Join me in The Vicarage Library for adventures in ‘novel theology’.

This is where I host a literary fellowship. We read in several themed cycles each year, with two video episodes published each month. The episodes in each round focus on:

(1) a single novel

(2) a gathering of theology that mirrors or illuminates the story

(3) an interview with an writer, artist, or scholar to discuss it, and finally...

(4) a 'fireside chat' in which I read-aloud from whatever has piqued my interest - picture books, poetry, Advent essays, or just-released novels.

While most episodes are pre-recorded (the internet in my old house being rather sketchy) we also have two very delightful live online celebrations each year, one in summer, one at Christmas in which we try to bring a few members of the fellowship live. And there is always lively discussion in the comments for each post.

The goal here is to read deeply and in fellowship, to revel and explore in the realms of story and theology, and allow that reading to shape the narratives we are each living in our own corners of the earth