Seeking God
Seeking God, Prep Week
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our preparation week for Trevor Hudson’s Seeking God. We’re so glad you’re here! This week, please read Trevor’s introduction
Resources
- 📖 Read: Trevor’s Book Club-exclusive introduction to Seeking God.
- 🕰 Waiting on your book? Find Week One’s Reading here (PDF).
- 🎧 Listen: Nathan Foster’s podcast with Trevor Hudson about Seeking God
Seeking God, Week One
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our first reading week for Trevor Hudson’s Seeking God. And so we begin! This week, please read the Foreword and Chapters 1 & 2 (pp. xi-43).
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Seeking God: Weekly Podcast #1 (Link to online player.)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #1 Timestamps, Bibliography, and Transcript
- 📱Subscribe: Book Club Podcast: Apple and Android Users (Subscribe Link + Instructions)
- 🕰 Waiting on your book? Find Week One’s Reading here (PDF).
- 🎶 Listen: Bonus — “Reaching” by Carolyn Arends
Seeking God, Week Two
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our second reading week for Trevor Hudson’s Seeking God. This week, please read Chapters 3 & 4 (pp. 45 – 98).
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RESOURCES
- 📄 Read: Trevor’s First Book Club Article: Revisiting Repentance
- 🎧 Listen: Seeking God: Weekly Podcast #2 (Link to online player.)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #2 Timestamps, Bibliography, and Transcript
- 🕰 Find Week One’s Reading here (PDF) and Week Two’s Reading here (PDF).
BONUS RESOURCES
- 📺 Watch: “Simple Gifts” with Alison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma
- 🎧 Listen: “Eternity in Our Hearts” by Carolyn Arends
Seeking God, Week Three
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our third reading week for Trevor Hudson’s Seeking God. This week, please read Chapter 5 (pp. 99 – 127).
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Seeking God: Weekly Podcast #3 (Link to online player.)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #3 Timestamps, Bibliography, and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: “Not for Spectators” by Carolyn Arends
- 📺 Watch: “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” interpreted and performed by the Mike Janzen Trio
Seeking God, Week Four
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our fourth reading week for Trevor Hudson’s Seeking God. This week, please read Chapter 6 (pp. 129 – 153).
NEW RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: “Growing Compassion” by Trevor Hudson
- 🎧 Listen: Seeking God: Weekly Podcast #4 (Link to online player.)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #4 Timestamps, Bibliography, and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
Seeking God, Week Five
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our fifth reading week for Trevor Hudson’s Seeking God. This week, please read Chapter 7 (pp. 155 – 180).
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DISCUSSION
NEW RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Seeking God: Weekly Podcast #5 (Link to online player.)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #5 Timestamps, Bibliography, and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 📺 Watch: “Both Alive” by Brian Morykon
Seeking God, Week Six
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our sixth reading week for Trevor Hudson’s Seeking God. This week, please finish the book by reading Chapter 8 — Afterword (pp. 181 – 201).
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NEW RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: “Dwelling Deeper” by Trevor Hudson (3rd Renovaré Book Club article)
- 🎧 Listen: Seeking God: Weekly Podcast #6 (Link to online player.)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #6 Timestamps, Bibliography, and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: “Under the Gaze” by Carolyn Arends
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy, Prep Week
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our preparation week for G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. This week, please secure your copy of the book (any edition is fine) and read the Introduction from Justine Olawsky (linked below).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Orthodoxy — An Introduction (Justine Olawsky)
- 🎧 Listen: Renovaré Podcast — Nathan Foster and Robert Moore-Jumonville talk “G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy”
Orthodoxy, Week One
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our first reading week of G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. This week, please read Chapters I‑III. Justine also offers her first Book Club article with some helpful tips on reading these challenging chapters.
