For the fall of 2025, several book reading and discussion groups are meeting.

Book Club: We are currently reading Rev. Ben Sternke and Rev. Matt Tebbe, Having the Mind of Christ: Eight Axioms to Cultivate a Robust Faith (2022). The authors identify eight basic principles of Christian faith that most of us know intellectually, but find it difficult to really put into practical effect in our daily lives. Through personal reflections and practical recommendations, the book help us to integrate these principles into our spiritual lives.

We meet many Tuesdays from 2-3 p.m. either in the church office or on Zoom. We still have a couple copies of the book available in the church office.

Thu September 25 - Introduction and Axiom 1 (pages 1-34)
Thu October 2 - Axiom 2 (pages 35-50)
Thu October 16 - Axiom 3 (pages 51-67)
Thu October 30 - Axioms 4-5 (pages 68-102)
Thu November 6 - Axioms 5-6 (pages 86-117)
Thu November 20 - Axiom 7 (pages 118-134)
Thu December 4 - Axiom 8 and Conclusion (pages 135-169)

Fort Belvoir Faith Discussion Group: Some of us are gathering every other Monday morning at 10 a.m. for coffee and discussion at the Starbucks at 5976 12th Street on Fort Belvoir.  At our next meeting on Monday, October 6, we’ll be discussing an interview with Rowan Williams, theologian and former Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, published in the New York Times in June 2025.  Copies of the interview are available at the church and at this link.

Evening Faith Discussion Group: We’re also forming a new group gathering at 6:30 p.m. on many Wednesdays at the Panera Bread in Beacon Center, 6670 Richmond Highway. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 15, where we’ll be discussing an interview with Rowan Williams, theologian and former Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, published in the New York Times in June 2025.  Copies of the interview are available at the church and at this link.

Other books our book club has read in the past include:

Andrew Root and Blair Bertrand, When Church Stops Working: A Future for Your Congregation Beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation (2023)
David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation (2019)
Austin Channing Brown, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (2018)
Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God (2017).
Nadia Bolz-Weber, Accidental Saints (2015).
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together (German 1939, English tr. 1954) - copy available here.

Please check the calendar of events for the latest schedule.