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By Amy Morehous
Bookshop Manager
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doors of Chapter & Verse Episcopal Bookshop opened one month ago at Diocesan
House, and the store continues to evolve. Beginning September 2nd, the bookshop’s
hours expanded, and it is now open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday. Saturday hours are planned.
The new location is more spacious, so selection of titles is expanding
too, especially in children’s books, prayer and spirituality books.
The selection of unique greeting cards has grown as well, and a wide
variety of blank books and journals are now available.
The www.chapterandversebooks.com
Web site also is growing: New books are rotated onto the site weekly,
and gift and jewelry items are being added.
A customer reward program began mid-September. Frequent buyers receive
discount punch cards, and a filled card earns a customer $15 off the next
purchase of $30 or more. Five filled cards earn a permanent 10 percent
discount off all future purchases. The shop will keep the cards on file
in the shop, so customers don’t have to add yet another card to their
collection.
Cards and discounts are only good in-store; they do not apply to purchases
made through the Web site.
The bookshop also is looking for some friendly volunteers. Most work
only a few hours each week, and all volunteers receive a 10 percent discount
on store purchases. Please call 865-966-2912 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Monday through Friday for more information. Retail experience is helpful,
but certainly not necessary.
Comments or suggestions are welcome on ways to improve service. Please
visit the Web site at www.chapterandversebooks.com,
send an e-mail to bookshop@etdiocese.net
or call Amy Morehous at 865-966-2912.
New on the shelves
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Relevant Books. Paperback, 242 pages, $13.99.
Donald Miller begins his book with an author’s note:
I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve.
But I was outside the Baghdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw
a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and
he never opened his eyes.
After that I liked jazz music.
Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love
it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.
I used to not like God because God didn’t resolve. But that was
before any of this happened.
Intrigued? So were we.
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The Crying for a Vision
Paraclete Press. Hardcover, 345 pages, $24.95.
A new allegorical tale from Walter Wangerin, Jr, the National Book Award-winning
author of “The Dun Cow,” this novel tells the tale of Lakota
orphan Waskn Mani, a misfit whose extraordinary spirit and genuine humility
may hold the power to save his people. It is a timeless tale of good and
evil, life and loss, and the transforming relationship that all people
of faith can experience with creation and the Creator.
Publisher’s Weekly says, “Wangerin powerfully conveys the
spiritual beliefs and traditions of the Lakota as he unfolds this stirring
adventure.” This is an excellent way to experience the people and
customs of our companion diocese, South Dakota.
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Christ on Trial
Eerdmans. Paperback, 141 pages, $15.00.
Bringing the biblical accounts of Jesus’ trial vividly to life,
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams highlights what can be learned
about Jesus from each of the Gospel portraits.
Matthew describes the Wisdom of God tried by foolish men. Mark shows a
mysterious figure revealed as the Son of God. Luke presents a divine stranger.
John speaks of the paradox of divinity submitting to judgment.
Discussion questions and a thought-provoking prayer after each chapter
make this an ideal book for study groups.
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Earthly Good: Seeing Heaven on Earth
St. Luke’s Press. Paperback, 136 pages, $16.95.
This new volume of wise, wonderful devotions is by the Rev. Martha Sterne,
rector of St. Andrew’s Church in Maryville, Tennessee.
In the introduction, Barbara Brown Taylor writes, “So much devotional
writing these days labors to lift us out of our humdrum existence. Martha
Sterne’s writing leads us in the opposite direction. In her wise,
funny and utterly candid hands, nothing remains trivial.”
We think you’ll agree.
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The Book of Daily Prayer
Kim Martin Sadler, ed. Pilgrim Press. Paperback, 371 pages, $14.00.
The Book of Daily Prayer is designed for busy people who are looking
for a new, fresh approach to the experience of praying through regular
encounters with the Bible.
Writers from a diverse, ecumenical community share daily prayers and scripture
passages that are sure to help draw us into a closer relationship with
a loving God.
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Gifts and more ...
In addition to a wide selection of books, Chapter & Verse Bookshop
stocks a variety of gift items.
Among the items available, you’ll find suncatchers, jewelry, icons,
art for display, embroidered and printed shirts and caps, notes and cards,
blank books for journaling and other unique options for gift occasions.
Shop early for Christmas!
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