Lenten Book Study
Schedule
Wed Apr 09 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2507 1/2 East Main Street, Urbana, IL, United States, Illinois 61801 | Urbana, IL
It's book study time again! This Lent we are going to take a quick look at 6 different female mystics while exploring contemporary topics.The book we are reading is "The Mystics Would Like a Word" by Shannon K. Evans.
We will read 2 chapters (1 mystic) each week for 6 weeks starting Ash Wednesday and finishing up just before Holy Week.
Come get a taste for each of these mystics and see if you discover one you would like to explore more deeply!
If you are not able to attend in person, let us know and we will provide a Zoom link so that you don't miss a minute!
From the author's webpage:
"Is there a Christian spirituality that embraces the entire reality of womanhood?
The answer, Shannon K. Evans suggests, is an emphatic yes. There is a spirituality that meets us in every part of our lives, developed by the women who came before us. Six mystics—Teresa of Ávila, Margery Kempe, Hildegard of Bingen, Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, and Thérèse of Lisieux—revealed a faith big enough to hold the female experiences of sex and desire, the yearning for bodily autonomy, the challenges of motherhood and identity, as well as life with male authority and—sometimes—violence. These women, self-determining, stubborn, and unapologetically themselves, asked questions in their time that are startlingly prescient today, and fought for women’s experiences to be heard, understood, respected, and recognized as holy.
In The Mystics Would Like a Word, readers will discover the story of Christian faith and spirituality as told by these extraordinary and wise women, one that speaks directly to today’s unique experiences, and leads to wholeness, healing, and spiritual vitality."
