December Book Selection

Everyone Has a Different Story!

I love Book Club!  So fun to have a place to tell "your story" and hear others tell theirs!  We are all different but agree that THE STORY is what ties us together!  Thanks for all the insight shared tonight!  Thanks, Jenn, for hosting!

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR "STORIES WE TELL"

Before we get into critiquing the book, (in a nutshell)  what would you say is the point of this book?

Do you agree that most stories have an element of creation, fall and redemption.... Even if very faintly?

Was there anything about his writing style you liked/disliked?  Why?

Will you read books, watch tv/movies differently after reading this book?

Would you consider yourself to be more like "the church lady" or the "over-anxious teenager"? (Pg. 40)

Jaime said "I think we need to train our minds to think on Christ every time we open a book or turn on the TV."  (We have experienced this in book club many times when reading secular books!)

She said in doing that we may (among other things): 1. Put the book down or turn off the TV!   2. Get insight into a certain group of people and therefore seek to understand better how to reach people for Christ.  3. Remembering that Jesus often taught through stories, you may see something as you read or watch that He wants to work in your life. 4. Have a connection with unbelievers  who've watched/read the same things so we can have conversations and maybe have an opportunity to share the Gospel.  Comments on this?

Any quotes in the book you want to point out?  Comments on anything else?