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Orthodoxy Article One (Justine Olawsky)
- 🎧 Listen: Orthodoxy: Weekly Podcast #1 (Link to Online Player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #1 Timestamps and Transcript
- 🎶 Listen: “Creed” by Rich Mullins
- 📕 Book Recommendation: Orthodoxy, edited and annotated by Trevin Wax
Orthodoxy, Week Two
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our second reading week of G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. This week, please read Chapters IV‑V.
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Orthodoxy: Weekly Podcast #2 (Link to Online Player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #2 Timestamps, Transcript, and Bibliography
BONUS RESOURCES GALORE:
- 📖 Read: Love, Faith, & Devotion: The Inspiration of Frances Chesterton by Nancy Carpentier Brown
- 📺 Watch: Malcolm Guite reads Chesterton’s poem “The House of Christmas”
- 🎧 Listen: VOCES8 sings “Magnificat Primi Toni” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- 🎧 Listen: “Every Common Bush” by Keith Kitchen
Orthodoxy, Week Three
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome to our third reading week of G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. This week, please read Chapter VI and the second supplemental essay from Justine (linked below).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: 2nd Essay for Orthodoxy: “Seeing the T’ings Behind the T’ings” (Justine Olawsky)
- 🎧 Listen: Orthodoxy: Weekly Podcast #3 (Link to Online Player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #3 Timestamps and Transcript
- 📷 View: The Book of Job Title Page (as mentioned in the podcast)
BONUS RESOURCES GALORE:
- 📖 Read: “Tremendous Trifles” by G.K. Chesterton
- 🎧 Listen: “Do We Dare” by Carolyn Arends
- 📺 Watch: “A Conversation about Orthodoxy” with Dale Ahlquist, President of the Society of G.K. Chesterton
- 🔗 Visit: The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- 📘 Explore: Orthodoxy: An American Translation (😂 🇺🇸)
- 👩🏻🎓 Explore: Chesterton Academy
- 🎧 Listen: “A Conversation About Orthodoxy” Audio Format
Break Week — Merry Christmas!
Weekly Reading
📖 Please use these break weeks to catch up on G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy as needed. Or, enjoy the new books you surely received from Santa! 😊 Week Three’s (many) resources are re-posted below as supplements.
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: 2nd Essay for Orthodoxy: “Seeing the T’ings Behind the T’ings” (Justine Olawsky)
- 🎧 Listen: Orthodoxy: Weekly Podcast #3 (Link to Online Player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #3 Timestamps and Transcript
- 📷 View: The Book of Job Title Page (as mentioned in the podcast)
BONUS RESOURCES GALORE:
- 📖 Read: “Tremendous Trifles” by G.K. Chesterton
- 🎧 Listen: “Do We Dare” by Carolyn Arends
- 📺 Watch: “A Conversation about Orthodoxy” with Dale Ahlquist, President of the Society of G.K. Chesterton
- 🔗 Visit: The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- 📘 Explore: Orthodoxy: An American Translation (😂 🇺🇸)
- 👩🏻🎓 Explore: Chesterton Academy
- 🎧 Listen: “A Conversation About Orthodoxy” Audio Format
Orthodoxy, Week Four
Weekly Reading
📖 Welcome back from the holiday break! Today, we are starting week four of our reading of G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. Please read Chapter VII (“The Eternal Revolution”) and enjoy the supplemental resources below.
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Orthodoxy: Weekly Podcast #4 (Link to Online Player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #4 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCE:
Orthodoxy, Week Five
Weekly Reading
📖 Today, we are starting week five of our reading of G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. Please read Chapter VIII (“The Romance of Orthodoxy”) and enjoy the supplemental resources below.
RESOURCES
- 📄 Read: Orthodoxy Article #3 — “Laughter and Good Red Wine: Mirth and Orthodoxy” by Justine Olawsky
- 🎧 Listen: Orthodoxy: Weekly Podcast #5 (Link to Online Player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #5 Timestamps and Transcript
Orthodoxy, Week Six
Weekly Reading
📖 Today, we are starting week six of our reading of G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. Please read Chapter IX (“Authority and the Adventurer”) and enjoy the supplemental resources below.
