When writer Kathleen Norris returned to church after decades away, the language of Christianity was a barrier. “Judgment,” “sinner,” “dogma,” “salvation,” were all part of the faith’s “scary vocabulary.” Norris’s wrestling with those words became a book that’s remained in print for more than 20 years. Each week, a short chapter (2-3 pages) from Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith will provide the theme, to which we may add an online article, a poem, or who knows what else (we call these additions “gleanings”) as discussion fodder.

The class meets on Zoom every Thursday from 12-1 p.m. and will be ongoing throughout the year, so feel free to join at any time. Get on the Gleanings email list by contacting Scott Walters at swalters@calvarymemphis.org.