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Cups of Tea

All St. Paul Reads | Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

The selection for All St. Paul Reads, 2008-09, is Three Cups of Tea, the riveting book that traces Greg Mortenson’s work building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The best-selling book is subtitled One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations…One School at a Time.

All St. Paul Reads, now in its sixth year, is encouragement for all to read and talk about a single title in the same year. The Book Corner sponsors this movement in community, reading, and faith.

Soup’s-on Gathering: Come discuss “Three Cups of Tea” on Thursday, Feb. 5, 6-7:30 p.m. in the Commons. We plug in crockpots of steaming hospitality. Katie Hanson, from Augustana College’s English faculty, steps in to spark lively conversation.

Hirschfield book

Guest Speaker | November 2008

We welcomed Rabbi Brad Hirschfield to St. Paul for our annual Guest Speaker Series in November 2008. He’s the author of You Don’t Have to be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism.

Grounded in biblical and Judaic scholarship, and interwoven with personal stories, the popular book provides a pragmatic path to peace, understanding, and hope that appeals to the common wisdom of all religions. A “must read”! It’s available in the St. Paul Book Corner.

"The good news is that God loves me long before I could have done anything to deserve it." ~Desmond Tutu