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Orthodoxy: Weekly Podcast #6 (Link to Online Player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #6 Timestamps and Transcript
WEBINAR MENTIONED RESOURCES
- “The Extraordinary Cabman” by G.K. Chesterton (an essay on sanity and certainty — one of Justine’s favorites)
- “Walking with Chesterton and Lewis (and Tolkien)” by Joseph Pearce (on why some people prefer GKC to CSL — and others do not)
- Tremendous Trifles by G.K. Chesterton (a collection of essays — containing one of Justine’s favorites “The Dragon’s Grandmother”) (Gutenberg Project eBook link)
- Please do check out the excellent work of our friends at the Society of G.K. Chesterton — a wealth of resources, gatherings, and good cheer. 😊
BONUS RESOURCE:
Learning Humility
Learning Humility, Prep Week
Weekly Reading
📖 Today, we are starting Prep Week of our reading of Richard Fosters Learning Humility. Please read the introduction and enjoy the supplemental resources below.
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Book Club Introduction
- 📖 Read: Journaling Journey Guide
- 🎧 Listen: A Renovaré Podcast: the creation of Learning Humility
- 👀 Watch: Renovaré webinar: Life as a Laboratory
MENTIONED RESOURCES
- “The Extraordinary Cabman” by G.K. Chesterton (an essay on sanity and certainty — one of Justine’s favorites)
- “Walking with Chesterton and Lewis (and Tolkien)” by Joseph Pearce (on why some people prefer GKC to CSL — and others do not)
- Tremendous Trifles by G.K. Chesterton (a collection of essays — containing one of Justine’s favorites “The Dragon’s Grandmother”) (Gutenberg Project eBook link)
- Please do check out the excellent work of our friends at the Society of G.K. Chesterton — a wealth of resources, gatherings, and good cheer. 😊
Learning Humility, Week 1
Weekly Reading
📖 Today, we are starting Week One of our reading of Richard Fosters Learning Humility. Please read “A Beginning Word” and “Part 1” of Learning Humility (pages 1 – 36). and enjoy the supplemental resources below.
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Week One Journal Prompts
- 🎧 Listen: Learning Humility: Weekly Podcast #1 (Link to Online player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #1 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: “Psalm 51” by John Michael Talbot
- 🎧 Listen: “White as Snow” by Carolyn Arends
FROM LAST WEEK
- 📖 Read: Journaling Journey Guide
- 📖 Read: Book Club Introduction
Learning Humility, Week 2
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading chapters four and five of Learning Humility (pages 39 – 65).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Week Two Journal Prompts
- 🎧 Listen: Learning Humility: Weekly Podcast #2 (Link to Online player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #2 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: “We are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder”
- 👀Watch: Ducking Trouble (in honor of chapter 4)
HELPFUL LINKS
- 📚 Review the Journaling Journey Guide
Learning Humility, Week 3
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading chapters six and seven of Learning Humility (pages 66 – 90).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Week Three Journal Prompts
- 🎧 Listen: Learning Humility: Weekly Podcast #3 (Link to Online player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #3 Timestamps, Transcript, and Bibliography
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: “Come Thou Fount” by Celtic worship
- 📖 Read: Sonnet 19: When I consider how my light is spent by John Milton (mentioned on p. 70)
- 📖 Read: Colossians 3:3 by George Herbert (mentioned on p. 71)
HELPFUL LINKS
- 📚 Review the Journaling Journey Guide
Learning Humility, Week 4
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading chapters eight and nine of Learning Humility (pages 91 – 113).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Week Four Journal Prompts
- 🎧 Listen: Learning Humility: Weekly Podcast #4 (Link to Online player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #4 Timestamps, Transcript, and Bibliography
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Learning Humility audiobook read by Richard Foster
- 🎧 Listen: “Altar of Ego” by Carolyn Arends
HELPFUL LINKS
- 📚 Review the Journaling Journey Guide
- 🔎 Information on finding a guide to give the Spiritual Exercises
Learning Humility, Week 5
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading chapters eight and nine of Learning Humility (pages 91 – 113).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Week Five Journal Prompts
- 🎧 Listen: Learning Humility: Weekly Podcast #5 (Link to Online player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #5 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: John Michael Talbot, “The Praises of the Virtues” NB: We’ve done our best to track down links for this song, but they may not work in every territory. Apologies!
