Shared reading and discussion of the Gospels, this semester Matthew and John. We will read the entirety of each gospel, pausing for discussion after each chapter, typically covering five or six chapters per class. The priority is the shared reading of each gospel so that we hear the total story in a concentrated dose, rather than just one episode at a time as happens in most church services. Bring your own Bible, any translation. Get to know Jesus better, whatever your current relationship with him. A great way for someone who does not know the Jesus story well to be introduced to him. The course focuses on the story, not religious doctrine; all Christians, non-Christians, and non-believers welcomed and respected.

For Whom the Bell Tolls is one of Ernest Hemingway’s four major novels. Published in 1940, its setting is the recently concluded Spanish Civil War, which Hemingway covered as a journalist. The novel deals with war, death, and love. The class will be on Wednesdays at 12:30. “Ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee.”