxvi)
- The Deeply Formed Life, Chapter One (pp. 3 – 20)
- 🎧 Renovaré Podcast, Episode 216: Rich Villodas – The Deeply Formed Life
🗓 2021 – 22 Book Club Schedule
📨 Prep Week Book Club Update Email (sent October 4, 2021)
The Deeply Formed Life, Week One
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our first reading week of The Deeply Formed Life. This week, we invite you to read Rich Villodas’s first Book Club-exclusive article (linked below) as well as the book’s Foreword and Introduction (pp. i‑xxvi) (linked below).
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email. Discussion:
- Click here to be taken to this week’s discussion question. New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 📄 Book Club Article One: “Silence: The Unexpected, Prophetic Starting Point for Justice” by Rich Villodas
- 📘 This Week’s Reading Assignment (PDF): The Deeply Formed Life, Foreword and Introduction (pp. i‑xxvi)
- 📺 Giant Sequoia Root System Video
Last Week’s Resources (From October 4th)
- 📄 Book Club Introduction and Reading Schedule by Rich Villodas
- 📕 With many thanks to Penguin Random House for these courtesy readings:
- 🗓 2021 – 22 Book Club Schedule
📨 Prep Week Book Club Update Email (sent October 4, 2021) Find all previous resources HERE.
The Deeply Formed Life, Week Two
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our second reading week of The Deeply Formed Life. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 3 – 42).
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email. Discussion:
- 💬 Click here to be taken to this week’s discussion question. New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 🎧 Enjoy Carolyn’s first Book Club-exclusive conversation with Rich Villodas. To download MP3, click the three dots above.
- 👉 To add this private podcast to your Apple Podcasts app for the 2021 – 22 Book Club season, please view the instructions HERE .
- 📄 Podcast Transcript
- 🎶 Carolyn’s song — Memento Mori
- 📒 The Deeply Formed Life Discussion Guide
- 🙏 Learn more about the Lectio 365 app (Member Nick Grabar points us specifically to the devotional for October 18th, “Be Still.”) Find all previous resources for The Deeply Formed Life HERE.
The Deeply Formed Life, Week Three
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our third reading week of The Deeply Formed Life. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 3 and 4 (pp. 43 – 87).
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email. Discussion:
- 💬 Click here to be taken to this week’s discussion question. New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 📄 Rich Villodas’s 2nd Book Club article: Polarization and Enmeshment: Obstacles to Reconciliation
- 🎶 “They Will Know We Are Christians” (arranged and performed by Carolyn Arends)
- 🎶 “Good Trouble” (Leigh Nash and Ruby Amnfu)
- 📱 Podcast: Nathan Foster and Tina Dyer — “An Honest Conversation Around Race” Find all previous resources for The Deeply Formed Life HERE.
The Deeply Formed Life, Week Four
- 📖 Welcome to our fourth reading week of The Deeply Formed Life. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 5 & 6 on Interior Examination.
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email.
💬 Click here to be taken to this week’s discussion question.
New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 🎧 Rich Villodas’s 2nd Book Club podcast with Carolyn Arends: To download MP3, click the three dots above.
- 👉 To add this private podcast to your Apple Podcasts app for the 2021 – 22 Book Club season, please view the instructions HERE .
- 📝 Podcast Transcript
- 📚 Books mentioned in the podcast:
- The Very Good Gospel (Lisa Sharon Harper)
- Reconstructing the Gospel (Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove)
- Democracy in Black (Eddie Glaude)
- Emotionally Healthy Spiritually (Peter Scazzero)
- The Cost of Discipleship (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
- The Holy Longing (Ronald Rolheiser)
- Submit your questions here.
- Register for the webcast here to attend live. (A recording will be posted to the Member Site by Friday, November 19.) Find all previous resources for The Deeply Formed Life HERE.
The Deeply Formed Life, Week Five
- 📖 Welcome to our fifth reading week of The Deeply Formed Life. This week, we invite you to read Chapters Seven and Eight(pages 128 – 169) as well as the third and final Book Club article (linked below under “New Resources”).
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email.
💬 Click here to be taken to this week’s discussion question.
New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- Submit your questions here.
