Faith and Fiction
“Our imaginations are involved in every area of our lives, in everything we do or say or are. It is no wonder that God is so intent upon recapturing them.”
–Michael Card
Faith and Fiction (formerly Summer Shorties) will meet in the Red Dog at Trowbridge Village!
We are affected by everything we read. Should we just read facts? Have you ever read something you knew to be fiction but it broadened how you saw a group of people or a situation? Did you ever read Uncle Tom’s Cabin? How about 1984? Have you spent time in any of C. S. Lewis’ fictional writing? Leland Rykland from Wheaton College states “fiction tells the truth in ways nonfiction never could, even as it delights your aesthetic sensibilities in the process”.
Scripture uses narrative extensively to help us more fully understand God’s revelation to us.
The LTL offers “Faith and Fiction during the academic calendar. A discussion group focused on a different short story each month. As a community we seek to listen intentionally, foster new ideas, fuel our imaginations and our faith, and hold tight to God’s promises.
Come to just one night or come to all. Select evenings, from 7:00 – 8:30 pm. In the Red Dog Pub at Trowbridge Village. No registration required.
Winter 2024 – Spring 2025:
September 9 – The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, link HERE
October 14 – They by Rudyard Kipling, link HERE
November 11 – The Boy Who Talked With Animals by Roald Dahl, link HERE
January 13 – Redeployment by Phil Klay, like HERE
February 10 – Red Headed League by Author Conan Doyle, link HERE
March 10 –The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich, link HERE
April 14 – The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, link HERE
Winter 2023 – Spring 2024:
September 25 – All Summer One Day by Ray Bradford, link HERE
November 27 – Rules of the Game by Amy Tan, link HERE
January 22 – Absit by Angelica Gorodischer, link HERE
February 26 – Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin, link HERE
April 22 – The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells, link HERE
Winter 2022 – Spring 2023:
October 7 – The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs, link HERE
November 28 – One Good Story, That One by Thomas King, link HERE.
December 12 – The Christmas Pageant, excerpt from A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving, link HERE.
January 9 – To Build a Fire by Jack London, link HERE.
April 17 – The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, link HERE.
May 8 – All Summer One Day by Ray Bradford, link HERE
Summer 2022:
June 28th – A Story of Your Life (also known as Arrival) by Ted Chiang, link HERE.
July 5th – A Temple of the Holy Ghost by Flannery O’Connor, link HERE.
July 19th – The Chinese Pilot (also know as The Coffee-house of Surat) by Leo Tolstoy, link HERE.
August 9th – Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros, link HERE.
August 23rd – The Truth About Pyecraft by H. G. Wells, link HERE.
August 30th – Wash Clean the Bones by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, not in public domain, email for pdf