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We are discussing the book "A Tumblin' Down" by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson. (Our September book club book.) This is a fiction book about a pastor's family. This book starts with a pastor wrestling with a passage of scripture that doesn't fit well into his theological framework, and trying to figure out how to pull a sermon from it. Each person in this family goes through seasons of struggling with their faith both from their past, and in the present. But when this family is forced to grieve publically, and their faith gets put to the test, gossip overtakes the church as to how they are grieving, and how they should have handled their grief.
This gossip leads to a tension that will either drive the pastor's family out, or cause a church split. As this family starts to crumble under the pressure, an unlikely friendship with a pastor from communist East Germany enters the picture.
This book had us laughing and crying. The description of church people, while a fiction book, has so much truth.
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We are discussing the book "A Tumblin' Down" by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson. (Our September book club book.) This is a fiction book about a pastor's family. This book starts with a pastor wrestling with a passage of scripture that doesn't fit well into his theological framework, and trying to figure out how to pull a sermon from it. Each person in this family goes through seasons of struggling with their faith both from their past, and in the present. But when this family is forced to grieve publically, and their faith gets put to the test, gossip overtakes the church as to how they are grieving, and how they should have handled their grief.
This gossip leads to a tension that will either drive the pastor's family out, or cause a church split. As this family starts to crumble under the pressure, an unlikely friendship with a pastor from communist East Germany enters the picture.
This book had us laughing and crying. The description of church people, while a fiction book, has so much truth.
Freely Given:
Show Notes:
Support 1517
1517 Podcasts
The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
1517 on Youtube
What's New from 1517:
2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup
Free 2023 Advent Resources
2024(May 3-4) NWA Tickets are Now Available!
Join the 1517 Academy
All Charges Dropped, Vol. 2
More from the hosts:
Gretchen Ronnevik
Katie Koplin
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