- Register for the webcast here to attend live. (A recording will be posted to the Member Site by Friday, November 19.) Find all previous resources for The Deeply Formed Life HERE.
The Deeply Formed Life, Week Six
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our sixth reading week of The Deeply Formed Life. This week, we invite you to finish the book by reading Chapters Nine and Ten and the Afterword(pages 170 – 219).
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email.
Resources
📚 Resources From the Webcast
↪ All the Other Things: Resource suggestion from members in the Chat Box.
- Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley
- Being Latino in Christ by Orlando Crespo
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
🕯 Advent Webinar on Thursday, November 18 — Webinar recording and resources will be posted HERE by Friday, November 19.
Looking Ahead:
- Amazon
- Publisher (Friends United Meeting) <– Use coupon code RENOVARE2021 on this site to receive 36% off the list price for both hard copy and ebook. (Coupon does not work on Amazon.)
John Woolman’s Journal, Prep Week
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our prep week for John Woolman’s Journal. This week, we invite you to read facilitator Jon Kershner’s Introduction (posted below).
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email.
Discussion:
New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 📄 Read: Jon R. Kershner’s Introduction to John Woolman’s Journal
- 🎧 Bonus: Podcast on John Woolman (with Richard Foster and Nathan Foster)
Still Looking for the Book?
- Amazon
- Publisher (Friends United Meeting) <– Use coupon code RENOVARE2021 on this site to receive 36% off the list price for both hard copy and ebook. (Coupon does not work on Amazon.)
John Woolman’s Journal, Week One
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our first reading week for John Woolman’s Journal. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 1 & 2 (pp. 23 – 43) of the Moulton edition.
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email.
Discussion:
New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 📄 Read: Jon’s first article for the Book Club: John Woolman’s Conversion to the Integrated Life
Previous Resources (posted November 29)
Questions for Jon
- As you read, you’re welcome to submit your questions for Jon Kersher about JOHN WOOLMAN’S JOURNAL in this forum.
- Register to attend the webcast HERE . Find all previous resources for the Book Club HERE.
John Woolman’s Journal, Week Two
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our second reading week for John Woolman’s Journal. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 3 & 4 (pp. 44 – 74) of the Moulton edition.
- 📨 Click here to reread this week’s email.
Discussion:
New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 🎧 Listen: Jon and Carolyn’s first podcast for the Book Club
To download MP3, click the three dots above.
- 📝 Read: The podcast transcript
Questions for Jon
- As you read, you’re welcome to submit your questions for Jon Kersher about JOHN WOOLMAN’S JOURNAL in this forum.
- Register to attend the webcast HERE . Find all previous resources for the Book Club HERE.
John Woolman’s Journal, Week Three
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our third reading week for John Woolman’s Journal. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 5 & 6 (pp. 75 – 93) of the Moulton edition.
💬 Click here to be taken to this week’s discussion question.
New Resources (please click the green links to access):
- 📄 Read: Jon’s 2nd Book Club Article: Living the Dream: How Woolman (Re)Made History in His Sleep
- 🎧 Bonus Listen: “Every Day is New Year’s Day” by Carolyn Arends Questions for Jon
- As you read, you’re welcome to submit your questions for Jon Kersher about JOHN WOOLMAN’S JOURNAL in this forum.
- Register to attend the webcast HERE . Find all previous resources for the Book Club HERE.
John Woolman’s Journal, Week Four
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our fourth reading week for John Woolman’s Journal. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 7 & 8 (pp. 106 – 137) of the Moulton edition.
- 🎧 Listen: To download MP3, click the three dots above.
- 📝 Read: The Podcast Transcript
- 🕰 Read: Woolman Chronology from Moulton
- As you read, you’re welcome to submit your questions for Jon Kersher about JOHN WOOLMAN’S JOURNAL in this forum.
- Register to attend the webcast HERE . Find all previous resources for the Book Club HERE.
John Woolman’s Journal, Week Five
Weekly Reading:
- 📖 Welcome to our fifth reading week for John Woolman’s Journal. This week, we invite you to read Chapters 9 & 10 (pp. 138 – 162) of the Moulton edition.
