Seekers Book Club - Winter/Spring Session

Beginning December 16, 2024 we will be reading:

​Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice

Carrying only basic camping equipment and a collection of the world's great spiritual writings, Belden C. Lane embarks on solitary spiritual treks through the Ozarks and across the American Southwest. For companions, he has only such teachers as Rumi, John of the Cross, Hildegard of Bingen, Dag Hammarskjöld, and Thomas Merton, and as he walks, he engages their writings with the natural wonders he encounters--Bell Mountain Wilderness with Søren Kierkegaard, Moonshine Hollow with Thich Nhat Hanh--demonstrating how being alone in the wild opens a rare view onto one's interior landscape, and how the saints' writings reveal the divine in nature.

Prerequisites: None
Dates: December 16, 2024 to July 21, 2025 (end date tentative depending on pace of reading) - Join anytime
Number of Participants: Min 3/Max 15
Day/Time: First and third Mondays of the month, 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom
Cost: ​$10 per book; register for one date at the beginning of the discussion of the book to receive the zoom link for the following sessions. (No need to register for multiple dates.)

Questions about this class?  Email programs@tolit.org and be sure to include the title of the class in your message and it will be forwarded to the class presenter.

This book club is designed to provide an opportunity to share in community, lively discussion and self exploration. It will provide a casual and relaxed environment during which we can exchange ideas and experiences through the reading of selected books.
Discussion leader rotates based on the book.