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Writers Support Group will next meet at a date TBA.

Jungian Conversations with Bud & Massimilla Harris will continue next winter at a date to be announced.

Next up for the AOB Reading group: "The Tiger's Wife" by Tea Obreht Next Mtg-Wed., 2/8, 3 PM

You can get 15% off books chosen for your bookclub, too. Ask us how next time you're in.

Do you know we have greeting cards? One line is a very affordable, religiously- themed assortment from Printery House.

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Memory is the mother of all wisdom. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound.

All of us are keepers of some sort of wisdom, and wisdom has many names. Come explore wisdom from spiritual traditions both ancient and modern. We have invited local thinkers and spiritual leaders to share their thoughts and journeys with us. Our roster will change from time to time and we invite you to return to this page for heart-thoughts to deepen your personal journey. We'll also post links to thought-provoking writing-- whether essays, blogs or websites.

Whether you're looking for inspiration for a life well-lived or answers to those tough questions, we'll help you find books and other resources for living out your active spirituality. Using a cross-tradition emphasis, a seeker can explore the options for meditative, contemplative or engaged responses to our deepest human desires for right relation and justice and healing the world's ills.

Guy Sayles is the pastor at First Baptist Church, that magnificently-domed Douglas Ellington building that perches above I-240 in downtown Asheville. Guy is a regular customer here, as well as a voracious reader. His blog reflects his own reading and thought as he hones what it means to be a Christian. We are grateful to him for letting us link to his writings. You may hear him in person on Sunday mornings at First Baptist.

Someone on Facebook reminded me of this old hymn. It seems appropriate for this time of harvest and homecoming.

Bringing In the Sheaves

text by Knowles Shaw, music by George A. Minor

Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves;
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows,
Fearing neither clouds nor winter's chilling breeze;
By and by the harvest, and the labor ended,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves;
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

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