📄 Read: Jon’s 3rd Book Club Article — Woolman in the Wild: Attending to an Everywhere Spirituality
Questions for Jon
John Woolman’s Journal, Week Six
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES
🌍 Web Pages
- Global Quaker website: Friends World Committee for Consultation World Office
- Dr. Jon R. Kershner website: https://www.jonrkershner.com/
- Woolman-Specific resources page on Dr. Kershner’s site: https://www.jonrkershner.com/2021/09/05/book-study-of-john-woolmans-journal/
- Pendle Hill Press: Various Quaker Resources (including by Douglas Steere)
- Anthology: Quakers, Creation Care, and Sustainability
- Foster, Richard: Streams of Living Water (Woolman is Foster’s historical exemplar in the Social Justice Stream)
- Foster and Smith: Devotional Classics (includes a Woolman chapter)
- Lawson, Drew: Movings of Divine Love: The Love of God in the Letters of John Woolman
- Moulton, Phillips P: The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman (we’ve only read Part One, so the major essays remain for your exploration)
- Plank, Geoffrey: John Woolman’s Path to the Peaceable Kingdom
- Slaughter, Thomas: The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition
- Sox, David: John Woolman: Quintessential Quaker, 1720 – 1772
📄 Bonus: Read Carolyn’s article “Speak Truth to Power”
A Burning in My Bones, Prep Week
Weekly Reading:
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DIRECT LINK TO LAST WEEK’S RESOURCES (including Woolman Journal Webcast)
NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📄 “Encountering Eugene” — Book Club Introduction by Winn Collier
🎧 Renovaré Podcast: Nate Foster and Winn Collier — On Eugene Peterson
✍️ “Dear John” Letter-Writing Exercise
NEED THE BOOK?
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A Burning in My Bones, Week One
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📄 “Being Human, Being Holy” — 1st Book Club Article by Winn Collier
A Burning in My Bones, Week Two
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
🎧 Listen: Carolyn’s First Book Club-exclusive Podcast with Winn Collier. ⠇To download MP3, click the three dots above.
A Burning in My Bones, Week Three
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Winn’s Second Book Club-exclusive Article — “Pursuing the Good”
🎉 Bonus: Carolyn Arends’s article “Hardworking Sloths”
QUESTIONS FOR WINN He knows more about Eugene Peterson than Eugene’s own mother did. 😁 Now you’ll have your own opportunity to tap both his knowledge and insight in our live Readers’ Questions Webcast on Tuesday, March 22nd (4 PM Pacific/7 PM Eastern).
- As you read, you’re welcome to submit your questions for Winn Collier about A BURNING IN MY BONES and Eugene Peterson in this forum.
- Register to attend the webcast HERE. Find all previous resources for the Book Club HERE.
A Burning in My Bones, Week Four
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
🎧 Listen: Winn’s Second Book Club-exclusive Podcast with Carolyn Arends ⠇To download MP3, click the three dots above.
📝 Review: Collier Podcast #2 Transcript
🎉 Bonus Links: A Petersonian Panoply
- Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination
- Peterson Center Doxology Event
- Peterson Catalyst Interview Video
- Regent College “Tell it Slant” Peterson Course (Audio) QUESTIONS FOR WINN He knows more about Eugene Peterson than Eugene’s own mother did. 😁 Now you’ll have your own opportunity to tap both his knowledge and insight in our live Readers’ Questions Webcast on Tuesday, March 22nd (4 PM Pacific/7 PM Eastern).
A Burning in My Bones, Week Five
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Winn’s Third Book Club-exclusive Article — “A Letter from Eugene”
📺 Watch: Fuller Studio Video: Eugene, Jan, and Bono (YouTube Link)
QUESTIONS FOR WINN He knows more about Eugene Peterson than Eugene’s own mother did. 😁 Now you’ll have your own opportunity to tap both his knowledge and insight in our live Readers’ Questions Webcast on Tuesday, March 22nd (4 PM Pacific/7 PM Eastern).