HELPFUL LINKS
- 📚 Review the Journaling Journey Guide
- 🔎 Information on finding a guide to give the Spiritual Exercises
Learning Humility, Week 6
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading from chapter 12 through to the end of Learning Humility.
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Week Six Journal Prompts
- 🎧 Listen: Learning Humility: Weekly Podcast #6 (Link to Online player)
- 📝 Review: Weekly Podcast #6 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Keith Kitchen, “Contrition”
- 📖 Read: Strength and Meekness by Carolyn Arends
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth, Prep Week
Weekly Reading
📖 Today, we are starting Prep Week of our reading of The Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Please read the Book Club Introduction by Tina Dyer and enjoy the supplemental resources.
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Introducing the Narrative of Sojourner Truth
- 🎧 Listen: Soma Divina Meditation
- 🎧 Listen: Renovaré Podcast: Tina Dyer and Grace Pouch — The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth, Week 1
Weekly Reading
📖 Today, we are starting Week One of our reading of The Narrative of Sojourner Truth. This week, we’re reading the Preface through to the end of the section entitled “Trials Continued” (pages 5 – 18 in the Digireads edition).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Sojourner Truth Article 1
- 🎧 Listen: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #1 Podcast: Tina Dyer and Grace Pouch
- 📝 Review: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #1 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
HELPFUL LINKS
Sojourner Truth, Week 2
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re continuing our journey through The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, reading from the section entitled “Her Standing With Her New Master and Mistress” through to the section entitled “Her Escape” (pages 18 – 26 in the Digireads edition).
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #2 Podcast: Tina Dyer and Grace Pouch
- 📝 Review: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #2 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
Sojourner Truth, Week 3
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading from the section entitled “Illegal Sale of Her Son” through to the section entitled “Death of Mrs. Eliza fowler” (pages 27 – 35 in the Digireads edition).
RESOURCES
- 📖 Read: Sojourner Truth Article 2
- 🎧 Listen:Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #3 Podcast
- 📝 Review:Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #3 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Carolyn Arends — To Cry for You
- 🎧 Listen: Soma Divina Meditation
Sojourner Truth, Week 4
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading from the section entitled “Isabella’s Religious Experience” through the section entitled “New Trials” (pages 35 – 53 in the Digireads edition).
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #4 Podcast
- 📝 Review: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #4 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: “Down to the River to Pray” by Allison Krauss
- 🎧 Listen: Soma Divina Meditation
Sojourner Truth, Week 5
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading from the section entitled “The Matthias Delusion” through to the section entitled “The Consequences of Refusing A Traveller a Night’s Lodging” (pages 53 – 64 in the Digireads edition).
RESOURCES
- 📕 Read: Sojourner Truth Article #3
- 🎧 Listen: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #5 Podcast
- 📝 Review: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #5 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: “Sojourner’s Battle Hymn” by Sweet Honey in the Rock
- 🎧 Listen: Soma Divina Meditation
Sojourner Truth, Week 6
Weekly Reading
📖 This week, we’re reading from the section entitled “Some of Her Views and Reasonings” through to the end of the book (pages 64 – 76 in the Digireads edition).
RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #6 Podcast
- 📝 Review: Sojourner Truth Weekly Podcast #6 Timestamps and Transcript
BONUS RESOURCES
- 🎧 Listen: “All Will be Well”
- 🎧 Listen: Soma Divina Meditation