Mondays Beginning November 6: “One Coin Found” Book Study
7pm online (click the Sunday Service link at the top of the page to join)
“One Coin Found: How God’s Love Stretches to the Margins” by Emmy Kegler is the story of one queer woman’s struggle with her faith and place in the Christian Story.
Emmy Kegler has a complicated relationship with the Bible. As a queer woman who grew up in both conservative Evangelical and progressive Protestant churches, she knows too well how Scripture can be used to wound and exclude. And yet, the stories of Scripture continue to captivate and inspire her–both as a person of faith and as a pastor to a congregation. So she set out to fall in love with the Bible, wrestling with the stories inside, where she met a God who continues to seek us out–appearing again and again as a voice, a presence, and a promise.
“Whenever we are pushed to the edges, our voices silenced, or our stories dismissed, God goes out after us–seeking us until we are found again. And God is seeking out those whose voices we too quickly silence and dismiss, too. Because God’s story is a story of welcome and acceptance for everyone–no exceptions.”
**Please note: this story has references to Christian Scripture and explores the writer’s faith journey, along with some ways the church and faith of her childhood failed her. This may be challenging reading and reflection for some.**
We will be dividing this book into four sections for reading and discussion online:
November 6: Forward, Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2
November 13: Chapters 3-5
November 20: Chapters 6-8
November 27: Chapters 9 & 10
““If you’re longing for the clarity of a fierce love to embrace the Bible in a new way, this book is for you! I recommend this book to all who feel difficult to love, to all who have struggled with parts or all of the Bible, to all who have felt kicked out of God’s church, to all who feel like a grubby lost coin in the corner of a room that will never be found. As One Coin Found reminds us all: God loves you, God is looking for you, God has already found you, you are found.””
Register here! (the book is available to order through your fav local bookseller)