A Burning in My Bones, Week Six
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
🖥 Enjoy this recording of Carolyn Arends’s third Book Club conversation with Winn Collier in our much-anticipated Readers’ Questions Webinar: Audio-Only Version: Resources:
🌱 The Sprout Book: A Celebration of the Humble Brussels Sprout
🌱 The Brussels Sprout Cookbook: Over 60 Delicious Recipes to Sprout About
🎵 “Any Given Sunday” by Carolyn Arends
📰 Read: Eugene Peterson Obituary from Vancouver Sun
LOOKING AHEAD Next week (March 28 — April 2) is a prep/turnaround week for the Book Club. If you have not yet obtained a copy of our fourth and final book of the season — Dallas Willard’s modern classic Renovation of the Heart — please do so from your local library or bookseller. If you need to purchase online, you may use the courtesy purchasing links below (which help support Renovaré).
(Please note that previous versions will work fine, though page numbers will vary.)
Renovation of the Heart, Prep Week
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Gary Moon’s Introduction to Renovation of the Heart
🎧 Listen: Nathan Foster and Jan Johnson on the Renovaré Podcast
👀 Check out: Gary’s Study Guide for Renovation of the Heart (also linked in his Introduction)
👩🏼💻 Review: 2021 – 22 Renovaré Book Club Season Schedule
PREVIOUSLY RELEASED RESOURCES
🖥 Enjoy this recording of Carolyn Arends’s third Book Club conversation with Winn Collier in our much-anticipated Readers’ Questions Webinar: Audio-Only Version: Resources:
🌱 The Sprout Book: A Celebration of the Humble Brussels Sprout
🌱 The Brussels Sprout Cookbook: Over 60 Delicious Recipes to Sprout About
🎵 “Any Given Sunday” by Carolyn Arends
🔗 Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination
📕 A Church Called Tov by Scott McKnight
(Please note that previous versions will work fine, though page numbers will vary.)
Renovation of the Heart, Week One
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Mimi Dixon’s Guide to the Prelude and Chapters 1 & 2
Have a blessed Holy Week!
No Weekly Reading:
💬 What are your favorite quotes from Renovation of the Heart? Share them here!
🖥 RENOVATING THE HEART WEBINAR REPLAY - Featuring Gary Moon, Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, and Jane Willard. Hosted by Carolyn Arends. Produced by Monty Harrington.
✝️ HOLY WEEK RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
- What’s So Good About Good Friday? by Carolyn Arends
- “The Victor” by Keith Green
- Justine highly recommends finding a Tenebrae service in your area 😊 (if this is new to you, check out “The History and Symbolism of Tenebrae”)
Renovation of the Heart, Week Two
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Gary Moon’s Guide for Chapters 3 – 5: Overcoming Radical Evil with Pervasive Goodness
🎧 Listen: Carolyn Arends and Gary Moon on the first podcast for Renovation of the Heart ⠇To download MP3, click the three dots above.
Renovation of the Heart, Week Three
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: The Campbells’ Guide for Chapters 6 – 7: Getting Real About Righteousness, Peace, and Joy
🎵 Listen: “Renovation” by Lance Odegaard
📖 Read: J.P. Moreland’s reflections on Dallas Willard’s “Four Concerns”
Renovation of the Heart, Week Four
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Jonathan Bailey’s Guide for Chapter 8: The Difficulty of Desire
🎉 Bonus: Bible Studies
Becoming Christlike: Loving God with All You Are
Becoming Christlike through Renovation of the Heart
Renovation of the Heart, Week Five
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Lacy Finn Borgo’s Guide for Chapter 9: God Got a Body
🎉 Bonus Article: “Matter Matters” by Carolyn Arends
Renovation of the Heart, Week Six
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCE (click the green link to access)
📖 Read: Tina Dyer’s Guide for Chapter 10: Assault and Withdrawal: Transforming our Social Dimension
Renovation of the Heart, Week Seven
Weekly Reading:
💬 Click here to be taken to this week’s discussion question.
NEW RESOURCE (click the green link to access)
📖 Read: James Catford’s Guide for Chapter 11: Transforming the Soul
🎉 Bonus: “I Am a Soul” by Carolyn Arends
Renovation of the Heart, Week Eight
Weekly Reading:
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NEW RESOURCES (click the green links to access)
📖 Read: Jean Nevills’s Guide for Chapter 12: Becoming Children of Light [In a Dental Office]
📖 Read: Richella Parham’s Guide for Chapter 13 & Postlude: Spiritual Formation in the Local Congregation
READERS’ QUESTIONS WEBINAR — RECORDING