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DESCRIPTION:Are you reevaluating aspects of your faith in an effort to (re)
 consider what you believe? This is the process of deconstruction\, and man
 y people of faith today are expressing their doubts\, asking hard question
 s\, and exploring how faith meets life in our journey on this earth. This 
 book club is a safe space to express those uncertainties and to find other
 s who are on a similar journey.\n\n\nWe will meet on Wednesday\, December 
 9th @ 6:30 p.m. at CrossRoads\, which is located at 708 N. Main St. We wil
 l have a light snack (provided) followed by a conversation over the conten
 t of God: An Anatomy by Francesca Stavrakopoulou. Here is a brief overvi
 ew of the book:\n\n\n\n"The scholarship of theology and religion teaches u
 s that the God of the Bible was without a body\, only revealing himself in
  the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets\, an
 d in the New Testament in the body of Christ. The portrayal of God as corp
 oreal and masculine is seen as merely metaphorical\, figurative\, or poeti
 c. But\, in this revelatory study\, Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vi
 vidly corporeal image of God: a human-shaped deity who walks and talks and
  weeps and laughs\, who eats\, sleeps\, feels\, and breathes\, and who is 
 undeniably male.\n"Here is a portrait—arrived at through the author's cl
 ose examination of and research into the Bible—of a god in ancient myths
  and rituals who was a product of a particular society\, at a particular t
 ime\, made in the image of the people who lived then\, shaped by their own
  circumstances and experience of the world. From head to toe—and every p
 art of the body in between—this is a god of stunning surprise and comple
 xity\, one we have never encountered before."\n\n\nReading the book is not
  a requirement to attending or participating. In addition\, the book club 
 is open to people of any faith or no faith at all. You do not need to be a
  part of CrossRoads to attend this event. It is open to the public and any
 one who would like to join with us.\n\n\nFor those that are unable to atte
 nd in person\, we invite you to read the book with us. You can share your 
 thoughts and questions with Patrick Wilson to be shared with the group at 
 the book club meeting and/or set up a one-on-one time to visit about the b
 ook in person\, over the phone\, or through chat/text. We'd love your inpu
 t on the book and how it challenges and shapes your faith journey. 
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