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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

by Jane Goodall

bookshelves: environment, memoir, nature, nonfiction, philosophy, science, currently-reading, 2026-reading-list, st-luke-s-book-study

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The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage

by Richard Rohr

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No Man Is an Island

by Thomas Merton

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Book cover for The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016 by United Methodist Church

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Their preaching and teaching were grounded in Scripture,

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