Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
By Bishop Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
We began 2021 as a season of revival and renewal with a congregational reading of Bishop Curry’s new book, Love is the Way. In his book, Bishop Curry offers a message of tenacious hope in the redemptive power of love and offers a roadmap for living the way of love, illuminated with stories from his own life’s journey. Through the prism of his faith, ancestry, and personal journey, Love Is the Way shows us how we have come this far by faith, and it shines a light the long way that lies ahead of us in addressing the deep divisions in the world today. Below is the reading guide.
Session 1
Reflection on Appendix: Love in Action – a Daily Planner.
How to build a rule of life and walk in it.
Session 2
Read Intro, Chapter 1: What is This Thing Called Love?, and Chapter 2: Looking for God.
Catch up or go deeper with the Reading and Reflection guide for this section of the book.
Session 3
Read Chapter 3: Making Do and Making New, and Chapter 4: What Desmond Tutu and Dolly Parton Have in Common.
Catch up or go deeper with the Reading and Reflection guide for this section of the book.
Session 4
Read Chapter 5: Love’s Call – and Love’s Calling, and Chapter 6: It’s Not Easy.
Catch up or go deeper with the Reading and Reflection guide for this section of the book.
Session 5
Read Chapter 7: Leave No One Behind, and Chapter 8: When the Spirit Reworks You.
Catch up or go deeper with the Reading and Reflection guide for this section of the book.
Session 6
Read Chapter 9: The Real E Pluribus Unum, and Chapter 10: The Great Relationship Revival.
Catch up or go deeper with the Reading and Reflection guide for this section of the book.
Session 7
Read Chapter 11: The Still More Excellent Way, and Chapter 12: Hope, Help, and Healing.
Catch up or go deeper with the Reading and Reflection guide for this section of the book.