Me, Jesus, a Beer, and a Cigar is great for book clubs. The 65 short chapters followed by brief commentaries make for easy, thought-provoking discussions – and poignant as well. There are several ways to do discussion.
One, the book club leader can read the book and select certain chapters to be discussed over the allotted number of discussion weeks.
Two, the entire book club can read and discuss as it goes from week to week, perhaps concentrating on three chapters per week.
Three, I can provide recommendations for as many weeks as you care to discuss if you simply write to me and let me know how many weeks your book club normally spends on a book.
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I eventually plan to create an entire discussion guide for all the chapters and have it available online via this site. If you FOLLOW me on Twitter or Facebook, you will see when that guide becomes available.
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In the meantime, here is a list of my reads over the last year or so. All are thought provoking although may not always reflect the identical views of this author. But in keeping with “thoughts for everyday living,” worth the read:
Caste, by Isabelle Wilkerson
His Truth Goes Marching On, by Jon Meacham
White Lies, by Daniel Hill
White Like Me, by Tim Wise
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, by Emmanuel Acho
The Color of Compromise, by Jamar Tisby
Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey
Jesus and John Wayne, by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
The Demise of the American Evangelical, by Adrianne Watson
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
Be the Bridge, Latasha Morrison
Weep with Me, by Mark Vroegop
One, by Dennis Rouse
White Rage, by Carol Anderson
Know, Own, Change, byJosh Clemons & Hazen Stevens
Divided by Faith, by Michael Emerson & Christian Smith
The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Black Jesus, White Jesus by Christopher King
American Idolatry by Andrew L. Whitehead
Values, Truth, & Spiritual Danger by Edward G. Simmons
Wired for Racism by James Woodall and Mark Ellingsen
The False White Gospel by Jim Wallis
Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
You’re Not Welcome Here by Daniel Pasternack