Hosting a book club, virtual or physical, can be an excellent tool to help you live out the Great Commission and we're sharing a few tips on how you can get started. OnTheBlog
Nearly three years ago, my husband and I moved seven hours away from our last city. This means new everything: New city. New church. New work. New doctors. New hairstylists. We’re both relatively outgoing people, yet we were having a hard time getting to know the people living up and down the streets from us. It was hard starting over.
So I started a neighborhood book club in January 2020. I had just come out of another book club that lasted through most of 2019, so maybe that planted a seed. I also think perhaps reading Rosaria Butterfield’sThe book club started out physically meeting in my home, but then COVID-19 forced us to take it online in March. There might be a different format, but the mission is the same—to know my neighbors.
This gave me not only a glimpse into her life and some of the things that shaped her—but it also provided a bridge to conversation, since I, myself, am a stepmother. I told her after the book club discussion time was over that I would love to chat with her and hear from her about her experience as a stepchild. Even though my stepsons are now grown, I still want to be a great stepmom!
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