Alumni Sara Chilton’s book gathering, called Second Saturday Sisters, has met monthly since 2000 to read and discuss books on Christian living and spirituality. Describing the gathering as a “mentoring fellowship,” Chilton said the group’s intention is more than just meeting to discuss the latest authors and books.
“We want to enlarge our circle of saints to also include those who lived in earlier centuries,” she explained. “We want them to speak their truths to us and in that way broaden our perspectives on the Christian family to which we belong. We believe that this, along with our group fellowship mentoring, will sweeten and deepen us to meet the demands of our contemporary culture.”
The aim, says Chilton, who graduated from Trevecca with an English degree in 1965 and later served as the University’s curriculum librarian, is to be spiritually transformed. “Our major goal is learning how to love Jesus Christ more and how to make time in our busy lives to hear him,” she said.
A selection of the group’s reading list:
“Abba” by Evelyn Underhill
“Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith” by Kathleen Norris
“The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential” by N.T. Wright
“The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life” by Hannah Whitall Smith
“Confessions” by St. Augustine
“Counterfeit Gods” by Timothy Keller
“Davita’s Harp” by Chaim Potok
“Devotional Classics” by Richard J. Foster
“Embracing the Love of God” by James B. Smith
“Falling Upward” by Richard Rohr
“The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness” by Timothy Keller
“The Fruits of the Spirit” by Evelyn Underhill
“Hearing God” by Dallas Willard
“Hinds’ Feet on High Places” by Hannah Hurnard
“Humility” by Andrew Murray
“The Illumined Heart” by Frederica Mathewes-Green
“The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas à Kempis (translated by Ronald Knox)
“The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd
“The Jesus Prayer” by Frederica Mathewes-Green
“Learning the Virtues That Lead You to God” by Romano Guardini
“Life of the Beloved” by Henri Nouwen
“Life with God” by Richard J. Foster
“Light of Christ” by Evelyn Underhill
“The Life We’re Looking For” by Andy Crouch
“A Long Obedience in the Same Direction” by Eugene Peterson
“Making All Things New” by Henri Nouwen
“The Meaning of Marriage” by Timothy Keller
“Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan
“Practicing the Presence of God” by Brother Lawrence
“Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep” by Tish Harrison Warren
“Quo Vadis” by Henryk Sienkiewicz
“Sanctuary of the Soul” by Richard J. Foster
“The School of Charity” by Evelyn Underhill
“The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis
“The Shack” by Wm. Paul Young
“The Spacious Life: Trading the Hustle and Hurry for the Goodness of Limits” by Ashley Hales
“The Spiritual Disciplines” by Richard J. Foster
“A Testament of Devotion” by Thomas R. Kelly
“Till We Have Faces” by C.S. Lewis
“Waiting for God” by Andrew Murray
