Would you like to join our Book Club?  

It's an opportunity for men to read, or listen to, good books for exploring, deepening and challenging us in a life with God. It’s taken at a gentle pace to allow time to reflect, about 2-3 pages a day. 

Interested?  Read on to find out more, sign up for our regular email updates and join our Book Club WhatsApp chat!

What to expect

We (Steve Braithwaite and Tim Patten) will send out a weekly reminder of the reading (e.g. it’s chapter 3 this week), so we can keep roughly together in reading and engaging in any online discussions. We’ll also include links to optional extra resources such as podcast episodes and articles that you may find helpful. 

We plan to use WhatsApp for discussions and weekly information, and to meet up in person after every month of reading (with possible Zoom meeting for those who can’t make it in person) to chat over our thinking and experience with the book’s content. 

We meet in the Church Centre once a month on a Tuesday evening, 7.30-9.00pm. The dates for the monthly in-person meetings for the next book are 17 February and 17 March.

If you would like to join our WhatsApp chat please click here. Please be aware that by clicking the link and joining, you are giving permission for others in the chat to have access to your mobile number. 

Our next book

"When Everythings on Fire" by Brian Zahnd is a recent book by a pastor, known for his theologically informed preaching and writing and his embrace of the deep and long history of the church. One of the reviews, accurately, says "Time and time again, Brian Zahnd has demonstrated an uncanny ability to help us navigate this present age. Whether you are losing faith or want to help others hold onto it, we would do well to have him take our hand and be our guide." He speaks regularly in interviews and here's one about the book's subject in preaching style on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MkMa7IhRGs.

We start reading at the end of January, the book is available from booksellers and also online audiobooks (there is a sample of the Foreword, Prelude and most of chapter 1 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7EzMfnEop0 ). 

Register your Interest

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