From Our Desk: Books We're Enjoying

[spectrumbot]

From Carmen Lau, board chair:

In preparation for leading a group of 17 Spectrum spiritual seekers walking St. Cuthbert’s Way in Scotland, I read Hunting for Magic Eels: Recovering an Enchanted Faith in a Skeptical Age (2021) by Richard Beck. I highly recommend it.  I’ve been challenged by the book’s ending, where Beck refers to Father Zosima from Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://spectrummagazine.org/node/12328

[harrpa]

How is Matthew Vollmer related to Nancy Vollmer Wilson, wife of Ted Wilson? She also grew up in a small town in Western North Carrolina.

[webEd (Website Editor)]

Matthew writes about his Uncle Ted in this book.

[c_j_wesn (Carolyn Wesner)]

Maybe a good explanation for why I am a vegetarian (whole foods, plant based) is because it’s good for the planet in every way, and has nothing to do with joining a peculiar religion. Attracts more thoughtful adherants too. That said, the books being reviewed sound great!